| effects of jatropha curcas on calves. | jatropha curcas seed was fed to six calves at doses of 2.5, 1 and 0.25 g/kg once and to two other calves at 0.025 g/kg up to 14 days. the onset of toxic manifestations in the six calves was rapid and death occurred within 19 hours of administration. the two calves that received daily the lowest dose of j. curcas showed signs of poisoning and died within 10 to 14 days. the clinical signs of diarrhoea, dyspnoea, dehydration and loss of condition were well correlated with the pathological findings. ... | 1979 | 452322 |
| toxicity of jatropha curcas in sheep and goats. | the sequential development of the clinical signs and lesions in the organs of desert sheep and nubian goats dosed with jatropha curcas seeds at 0.05, 0.5 and 1 g/kg/day was studied. diarrhoea, reduced water consumption, dehydration, sunken eyes, inappetence and loss in condition were the important signs of j curcas poisoning in sheep and goats. the main pathological changes were haemorrhage in the rumen, reticulum, lungs, kidneys and heart, catarrhal and/or haemorrhagic enteritis, hepatic fatty ... | 1979 | 504810 |
| studies on the proteins from the seeds of croton tiglium and of jatropha curcas. toxic properties and inhibition of protein synthesis in vitro. | 1. proteins extracted from the seeds of the euphorbiaceae croton tiglium and jatropha curcas were separated into three major peaks (i,ii,and iii) by sephadex chromatography. 2. the crude protein from both seeds and peaks i and ii from croton and peak i from jatropha were toxic to mice, to different extents. 3. the crude protein and peak i and peak ii from both seeds, inhibited protein synthesis by a reticulocyte lysate; maximum inhibition was exerted by peak ii from both seeds. none of these pre ... | 1976 | 942394 |
| toxicity of jatropha cucurcas for goats. | eleven nubian goats were fed with jatropha curcas seeds at doses ranging from 0.25 g to 10g/kg/day. all dose levels were found to be toxic with fatal conswquences within 2 to 21 days. liver biopsy samples taken 2 days after the start of feeding and subsequent biopsies showed congestion, varying degrees of fatty change, considerable reduction in glycogen content and necrosis of the hepatocytes. lack of appetite, reduced water consumption, diarrhoea, dehydration, sunken eyes and a steadily deterio ... | 1975 | 1154432 |
| toxic effects of low levels of dietary jatropha curcas seed on brown hisex chicks. | jatropha curcas seed, a multi-purpose medicinal plant product, was fed at 0.1 and 0.5% to brown hisex chicks for 4 w to measure it's effects upon growth and the structure and function of vital organs. liver and kidney function tests included serum sdh, gdh, got, total protein, potassium and other serum constituents in addition to total tissue lipids and hematology. j. curcas intoxication in chicks was characterized by growth depression, hepatonephropathies and widespread hemorrhages and congesti ... | 1992 | 1509668 |
| response of brown hisex chicks to low levels of jatropha curcas, ricinus communis or their mixture. | feeding jatropha curcas seed at 0.5% of the basic diet for 2 w was not lethal to chicks. in chicks fed 0.5% ricinus communis seed or a mixture of 0.5% j curcas + 0.5% r communis for 2 w, there was dullness, poor growth, locomotor disturbance and death. pathological changes were correlated with alterations in clinical chemistry and hematology. | 1992 | 1509688 |
| presence of tumor promoters in the seed oil of jatropha curcas l. from thailand. | the seed oil of jatropha curcas l. was shown to contain skin tumor promoters in a two-stage mouse carcinogenesis experiment. by using the irritant test on mouse ear to monitor activity, the "irritant fraction" was partially purified from the methanol extract of the seed oil by column chromatographies on florisil and sephadex lh-20. the irritant fraction obtained induced ornithine decarboxylase in mouse skin and inhibited the specific binding of 3h-12-o-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate to a partic ... | 1987 | 3106278 |
| a new tumor promoter from the seed oil of jatropha curcas l., an intramolecular diester of 12-deoxy-16-hydroxyphorbol. | a new type of phorbol ester, which has a macrocyclic dicarboxylic acid diester structure, was isolated from the seed oil of jatropha curcas l. (euphorbiaceae). based on the results of spectroscopic analyses of the compound and its chemical degradation products, its structure is proposed to be an intramolecular 13,16-diester of 12-deoxy-16-hydroxyphorbol, 12-deoxy-16-hydroxyphorbol-4'-[12',14'-butadienyl]-6'-[16',18',20' - nonatrienyl]-bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-(13-o)-2'-[carboxylate]-(16-o)-3 '- [8'- ... | 1988 | 3167837 |
