The effect of ethanolic extracts from different parts of Senna alata (leaf, pod, flower, stem, root and seed) were tested in vitro against medically important bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus. Bacillus cereus, ...

Due to climate change, sugar yield has been significantly decreasing, resulting in an increase in its domestic price. Thus, methods to counter this problem and increase sugar yield are very timely. Widely used today by ...

The ameliorating effect of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) leaf extract on the regenerative ability of the annelid species Eudrilus eugeniae exposed to copper sulfate was investigated. For this study, a sublethal concentration ...

Jatropha curcas L. is a potential source of biofuel because of its high oil content. Its broad scale propagation is advantageous in producing an alternative source of oil, however, the toxic substances that the plant ...

Mycorrhizal associations have been known to be effective in the amelioration of metal toxicity on the host plants since they significantly modify the response of plants to heavy metals. This study was conducted to determine ...

It has been extensively documented that elevated blood cholesterol levels (hypercholesterolemia) raises the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, the single leading cause of death worldwide. Although cholesterol-reducing ...

The Philippine teak (Tectona philippinensis Benth. & Hook.f.) is a critically endangered plant endemic to the Philippines, primarily used for lumber manufacturing. Studying other possible use of this plant which do not ...

Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina) is a cyanobacterium known to have prebiotic and hypocholesterolemic activities. This study investigated Spirulina’s prebiotic ability on the Pediococcus acidilactici (PA), and PA and ...

Spathoglottis plicata Blume is known to be difficult to propagate by natural methods. The use of in vitro culture methods would result to a faster, more practical and more efficient means for its propagation. In this study, ...

When administered at high levels, D-galactose can induce oxidative stress as a result of an accumulation of reactive oxygen species. In this study, the antioxidative effect of turmeric against this induced stress in ...