May 2011

Standardization of rapid and economical method for neutraceuticals extraction from algae

Spirulina (cyanobacterium) posses a wide range of components useful in food and pharmaceutical industries. Pigments are intracellular compounds whose extraction involves cell disruption. Traditional extraction methods have several drawbacks like slow, time consuming utilize large quantity of solvents and less yield. So a systemic and economical approach was performed for maximum extraction of pigments using...

Author(s): Prabuthas P., Majumdar S., Srivastav P. P. and Mishra H. N.

May 2011

Sennoside contents in Senna (Cassia angustifolia Vahl.) as influenced by date of leaf picking, packaging material and storage period

A field experiment was conducted in the Senna (Cassia angustifolia Vahl.) during the Rabi season of 2008 to 2009 in the Dusty Area of the Department of Crop and Herbal Physiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya. The experiment was carried out in a complete randomized design asymmetrical factorial with three treatments and three replications. C. angustifolia leaves were picked at three different...

Author(s): Anubha Upadhyay, Yogendra Chandel, Preeti Sagar Nayak and Noor Afshan Khan

May 2011

Dry matter and macro mineral dissapereance of selected grass in West Sumatra, Indonesia

The experiment was carried out to determine macromineral disappearance of tropical grass in West Sumatra during rainy and dry seasons. The forages evaluated consisted of three species of grass (Axonopus compressus, Pennisetum purpureum and Brachiaria decumbens) collected at native pasture. The mineral solubility was determined by in situ nylon bag technique through incubating the forages samples in the rumen at 0, 24...

Author(s): M. Evitayani, A. Fariani, L. Warly, T. Itani and T. Fujihara

May 2011

Nutritional changes in stored chickpea, Cicer arietinum in relation to bruchid damage

Chemical composition of chickpea seeds treated with three plants extracts namely, Azadirachta indica (kernels), Allium satium (bulb) and Piper nigrum (seeds) after infestation with three pairs of cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus, had been evaluated after one month. The seeds were also taken for analysis of nutritional changes from culture infested with C. maculatus after one and six months of infection. An...

Author(s): Beenam Saxena and Ranjana Saxena