| failure of diterpenes from jatropha curcas to induce mutation in salmonella typhimurium ta98 and ta100. | no mutagenicity of five diterpenes isolated from the roots of jatropha curcas was detected by ame's test using both ta98 and ta100 tester strains with or without s-9 fraction from livers of rats treated with polychlorinated biphenyl. | 1987 | 3326080 |
| comparative toxicity of ricinus communis and jatropha curcas in brown hisex chicks. | symptoms, lesions and changes in growth, haematology and clinical chemistry were investigated in brown hisex chicks fed diets containing 0.5% jatropha curcas seed or 0.5% ricinus communis seed. high mortality and more severe changes occurred in chicks on ricinus diet than jatropha feed. the results indicated that caution should be observed in tropical countries where people are accustomed to chewing castor bean when in need of a laxative. | 1995 | 7600941 |
| toxicological studies on ratanjyot oil. | ratanjyot (jatropha curcas) grows wild in many parts of india and brazil. experimental studies on the toxicity of its oil are scarce despite its use as a cathartic purgative, for treatment of many ailments in human medicine and in industrial applications. this study aims to provide data on its toxicity. the proximate composition of the kernels and physicochemical characteristics of its oil were determined. the kernels constitute 62% of the seed and contain 52% oil, which is reported to contain p ... | 1995 | 7821875 |
| curcacycline a--a novel cyclic octapeptide isolated from the latex of jatropha curcas l. | from the latex of jatropha curcas l. (euphorbiaceae) a novel cyclic octapeptide was isolated, which we named curcacycline a. the compound was found to contain one threonine, one valine, two glycine, and four leucine residues. by two-dimensional 1h-nmr spectroscopy (hohaha and roesy), its sequence was determined to be gly1-leu2-leu3-gly4-thr5-val6-leu7-leu8-gly1+ ++. curcacycline a displays a moderate inhibition of (i) classical pathway activity of human complement and (ii) proliferation of human ... | 1995 | 7843403 |
| anti-diabetic properties of the african mistletoe in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. | the african mistletoe, loranthus bengwensis l. (loranthaceae), has been widely used in nigerian folk medicine to treat diabetes mellitus. the aqueous extract or infusion (1.32 g/kg per day) of the leaves of this plant parasitic on lemon, citrus limon (l.) brum f. (rutaceae), guava, psidium guajava l. (myrtaceae) and jatropha, jatropha curcas l. (euphorbiaceae), respectively, were supplied ad libitum to separate groups of both non-diabetic and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, as their only s ... | 1994 | 7967645 |
| pregnancy terminating effect of jatropha curcas in rats. | the fertility regulatory effect of the fruit of jatropha curcas was investigated by oral administration of different extracts to pregnant rats for varying periods of time. foetal resorption was observed with methanol, petroleum ether and dichloromethane extracts indicating the abortifacient properties of the fruit. the results also suggest that the interruption of pregnancy occurred at an early stage after implantation. this effect could be accomplished even when the extracts were given from the ... | 1995 | 8569234 |
| anthraquinones in rheum palmatum and rumex dentatus (polygonaceae), and phorbol esters in jatropha curcas (euphorbiaceae) with molluscicidal activity against the schistosome vector snails oncomelania, biomphalaria and bulinus. | hot water extracts of rheum plamatum and rheum dentatus (from china) showed molluscicidal activity against the snails oncomelania hupensis, biomphalaria glabrata and bulinus globosus, which are vectors of schistosoma japonicum, s. mansoni and s. haematobium, respectively. activity was correlated with antraquinones which were identified by hplc: rhein and chrysophanol-anthron were most active (> 50% dead snails after 2 days in a 0.03% solution). molluscicidal activity was intermediate with rheum- ... | 1997 | 9472303 |
| in vitro evaluation of medicinal plant extracts against pestalotiopsis mangiferae. | a serious leaf-spot disease of mangifera indica was noted during the last 10 years in satpura plateau of india. on the basis of characteristic symptoms and cultural characters, the pathogen was identified as pestalotiopsis mangiferae which is hitherto not reported from satpura plateau of india. screening of 17-medicinal plants against the test pathogen revealed 14 antimycotic whereas 3-plants, viz., argemone mexicana, caesalpinia bonducella, and casia fistula acclerated the growth of the pathoge ... | 1996 | 9676046 |
