| nitrogen metabolism of sheep and goats consuming acacia brevispica and sesbania sesban. | we described the effects of two east african browses, acacia brevispica and sesbania sesban, on nitrogen metabolism of sheep and goats. the a. brevispica had a substantial amount of proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins); s. sesban did not. the browses were fed at three levels in combination with vetch (vicia dasycarpa) and teff straw (eragrostis abyssinica). fecal n, n balance, and plasma urea n (pun) were estimated with intact animals. ruminal ammonia (rua) and vfa concentrations were estimated ... | 1997 | 9110229 |
| influence of foliage from african multipurpose trees on activity of rumen protozoa and bacteria. | samples and extracts of foliage from african multipurpose trees were screened for their effects on rumen protozoa and bacteria with a view to predicting their safety as feed supplements and for identifying species with potential antiprotozoal activity. the species tested were acacia aneura, chamaecytisus palmensis, brachychiton populneum, flindersia maculosa, sesbania sesban, leucaena leucocephala and vernonia amyedalina. antimicrobial effects were mild except for s. sesban, which was highly tox ... | 1997 | 9301414 |
| effects of leucaena pallida and sesbania sesban supplementation on testicular histology of tropical sheep and goats. | thirty ethiopian highland rams with an average body weight of 23.7kg (s.d.=1.23) and age of 18 months and 25 east african bucks with an average body weight of 18.6kg (s.d.=2.06) and age of 14 months were used to study the long term effects of supplementation with the leaves of leucaena pallida and sesbania sesban on testicular histology. within species, animals were blocked based on body weight and scrotal circumference and randomly assigned, within blocks, to five nutritional treatment groups i ... | 2001 | 11530271 |
| distribution and diversity of rhizobia nodulating agroforestry legumes in soils from three continents in the tropics. | the natural rhizobial populations of calliandra calothyrsus, gliricidia sepium, leucaena leucocephala and sesbania sesban were assessed in soils from nine sites across tropical areas of three continents. the rhizobial population size varied from undetectable numbers to 1.8 x 104 cells/g of soil depending on the trap host and the soil. calliandra calothyrsus was the most promiscuous legume, nodulating in eight soils, while s. sesban nodulated in only one of the soils. polymerase chain reaction re ... | 2003 | 12753212 |
| comparison of four sesbania species to remediate pb/zn and cu mine tailings. | a 6-month greenhouse pot trial was performed, aimed at screening appropriate sesbania species for remediation of pb/zn and cu mine tailings. performances of young seedlings of four sesbania species (s. cannabina, s. grandiflora, s. rostrata, and s. sesban) were compared with and without inoculation of rhizobia. seedlings were planted in two types of tailings amended with garden soil or garden soil mixed with river sediment. the results indicated that inoculated plants generally produced a higher ... | 2003 | 14753649 |
| survival of azorhizobium caulinodans in the soil and rhizosphere of wetland rice under sesbania rostrata-rice rotation. | the survival of indigenous and introduced strains of azorhizobium caulinodans in flooded soil and in the rice rhizosphere, where in situ sesbania rostrata was incorporated before the rice crop, is reported. the azorhizobia studied were both root and stem nodulating. in a pot experiment, two crop cycles each of inoculated and noninoculated sesbania-rice were compared with two crop cycles of flooded fallow-rice. in a field experiment, the effect of repeated incorporation of in situ s. rostrata in ... | 1989 | 16347853 |
| screening of tanzanian medicinal plants against plasmodium falciparum and human immunodeficiency virus. | medicinal plants used to treat infectious diseases in bunda district, tanzania, were screened for activity against plasmodium falciparum and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1, iiib strain) and type 2 (hiv-2, rod strain). antiplasmodial activity was observed for the 80 % meoh extract of ormocarpum kirkii (root; mic = 31.25 microg/ml), combretum adenogonium (leaves), euphorbia tirucalli (root), harrisonia abyssinica (root), rhynchosia sublobata (root), sesbania sesban (root), tithonia div ... | 2010 | 19653145 |
| multilocus sequence analyses reveal several unnamed mesorhizobium genospecies nodulating acacia species and sesbania sesban trees in southern regions of ethiopia. | leguminous trees play an important role in agroforestry in ethiopia, but studies of their rhizobial symbionts are scarce. in earlier studies, we surveyed natural nodulation of native leguminous trees growing in different agro-ecological zones in southern ethiopia, isolated 400 rhizobia, and characterized them based on different phenotypic and genotypic methods. in the present study we characterized 18 strains belonging to the genus mesorhizobium, isolated from nodules of acacia abyssinica, a. se ... | 2010 | 21194867 |
| potent spermicidal effect of oleanolic acid 3-beta-d-glucuronide, an active principle isolated from the plant sesbania sesban merrill. | the spermicidal activity of oleanolic acid 3-β-d-glucuronide (oag), an active principle isolated from root extracts of sesbania sesban, was evaluated. | 2010 | 21237343 |
