Monograph of medicinally important plant Catharanthus roseus

Catharanthus roseus commonly known as sadabahar is a well known plant for its abundant growth and flowers in many parts of world. However the plant also possesses several medicinal properties such as anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, antifungal activity, antibacterial activity, etc. This medicinal potential of the plant can be attributed to presence of several bioactive phytochemical compounds […]

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Comparative Evaluation of Various Brands Ciprofloxacin HCI Tablets

Ciprofloxacin HCI, is a highly popular antibacterial agent in the third world countries including India. Many companies are engaged in manufacturing and marketing the brands, purchasing the basic drug from the core suppliers. Often these brands vary in cost and companies usually claim superiority of their product to justify the higher price. There is a […]

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Low Temperature Graphene-Like Film Growth By Microwave Plasma Enhance Chemical Vapor Deposition Technique

Multilayer graphene like (MLG) film were grown on copper substrates by the microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (MW PECVD) technique at low pressure of ~ 5.5 x 10-2 Torr. Copper has been used as catalyst substrate for deposition. The growth temperature was found to be 750 ºC. The precursor gas methane was found to […]

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Comparative phytochemical and antimicrobial activities from leaf extracts of Morus alba and Andrographis paniculata

Due to widespread medicinal importance and wide region of Morus alba and Andrographis paniculata, the present work has been undertaken to study the phytochemicals and their antimicrobial efficacy in their leaf extracts. The leaves samples of both the selected plant were subjected to qualitative and quantitative phytochemical analysis for the presence of various secondary metabolites […]

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Synthesis of Coconut husk-SnO2 Nanoparticles for sorption of Cu(II)

Coconut husk or coir is mesocarp part of the coconut fruit which is considered as agriculture waste. This fibre is dumped but rich in nutrients like cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. So, this study represents a effective utilization of coconut husk fibre for sorption of Cu(II) metal ions. In this study nanoparticles of coconut husk-SnO2 was […]

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A Review on Drying Characteristics and Mathematical modeling of drying of Camellia sinensis

Drying is required for the food preservation and is widely used worldwide. Numerous drying techniques and methods are used in drying of different agricultural products. Each technique has its own advantage and limitation. Drying process makes the food lighter in weight which is easy to transport, requires smaller space for storage and gives it the […]

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Emergent Infectious Disease: Coronavirus COVID-19: The present foe

It wasDecember 31, 2019, when a cluster of patients was observed having pneumonia like symptoms and China informed the World Health Organization of anovel viralpneumoniain sea food market of Wuhan city, in Hubei Province. This pathogenic agent exhibited its high emerging ability and blowout all over the world in a very sort span of time.  […]

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A Review on Novel Edible Coatings for fresh- cut Fruit and Vegetable

Consumption of F & V has been associated with diverse health interest. Fruits and vegetables can be consumed in both forms   either processed or fresh.   Consumption & production of minimal processed foods has acquired increasing demand in the market. Due to changes in life -style of consumers fresh-cut F &V are gaining popularity. However, it […]

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