| edible provenances of jatropha curcas from quintana roo state of mexico and effect of roasting on antinutrient and toxic factors in seeds. | seven seed samples of j. curcas, both in raw and roasted state, sold in some villages in quintana roo state, mexico for human consumption were analyzed for physical characteristics, nutrients and antinutrients. the average seed weight varied from 0.53 to 0.74 g and kernel weight as proportion of raw seed weight was from 61 to 66%. the contents of crude protein, lipid and ash of kernels from raw seeds were 27-30%, 55-62% and 3.7-5.2% respectively. the levels of antinutrients in meal from the raw ... | 1998 | 9839832 |
| a search for anti-viral properties in panamanian medicinal plants. the effects on hiv and its essential enzymes. | aqueous and methanolic extracts of 39 panamanian medicinal plants were tested for anti-human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) effects. the extracts were tested for the inhibition of hiv-induced cytopathic effects in cultured cells, hiv-reverse transcriptase (rt) and hiv-protease (pr) enzymes. the water extract of the branches of jatropha curcas (euphorbiaceae) inhibited strongly the hiv-induced cytopathic effects with low cytotoxicity. on the other hand, the water extracts of the whole plant of cham ... | 1999 | 10075118 |
| disinfectant/antiparasitic activities of jatropha curcas. | to investigate the disinfectant/antiparasitic activities of jatropha curcas as a first step in providing a cheap, readily available disinfectant and malaria vector control agent. | 1998 | 10493051 |
| nutritional studies on rats and fish (carp cyprinus carpio) fed diets containing unheated and heated jatropha curcas meal of a non-toxic provenance. | unheated and heated (121 degrees c, 66% moisture; 15, 30 and 45 min) jatropha meals of non-toxic provenance from veracruz state in mexico were evaluated using rats and fish. with rats, the weight gain was highest for the casein diet followed by heated (30 min; only this treatment was studied using rats) and unheated jatropha meal containing diets. the protein efficiency ratio (per) for unheated and heated jatropha meal containing diets was 37 and 86%, respectively, of the casein diet. on the oth ... | 1999 | 10517277 |
| toxic activities of the plant jatropha curcas against intermediate snail hosts and larvae of schistosomes. | the aim of studies on plant molluscicides is to complement methods for controlling snails acting as intermediate hosts of schistosomes. we report on the toxic activity of extracts from jatropha curcas l. (euphorbiaceae) against snails transmitting schistosoma mansoni and s. haematobium. we studied different extracts' effects on infectious larvae, cercariae and miracidia of s. mansoni. compared to aqueous extract, methanol extract showed the highest toxicity against all tested organisms with lc10 ... | 2000 | 10929142 |
| medicinal and ethnoveterinary remedies of hunters in trinidad. | ethnomedicines are used by hunters for themselves and their hunting dogs in trinidad. plants are used for snakebites, scorpion stings, for injuries and mange of dogs and to facilitate hunting success. | 2001 | 11737880 |
| in vitro antiplasmodial investigation of medicinal plants from el salvador. | in vitro antiplasmodial activities of extracts from albizia saman, fabaceae, calea tenuifolia (c. zacatechichi), asteraceae, hymenaea courbaril, fabaceae, jatropha curcas, euphorbiaceae, momordica charantia, cucurbitaceae, and moringa oleifera, moringaceae were evaluated. from the lipophilic extract of c tenuifolia five active flavones were obtained. 4',5-dihydroxy-7-methoxyflavone [genkwanin] and 5-hydroxy-4',7-dimethoxyflavone [apigenin 4',7-dimethylether] exhibited the strongest antiplasmodia ... | 2002 | 12064726 |
| antitumor effects of curcin from seeds of jatropha curcas. | to study the antitumor effects of curcin from jatropha curcas. | 2003 | 12617773 |
| evaluation of efficacy and safety of a herbal medicine used for the treatment of malaria. | resistance of plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine has been reported in several countries. other anti-malarial drugs in use are expensive and not readily accessible to most people in malaria endemic countries. this has led to renewed interest in the development of herbal medicines that have the potential to treat malaria with little or no side effects. this study obtained a preliminary information on the safety and effectiveness of a plant decoction (am-1), used in treating malaria. the am-1 is ... | 2003 | 12820245 |
| coagulant and anticoagulant activities in jatropha curcas latex. | jatropha curcas linn. (euphorbiaceae), a medicinal plant commonly grown in the tropics, is traditionally used as a haemostatic. investigation of the coagulant activity of the latex of jatropha curcas showed that whole latex significantly (p<0.01) reduced the clotting time of human blood. diluted latex, however, prolonged the clotting time: at high dilutions, the blood did not clot at all. this indicates that jatropha curcas latex possesses both procoagulant and anticoagulant activities. prothrom ... | 2003 | 14522439 |
