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Biodiversity of Birds in Vembakottai Water Reservoir, Virudhunagar District, TamilNadu

*Pulugandi C and M.K. Rajan  Post-graduate and Research Department of Zoology, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College (Autonomous), Sivakasi-626 124, India. Abstract This paper deals with biodiversity of birds in Vembakottai water reservoir, Virudhunagar district, Tamilnadu. A total of 34 species of birds belonging to 19 families were identified from the study area between July 2012 to June 2013. A maximum ... Read More »

Evaluation of In Vitro Alpha Amylase and alpha glucosidase inhibitory activities of bark of Terminalia bellirica

Mary Shoba Das C. and Gayathri Devi S*  Department of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore–43, TamilNadu, India Abstract Diabetes  mellitus  is  a  chronic  disease  and  known  to  be  associated  with  obesity,  hypertension,  hyper- lipidemia,  neuropathy  and cardiovascular diseases. In the present study the petroleum ether, chloroform, ethanol and aqueous extracts ... Read More »

A Quest for Potent Plant Based Thrombolytics

Shalini H Kumar* and Pushpa.A Department of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, India Abstract To combat the shortcomings of the commercially available thrombolytic agents, thirteen different plant extracts namely leaves and fruits of Phyllanthus emblica, seeds of Sesamum indicum and Brassica juncea, leaves of Commiphora molmol, water and endosperm of Cocos ... Read More »

Histopathological effect of the pesticide Lindane in the Gill tissue of the freshwater fish, Cyprinus carpio.

S.Binukumari* and Vasanthi.J    PG and Research Department of Zoology, Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, TamilNadu Abstract A thorough knowledge of normal histology is essential for the understanding of the altered structure seen in the various conditions of disease. The off target movement of chemicals used in industry and agriculture are usually unavoidable, these chemicals get into natural water ... Read More »

Preliminary Phytochemical Screening and Antimicrobial Analysis of Mimosa pudica (Linn.)

V. Subha Priya*, K. V. Rajeswari, M. Geetha, M. Flory Shobana,  K. Mohammed Rafiq Khan and S. N. Suresh  Dept. of Biotechnology, Sree Narayana Guru College, K.G Chavadi, Coimbatore-105, Tamilnadu, India Abstract Medicinal properties of plants are the most precious gift of Mother Nature to mankind. India has several traditional medicinal systems, such as Ayurveda and Unani, which has survived through ... Read More »

Medicinal Plants & Cow’s excrement: An Estimable Wealth of Nature

R. Mehta1* and Naureen S. Khan2 1Department of Rural Technology & Social Development, Guru Ghasidas University Bilaspur-495009 2Department of Botany, Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur-495009 Abstract The present study aimed to determine inhibitory effect of Cow urine extract and hot water extract of four medicinal plants Viz. Bixa orellana, Vitix negundo, Putranjeeva roxburghii and Cryptolepis buchanani. Different parts of the plants ... Read More »

A Study on Degradation of Phenol by Pseudomonas species

Sivasankari.P*, Prakash.B, Jeyaprakash.S.T, Thiyagarajan.D, Palanivel.P Department of Biotechnology, PGP college of Arts and Science, Namakkal, India Abstract The industrialization and extensive use of pesticides in agriculture and the pollution of environment with man-made organic compound has become a major problem. Phenolic compounds are abundant in the biosphere as components of the complex polymer lignin, humicacids and as environmental pollutants resulting ... Read More »

Studies on Phytochemical Composition and Anticancer Potential of Methenolic Leaf Extract of Tecomella Undulata

D. Vithya Easwari1, S. N. Suresh*2, Sagadevan.P1, S. Rathish Kumar1  1PG & Research Department of Biotechnology, Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore-641029. 2Department of Biotechnology, Sree Narayana Guru College, K.G. Chavadi, Coimbatore, India-641105 Abstract The methanolic leaf extract of Tecomella undulata were tested for their anticancer potential against MCF-7, breast cancer cell line. The extracts Tecomella undulata were found to ... Read More »

Studies on phytochemical analysis and antioxidant activity of methanolic leaf Extract Tecomela undulata

D. Vidya Easwari1, S. N. Suresh*2, P.Sagadevan1, S. and Rathish Kumar1  1PG & Research Department of Biotechnology, Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore-641029. 2Department of Biotechnology, Sree Narayana Guru College, K.G. Chavadi, Coimbatore, India-641105 Abstract Plants are being explored as a major source of medicinal compounds. The property of being used as a source of medicine is due to the ... Read More »

Effect of Natrum Muriaticum in Inducing Spawning in the Ornamental Fish Poecilia Sphenops (White Molly)

K. Premdass*, M. Lekeshmanaswamy and M. Jesikha,  PG & Research Department of zoology, Kongunadu Arts & Science College, Coimbatore-641029 Abstract Reproduction in fishes is regulated by external environmental factors that trigger internal mechanism into action. Recent studies reveal that a homeopathic hormone Natrum muriaticum is found to be effective in inducing spawning in fishes. In the present study, Homeopathic medicine ... Read More »

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