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- Sanjay Ragela
- Meeti Punetha
- A. K. Roy
- H. M. Ajithakumar
- Irshad Ahmed Para
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- Volume Tables for Azadlrachta indica for Gujarat Region
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Indian Forester, Vol 124, No 2 (1998), Pagination: 123-133Abstract
In this article volume tables of Neem based on data collected by felling 25 sample trees from different plantations in Gandhinagar Division of Gujarat State are presented. Different models were tried. Equations having the best fit on the basis of minimum Furnival Index, minimum standard error of estimate and maximum correlation coefficient have been selected for volume calculations.
- Virtual Petrological Microscope: Identification of Common Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin Section
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1 Department of Geology, University of Rajasthan and Jaipur - 302 004, IN
1 Department of Geology, University of Rajasthan and Jaipur - 302 004, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 68, No 5 (2006), Pagination: 919-920Abstract
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- Free Radical Scavenging Activity of Scindapsus officinalis Fruits
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Malarkodi Velraj
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Mahendra Singh
2,
V. Ravichandiran
2,
S. Jayakumari
2,
A. Vijayalakshmi
2,
Sanjay Ragela
2
Affiliations
1 Dept. of Pharmacognosy, Vels College of Pharmacy, Pallavaram, Chennai-600 117, IN
2 Department of Pharmacognosy, Vels College of Pharmacy, Pallavaram, Chennai-600 117, IN
1 Dept. of Pharmacognosy, Vels College of Pharmacy, Pallavaram, Chennai-600 117, IN
2 Department of Pharmacognosy, Vels College of Pharmacy, Pallavaram, Chennai-600 117, IN
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Research Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Vol 2, No 4 (2010), Pagination: 280-283Abstract
In the present study, coarse powder of Scindapsus officinalis (Roxb.) Schott. fruit was extracted successively using hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and 50% ethanol. The ethyl acetate and 50% ethanolic extracts were investigated for its antioxidant activity by using nitric oxide and DPPH radical scavenging methods. The IC50 value was also calculated. Ascorbic acid was used as a standard. Both 50% ethanolic and ethyl acetate extract were found to exert concentration dependent free radical scavenging activity but former extract was more effective than the later on. The highest free radical scavenging activity by Scindapsus officinalis fruit extracts was observed at concentration of 1000 μg/ml.Keywords
Scindapsus officinalis (Roxb.) Schott., Antioxidant, Free Radicals, IC50 Value.- Immunomodulatory Effects of Probiotics and Prilled Fat Supplementation on Immune Genes Expression and Lymphocyte Proliferation of Transition Stage Karan Fries Cows
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Meeti Punetha
1,
A. K. Roy
1,
H. M. Ajithakumar
1,
Irshad Ahmed Para
1,
Deepanshu Gupta
1,
Mahendra Singh
1,
Jaya Bharati
2
Affiliations
1 Division of Animal Physiology, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal - 132 001, Haryana, IN
2 Division of Physiology and Climatology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izzatnagar - 243 122, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, IN
1 Division of Animal Physiology, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal - 132 001, Haryana, IN
2 Division of Physiology and Climatology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izzatnagar - 243 122, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, IN
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Veterinary World, Vol 11, No 2 (2018), Pagination: 209-214Abstract
Background and Aim: Probiotics are the living microorganism which when administered improves the digestion and health of the animal. Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC) improves the humoral and innate immunity of the animal. Prilled fat is a hydrogenated palm oil triglyceride which has been reported to promote the release of cytokines from macrophages. The aim of the study was to evaluate the immunomodulatory effect of probiotic and prilled fat during transition stage in Karan Fries (KF) cows.
Materials and Methods: A total of 12 KF cows at 21 days prepartum were selected and divided into two groups of six animals each. The control group was fed as per the standard feeding practices and the supplemented group cows were supplemented daily with prilled fat at 100 g/cow, SC at 25 g/cow, and sweetener at 1 g/cow in addition to the standard feeding practices from −30 days of prepartum to 21 days of lactation. The sweetener was added to improve the palatability of the feed. The natural sweetener of an African plant leave had 105 times more sweetness than glucose with good aroma. The dry matter intake of the animal was recorded. Plasma samples were collected weekly from all cows for the analysis of blood metabolite beta-hydroxybutyric acid (BHBA). Lymphocytes were isolated from the blood for studying the expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and for estimating lymphocyte proliferation index (LPI).