| anti-inflammatory activity of jatropha curcas roots in mice and rats. | anti-inflammatory activity of topical application of jatropha curcas l. root powder in paste form in tpa-induced ear inflammation was confirmed in albino mice and the successive solvent extraction of these roots was carried out by ether and methanol. the methanol extract exhibited systemic and significant anti-inflammatory activity in acute carrageenan-induced rat paw edema. it also showed activity against formalin-induced rat paw edema, as well as, turpentine-induced exudative changes and cotto ... | 2004 | 14698501 |
| effects of sarcoptic mange and its control with oil of cedrus deodara, pongamia glabra, jatropha curcas and benzyl benzoate, both with and without ascorbic acid on growing sheep: epidemiology; assessment of clinical, haematological, cell-mediated humoral immune responses and pathology. | the aim of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of commonly used acaricidal drugs in india and also to assess the effect of ascorbic acid (aa) as adjunct therapy in 72 growing sheep with sarcoptic mange, aged 5-6 months and weighing 20.4-31.7 kg. eight replicates of nine animals were formed based on sex, and day 0 body weight. another set of 12 healthy sheep (5-6 months old) constituted the healthy control group. drugs were applied locally on the affected parts daily and recovery ... | 2004 | 15153076 |
| effects of sarcoptic mange and its control with oil of cedrus deodara, pongamia glabra, jatropha curcas and benzyl benzoate, both with and without ascorbic acid on growing sheep: assessment of weight gain, liver function, nutrient digestibility, wool production and meat quality. | the aim of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of commonly used acaricidal drugs in india and also to assess the effect of ascorbic acid as adjunct therapy in 72 growing sheep with sarcoptic mange, aged 5-6 months and weighing 20.4-31.7 kg. eight replicates of nine animals were formed based on sex, and day 0 body weight. drugs were applied locally on the affected parts daily and recovery changes in skin lesions were observed at the time of every application. l-ascorbic acid was a ... | 2004 | 15153077 |
| extraction of oil from jatropha curcas l. seed kernels by combination of ultrasonication and aqueous enzymatic oil extraction. | use of ultrasonication as a pretreatment before aqueous oil extraction and aqueous enzymatic oil extraction was found to be useful in the case of extraction of oil from the seeds of jatropha curcas l. the use of ultrasonication for 10 min at ph 9.0 followed by aqueous oil extraction gave a yield of 67%. however, the maximum yield of 74% was obtained by ultrasonication for 5 min followed by aqueous enzymatic oil extraction using an alkaline protease at ph 9.0. use of ultrasonication also resulted ... | 2005 | 15364090 |
| anti-metastatic effects of curcusone b, a diterpene from jatropha curcas. | a new approach to cancer therapy in recent years has been to target the metastatic process. the anti-metastatic potential of curcusone b, a diterpene isolated from jatropha curcas linn. (euphorbiaceae), a herbal plant that has been used in traditional folk medicine in many tropical countries, was investigated against 4 human cancer cell lines. treatment with non-cytotoxic doses of curcusone b resulted in a strong reduction of in vitro invasion, motility and secretion of matrix-metalloproteinases ... | 2005 | 15796185 |
| expression of a ribosome inactivating protein (curcin 2) in jatropha curcas is induced by stress. | the open reading frame (orf) encoding curcin 2 was cloned from total genomic and cdna of jatropha curcas leaves, which were treated by drought, temperature stress and fungal infection, by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and reverse transcriptase (rt)-pcr amplification. the orf has 927 bp that encodes a precursor protein of 309 amino acid residues. there are high similarities with curcin and the conserved domain of ribosome inactivating proteins (rips). antiserum to curcin recognized one band of ... | 2005 | 16052073 |
| preliminary observations on the anthelmintic activity of jatropha curcas against strongyloides and haemonchus infections in goats and sheep. | | 1976 | 16300361 |
| characterization of a new stearoyl-acyl carrier protein desaturase gene from jatropha curcas. | a new full-length cdna of stearoyl-acyl carrier protein desaturase was obtained by rt-pcr and race techniques from developing seeds of jatropha curcas. sequence alignment showed that its deduced amino acid sequence had high similarity with other stearoyl-acyl carrier protein desaturases. the gene was functionally expressed in e. coli and the desaturating activity of recombinant protein was easily detected when assayed in vitro with added spinach ferredoxin. southern blot analysis indicated that ... | 2006 | 16642305 |