| parasitological and biochemical parameters in schistosoma mansoni-infected mice treated with methanol extract from the plants chenopodium ambrosioides, conyza dioscorides and sesbania sesban. | this study aims to detect the antischistosomal properties of the plants' chenopodium ambrosioides, conyza dioscorides and sesbania sesban methanol extract against schistosoma mansoni in infected mice, including determination of total protein and albumin levels and the activities of alanine and aspartate transaminases (alt, ast) and acid and alkaline phosphatases (acp and akp) enzymes in the serum of infected treated mice. male swiss albino mice were infected with s. mansoni and orally treated wi ... | 2011 | 21740980 |
| Role of bioinoculants and organic fertilizers in fodder production and quality of leguminous tree species. | The comparative effect of dual inoculation of native N fixer (Rhizobium) and AM fungi consortia with different organic fertilizers (vermicompost and farm yard manure) on fodder production and quality of two leguminous tree species (Leucaena leucocephala (Lam) de. Wit. and Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.) in silvopastoral system and their impact on the fodder production of un-inoculated Panicum maximum Jacq. under cut and carry system. After three years of plantation maximum tree survival was in L. le ... | 2011 | 21888233 |
| enhancing growth performance and systemic acquired resistance of medicinal plant sesbania sesban (l.) merr using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under salt stress. | pot experiments were conducted to evaluate the damaging effects of salinity on sesbania sesban plants in the presence and absence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (amf). the selected morphological, physiological and biochemical parameters of s. sesban were measured. salinity reduced growth and chlorophyll content drastically while as amf inoculated plants improved growth. a decrease in the number of nodules, nodule weight and nitrogenase activity was also evident due to salinity stress causing re ... | 2015 | 25972748 |
| condensed tannins from sesbania sesban and desmodium intortum as a means of haemonchus contortus control in goats. | two experiments were conducted to determine whether the proanthocyanidin (condensed tannin)-containing forage legumes desmodium intortum cv greenleaf and sesbania sesban (accession 15019) could be integrated into a feeding management strategy as a means of haemonchus contortus control in goats. the anthelmintic effects of condensed tannin extracts from the two legumes on h. contortus l(3) larvae were studied in an in vitro larval migration inhibition system. the extracts inhibited larval migrati ... | 2012 | 22547111 |
| the potential influence of plant-based feed supplements on sperm quantity and quality in livestock: a review. | the reproductive performance of male livestock is of economic importance, and improving semen quantity and quality, especially for artificial insemination, additionally helps to avoid the loss of valuable genotypes. the review focuses on the impact of oxidative stress on sperm production and quality in livestock, and the potential role of plant based anti-oxidants to control this impact. from scientific reports dealing with livestock, the paper compiles evidence on effective dietary measures aff ... | 2012 | 22575847 |
| influence of low calcium availability on cadmium uptake and translocation in a fast-growing shrub and a metal-accumulating herb. | calcium (ca) and the toxic heavy metal cadmium (cd) are antagonistic ions competing for uptake in plants when they co-occur in soil solutions, and high ca concentrations can reduce the uptake of cd in plants. however, less is known about the effects of low ca bioavailability on cd uptake and translocation in plants. we hypothesized that low ca availability would enhance cd uptake and translocation in sesbania sesban, a fast-growing shrub potentially useful for cd removal from contaminated soils, ... | 2015 | 26644342 |
| proline suppresses rubisco activity in higher plants. | seedlings of brassica juncea, sesbania sesban, and oryza sativa exposed to salt stress accumulated proline to levels as high as 4- to 20-fold over those of controls. because chloroplasts are the major site for synthesis of stress induced proline accumulation, in vitro studies were conducted to see how the over-accumulation of this solute influences the activity of the major chloroplastic enzyme ribulose 1,5-bis-phosphate carboxylase (rubisco) purified from the above plant species. surprisingly, ... | 1998 | 9826546 |
| phosphate solubilization by rhizobium strains. | forty-six rhizobium isolates from legume root and stem nodules were examined for their phosphate-solubilizing ability on pikovskaya's agar medium. rhizobium isolates from root nodules of cassia absus, vigna trilobata and three strains from sesbania sesban showed zone of tricalcium phosphate (tcp) solubilization. the isolate from c. absus showed maximum solubilization (620 μg/ml) after 12 d of incubation, while the rhizobium sp. strain 26 (from s. sesban) showed the least amount (150 μg/ml) of ph ... | 2009 | 23100757 |