Results: The upregulated IL-1β and TNF-α around calving might be possibly associated to the metabolic changes occurring during the transition period and suggest a higher degree of inflammation around parturition. High concentrations of BHBA caused increased expression and synthesis of the pro-inflammatory factors such as TNF-α and IL-1β in supplemented group in primary calf hepatocytes. The LPI was higher in supplemented group as compared to control which suggests a stimulatory effect of unsaturated fatty acids on mitogen-stimulated T-cell proliferation.
Conclusion: Dietary supplementation of probiotics, prilled fat, and sweetener alleviated negative energy balance by stimulating feed intake and modulating hepatic lipid metabolism; and both of these additives improved the postpartum health (antioxidant status and immune function) of transition dairy cows.
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Beta-Hydroxybutyric Acid, Crossbred Cows, Dry Matter Intake, Interleukin-1β, Lymphocyte Proliferation Index, Prilled Fat, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha.Full Text
- Multiple Regression Analysis of Geoelectric Imaging and Geotechnical Site Investigation Test Results
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1 Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, IN
2 Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, IN
1 Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, IN
2 Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, IN
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Current Science, Vol 114, No 09 (2018), Pagination: 1946-1952Abstract
Geotechnical site characterization through non-invasive and cost-effective electrical resistivity imaging (ERI) and induced polarization imaging (IPI) offers promise compared to conventional point-geotechnical site investigations (standard penetration test, SPT), for which a basic understanding of factors (grain size (sand, fines) and water content) influencing them is needed. Here we perform a multiple regression analysis of ERI, IPI and SPT results in a site investigation at Lucknow, India. The results show that grain size and water content influence both chargeability and SPT values in a similar manner, while resistivity values are affected differently with a low RMS prediction error for chargeability.Keywords
Geoelectronic Imaging, Geotechnical Site Characterization, Multi-Regression Analysis, Grain Size, Water Content.Full Text
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- Alternaria alternata causes leaf and fruit blight in makhana
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1 Department of Plant Pathology, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour 813 210, IN
2 Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour 813 210, IN
3 Department of Soil Science and Agriculture Chemistry, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour 813 210, IN
4 Department of Entomology, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour 813 210, IN
1 Department of Plant Pathology, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour 813 210, IN
2 Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour 813 210, IN
3 Department of Soil Science and Agriculture Chemistry, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour 813 210, IN
4 Department of Entomology, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour 813 210, IN
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Current Science, Vol 121, No 11 (2021), Pagination: 1492-1495Abstract
Makhana (Euryale ferox) is a high-value commodity of nutritional, medicinal and ritualistic significance. North Bihar has occupied a prominent position in terms of both production and productivity of makhana not only in India, but across the globe. Leaf blight disease on makhana was noticed in April 2018, with a severity of 15–20% in a survey of farmers’ ponds in North Bihar. Symptoms of the disease were circular, small, light-brown, necrotic, sunken lesion that later turned into a large, dark, blighted area in the leaves. Blighting of fruits was also noticed during June and July 2018. Blighted fruits were small, distorted and twisted with less seed. Alternaria alternata was identified as the pathogen causing the disease based on morphological and cultural characteristics of the culture maintained on potato dextrose agar from symptomatic leaf and fruit samples. The fungus gave rise to greyish to grey–black colonies with obclavate to obpyriform, catenulate conidia in chains. Conidia consisted of 2–5 horizontal and 0–2 vertical septa and measured 15–60 ´ 5–9 mm in dimension. Molecular confirmation was done by sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of rDNA using ITS1 and ITS4 primers. Eventually, pathogenicity test inferred that leaf and fruit blight in makhana are due to A. alternata infectionKeywords
Alternaria alternata, Euryale Ferox, Leaf and Fruit Blight, Makhana, Pathogenicity Test.Full Text
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