| [study on factors influencing agrobacterium-mediated transformation of jatropha curcas]. | susceptibility of explants to antibiotics and the transient expression of beta-glucuronidase (gus) gene were studied to determine the optimal conditions for gene transformation of jatropha curcas mediated by agrobacterium tumefaciens. the results showed that jatropha curcas was insensitive to the antibiotic cefotaxime, which is used for suppressing the growth of agrobacterium after cocultivation, while the plant was sensitive to kanamycin, hygromycin, phoshpinothrincin. all the three selective r ... | 2006 | 16944577 |
| expression, purification and anti-tumor activity of curcin. | curcin, purified from the seeds of jatropha curcas, can be used as a cell-killing agent. understanding the anti-tumor activity of the recombinant protein of curcin is important for its application in clinical medicine. the segment encoding the mature protein of curcin was inserted into escherichia coli strain m15, and the recombinant strain was induced to express by isopropyl-beta-d-thiogalactopyranoside at a concentration of 0.5 mm. the recombinant protein was expressed in the form of inclusion ... | 2006 | 16953306 |
| wound healing activities of bark extract of jatropha curcas linn in albino rats. | to investigate the wound-healing properties of crude bark extract of jatropha curcas linn in wistar albino rats. | 2006 | 17013466 |
| isolation and functional characterization of the jcerf gene, a putative ap2/erebp domain-containing transcription factor, in the woody oil plant jatropha curcas. | a cdna clone, named jcerf, was isolated from jatropha curcas seedlings (a woody oil plant). it was classified as an erf subfamily member based on multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic characterization. the deduced amino acid sequences of the jcerf clone showed no significant sequence similarity with other known erf proteins except for the conserved ap2/erebp dna-binding domain. expression of the jcerf gene was rapidly induced upon salinity, drought, ethylene and mechanical wounding treatm ... | 2007 | 17103014 |
| screening of herbal extracts for activation of the human peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor. | the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors play a pivotal role in metazoan lipid and glucose homeostasis. synthetic activators of pparalpha (fibrates) and ppargamma (glitazones) are therefore widely used for treatment of dislipidemia and diabetes, respectively. there is growing evidence for herbal compounds to influence nuclear receptor signalling e.g. the ppars. we recently reported carnosic acid and carnosol, both being diterpenes found in the labiate herbs sage and rosemary, to be activa ... | 2006 | 17152989 |
| pest-managing activities of plant extracts and anthraquinones from cassia nigricans from burkina faso. | insecticidal activity of eight plants collected from burkina faso was studied using mosquito (ochlerotatus triseriatus), helicoverpa zea and heliothis virescens larvae and adult white fly (bemisia tabaci). the n-hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of pseudocedrela kotschyi, strophantus hispidus, securidaca longepedunculata, sapium grahamii, swartzia madagascariensis, cassia nigricans, jatropha curcas and datura innoxia were used in this study. extracts were tested at 250 microg/ml concen ... | 2008 | 17478091 |
| growth of jatropha curcas on heavy metal contaminated soil amended with industrial wastes and azotobacter. a greenhouse study. | the aims of the study were to evaluate the effect of organic wastes (biosludge and dairy sludge) and biofertilizer (azotobacter chroococcum) on the planting conditions of jatropha curcas in metal contaminated soils. results showed that the plants survival rate in heavy metal contaminated soil increased with addition of amendments. treatment t6 (heavy metal contaminated soils+dairy sludge+biofertilizer) observed to be the best treatment for growth (height and biomass) as compared with the treatme ... | 2008 | 17482809 |
| production of protease and lipase by solvent tolerant pseudomonas aeruginosa psea in solid-state fermentation using jatropha curcas seed cake as substrate. | deoiled jatropha seed cake was assessed for its suitability as substrate for enzyme production by solid-state fermentation (ssf). solvent tolerant pseudomonas aeruginosa psea strain previously reported by us was used for fermentation. the seed cake supported good bacterial growth and enzyme production (protease, 1818 u/g of substrate and lipase, 625 u/g of substrate) as evident by its chemical composition. maximum protease and lipase production was observed at 50% substrate moisture, a growth pe ... | 2008 | 17509877 |
