PHYTOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION, ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND REDUCING POTENTIAL OF SEED OIL, LATEX, MACHINE OIL AND PRESSCAKE OF JATROPHA CURCAS

Phytochemical characterization, antimicrobial activity and reducing potential of seed oil, latex, machine oil and presscake of Jatropha curcas

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the antimicrobial activity, phytochemical studies and thin layer chromatography analysis of machine oil, hexane extract of seed oil and methanol extract of presscake& latex of Jatropha curcas Linn (family Euphorbiaceae).Materials and Methods: J.curcas extracts were subjected to preliminary qualitative phytoche

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Characterization, optimization and emission analysis of manually-made charcoal dust briquettes with starch, paper and algae binders

Utilization of loose waste biomass such as charcoal dust remains popular in low-to mid-income countries due to increased energy demands, poverty and heighten efforts to mitigate climate change.This study sought to investigate the effects of starch, paper and algae binders on the physical, pedaltrain pt 1 mechanical and combustion characteristics an

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Nematode parasites of animals are more prone to develop xenobiotic resistance than nematode parasites of plants

In this paper, we concentrate on a comparison of plant and animal-parasitic nematodes, to gain insight into the factors that influence the acquisition of the drug resistance by nematodes.Comparing nematode parasite of domestic animals and cultivated plants, it appears that drug resistance threatens only domestic animal production.Does the paucity o

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