| effect of biosludge and biofertilizer amendment on growth of jatropha curcas in heavy metal contaminated soils. | the pot experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of different concentrations of arsenic, chromium and zinc contaminated soils, amended with biosludge and biofertilizer on the growth of jatropha curcas which is a biodiesel crop. the results further showed that biosludge alone and in combination with biofertilizer significantly improved the survival rates and enhanced the growth of the plant. with the amendments, the plant was able to grow and survive upto 500, 250 and 4,000 mg kg(-1) of ... | 2008 | 17973198 |
| larvicidal activity of some euphorbiaceae plant extracts against aedes aegypti and culex quinquefasciatus (diptera: culicidae). | larvicidal activity of ethyl acetate, butanol, and petroleum ether extracts of five species of euphorbiaceae plants, jatropha curcas, pedilanthus tithymaloides, phyllanthus amarus, euphorbia hirta, and euphorbia tirucalli, were tested against the early fourth instar larvae of aedes aegypti l. and culex quinquefasciatus (say). the larval mortality was observed after 24 h of exposure. all extracts showed low larvicidal effects; however, the highest larval mortality was found in petroleum ether ext ... | 2008 | 18163189 |
| full chain energy analysis of biodiesel from jatropha curcas l. in thailand. | biodiesel production from jatropha curcas linnaeus (jcl) has been considered for partial substitution of diesel fuel for transportation in thailand. the aim of this study is to investigate the energy consumption for long-term investment (20 years) of jatropha methyl ester (jme) production in thailand using a life cycle approach. apart from the average result, two scenarios--best and worst case--are set up to illustrate the range of results due to the variety of management practices. the main con ... | 2008 | 18522123 |
| role of biotechnological interventions in the improvement of castor (ricinus communis l.) and jatropha curcas l. | castor and jatropha belong to the euphorbiaceae family. this review highlights the role of biotechnological tools in the genetic improvement of castor and jatropha. castor is monotypic and breeding programmes have mostly relied on the variability available in the primary gene pool. the major constraints limiting profitable cultivation are: vulnerability to insect pests and diseases, and the press cake is toxic which restrict its use as cattle feed. conventional breeding techniques have limited s ... | 2008 | 18579331 |
| [oil contents and fatty acid composition in jatropha curcas seeds collected from different regions]. | to compare the oil contents and fatty acid composition among the samples of jatropha curcas l. seeds collected from china (guangdong, hainan, and guizhou provinces) and india. | 2008 | 18583260 |
| therapeutic biology of jatropha curcas: a mini review. | jatropha curcas is a drought resistant, perennial plant that grows even in the marginal and poor soil. raising jatropha is easy. it keeps producing seeds for many years. in the recent years, jatropha has become famous primarily for the production of biodiesel; besides this it has several medicinal applications, too. most parts of this plant are used for the treatment of various human and veterinary ailments. the white latex serves as a disinfectant in mouth infections in children. the latex of j ... | 2008 | 18691091 |
| toxicity studies of detoxified jatropha meal (jatropha curcas) in rats. | jatropha curcas, a tropical plant introduced in many asian and african countries is presently used as a source of biodiesel. the cake after oil extraction is rich in protein and is a potential source of livestock feed. in view of the high toxic nature of whole as well as dehulled seed meal due to the presence of toxic phorbol esters and lectin, the meal was subjected to alkali and heat treatments to deactivate the phorbol ester as well as lectin content. after treatment, the phorbol ester conten ... | 2008 | 18835321 |
| xiphidorus amazonensis n. sp. (nematoda: longidoridae) from the brazilian amazon basin. | xiphidorus amazonensis n. sp. was found in the rhizospheres of jatropha curcas, musa sp., anona muricata, cassia tora, panicum laxum, paspalum fasciculatum, aeschynomene sensitiva, saccharum officinarum, manihot esculenta, abelmoschus esculentus, tamarindus indica, mangifera indica, vigna unguiculata, zea mays, commelina sp., cyperus rotundus, fimbristylis miliacea, citrus sinensis, and eichhornia crassipes on the amazon river island of xiborena, approximately 40 km southeast of manaus, capital ... | 1985 | 19294098 |
| evaluation of extracts of jatropha curcas and moringa oleifera in culture media for selective inhibition of saprophytic fungal contaminants. | most fungi occur in nature and utilize simple sources of carbohydrates and nitrogen for growth. sabouraud's dextrose agar has been an ideal medium for primary isolation of fungi from clinical specimens, but for specimens from nonsterile sites or heavily contaminated ones, it has been necessary to include inhibitory substances such as antibiotics like chloramphenicol (antibacterial) and cycloheximide (antifungal). the problems we have in the our laboratory owing to frequent contamination of cultu ... | 2009 | 19455635 |
| stress-induced curcin-l promoter in leaves of jatropha curcas l. and characterization in transgenic tobacco. | ribosome-inactivating proteins (rips) represent a type of protein that universally inactivates the ribosome thus inhibiting protein biosynthesis. curcin-l was a type i rip found in jatropha curcas l.. its expression could be activated in leaves by treatments with abscisic acid, salicylic acid, polyethylene glycol, temperature 4, 45 degrees c and ultraviolet light. a 654 bp fragment of a 5' flanking region preceding the curcin-l gene, designated cp2, was cloned from the j. curcas genome and its e ... | 2009 | 19475419 |
| bioaccumulation and phyto-translocation of arsenic, chromium and zinc by jatropha curcas l.: impact of dairy sludge and biofertilizer. | the present study was planned to remediate the metalloid and metal contaminated soil by using non-edible and economic plant species jatropha curcas l. the experiment was conducted on pots to improve the survival rate, metal tolerance and growth response of the plant on soil; having different concentrations of arsenic, chromium and zinc. the soil was amended with dairy sludge and bacterial inoculum (azotobacter chroococcum) as biofertilizer. the results of the study showed that the bioaccumulatio ... | 2009 | 19481929 |
| in situ lipase-catalyzed reactive extraction of oilseeds with short-chained dialkyl carbonates for biodiesel production. | dimethyl/diethyl carbonate was adopted as extraction solvent and transesterification reagent at the same time for in situ lipase-catalyzed reactive extraction of oilseeds for biodiesel production in this work. fatty acid methyl esters and ethyl esters were respectively obtained with higher yields than those achieved by conventional two-step extraction/transesterification. the augment ranged from 15.7% to 31.7%. the key parameters such as solvent/seed ratio and water content were further investig ... | 2009 | 19615896 |
| [study on expression of curcin gene cloned from jatropha curcas in escherichia coli]. | to construct mature protein curcin gene prokaryotic expression vectors in escherichia coli and choose the optimal inducing condition of the recombinant strains. | 2009 | 19623998 |
| a new 2s albumin from jatropha curcas l. seeds and assessment of its allergenic properties. | significant effort has been made world-wide to boost biofuels with the expectation of a positive contribution to renewable fuel and greenhouse gas reduction. jatropha curcas l. has proved to be an opportunistic crop in tropical areas, particularly in unfavorable environments. for this reason, analyses of toxicity and allergy caused by its seeds and pollen are necessary. a 12kda, allergenic 2s albumin, denoted jat c 1, was isolated from physic nut (j. curcas) seeds. jat c 1 binds ige attached to ... | 2009 | 19686791 |
| molecular characterization and genetic diversity analysis of jatropha curcas l. in india using rapd and aflp analysis. | jatropha curcas l. belongs to family euphorbiaceae, native to south america and widely distributed in south and central america, attained significant importance for its seed oil which can be converted to biodiesel, a renewable energy source alternative to conventional petro-diesel. very few attempts were made to understand the extent of genetic diversity that exists in j. curcas. therefore, the present investigation was undertaken to asses the genetic diversity among 28 diverse germplasm collect ... | 2010 | 19688277 |
| a comparative analysis of embryo and endosperm proteome from seeds of jatropha curcas. | jatropha curcas is an important economic plant for biodiesel, which is extracted mainly from the endosperm of its mature seeds. despite the morphological and functional differences between the embryo and endosperm, proteomic characteristics of the two tissues are not yet known. similar proteomic profiles were observed in the two-dimensional gel electrophoresis maps from the two tissues. there were 380 and 533 major protein spots in the embryo and endosperm, respectively. fourteen identical spots ... | 2009 | 19723244 |
| molecular cloning and characterization of phospholipase d from jatropha curcas. | phospholipase d (pld, ec 3.1.4.4) is a key enzyme involved in phospholipid catabolism, initiating a lipolytic cascade in membrane deterioration during senescence and stress, which was cloned from jatropha curcas l., an important plant species as its seed is the raw material for biodiesels. the cdna was 2,886 bp in length with a complete open reading frame of 2,427 bp which encoded a polypeptide of 808 amino acids including a putative signal peptide of 53 amino acid residues and a mature protein ... | 2010 | 19763881 |
| phytoconstituents of jatropha curcas l. leaves and their immunomodulatory activity on humoral and cell-mediated immune response in chicks. | a novel biflavone di-c-glucoside, 6,6"-di-c-beta-d-glucopyranoside-methylene-(8,8")-biapigenin (1), was isolated from the leaves of jatropha curcas l. (euphorbiaceae), together with six known compounds; apigenin 7-o-beta-d-neohesperidoside (2), apigenin 7-o-beta-d-galactoside (3), orientin (4), vitexin (5), vicenin ii (6), and apigenin (7). their structures were determined on the basis of extensive chemical and spectroscopic analyses (uv, nmr and hresi-ms). the immunomodulatory effect of an 80% ... | 2009 | 19791499 |
| rapid analysis of jatropha curcas gene functions by virus-induced gene silencing. | jatropha curcas l. is a small, woody tree of the euphorbiaceae family. this plant can grow on marginal land in the tropical and subtropical regions and produces seeds containing up to 30% oil. several asian countries have selected jatropha for large scale planting as a biodiesel feedstock. nevertheless, jatropha also possesses several undesirable traits that may limit its wide adoption. an improved understanding of plant development and the regulation of fatty acid (fa) and triacylglyceride bios ... | 2009 | 19906247 |
| toxicity of jatropha curcas phorbol esters in mice. | phorbol esters are the main toxins in jatropha curcas seed and oil. the aim of this study was to assess the acute toxicity of phorbol esters given by intragastric administration and to determine the ld50 for swiss hauschka mice. the ld50 and 95% confidence limits for male mice were 27.34 mg/kg body mass and 24.90-29.89 mg/kg body mass; and the ld5 and ld95 were 18.87 and 39.62 mg/kg body mass, respectively. the regression equations between the probits of mortalities (y) and the log of doses (d) ... | 2010 | 19944127 |
| variation in vegetation structure and soil properties, and the relation between understory plants and environmental variables under different phyllostachys pubescens forests in southeastern china. | biodiversity maintenance and soil improvement are key sustainable forestry objectives. research on the effects of bamboo forest management on plant diversity and soil properties are therefore necessary in bamboo-growing regions, such as southeastern china's shunchang county, that have not been studied from this perspective. we analyzed the effects of different phyllostachys pubescens proportions in managed forests on vegetation structure and soil properties using pure cunninghamia lanceolata for ... | 2010 | 20135311 |
| combinatorial assessment on dominance and informative diversity of pgpr from rhizosphere of jatropha curcas l. | the extensive and enduring challenges in soil microbiology depend on the development of efficient methods to be acquainted with the types of microbes present in soil, and to determine the functional performance of the overall microbial groups in situ. this study aims to investigate the combined uses of species richness and diversity as well as to estimate the combinatorial effect of species richness and diversity in order to understand their role and distribution in their habitat. to achieve thi ... | 2010 | 20143356 |
| jcdof1, a dof transcription factor gene, is associated with the light-mediated circadian clock in jatropha curcas. | jatropha curcas is an economically important plant in terms of its seed oil. however, the molecular mechanisms underlying this plant response to light signals are unknown. one group of dna-binding with one finger (dof) transcription factor genes exhibits circadian rhythms and plays a crucial role in the control of flowering time by photoperiod perception in plants. in the present study, a full-length cdna designated jcdof1, containing a conserved dof-dna-binding domain, was isolated from j. curc ... | 2010 | 20149128 |
| growth and antioxidant responses in jatropha curcas cotyledons under lead stress. | jatropha curcas embryos were grown in vitro to observe the effects of lead on cotyledon responses. the cotyledon biomass increased initially and then decreased with increasing lead concentration. the sod activity increased gradually up to 200 microm and then decreased. the pod activity showed a similar trend. the cat activity was increased at all lead concentrations, the highest activity being observed at 200 microm. however, the pal activity was inhibited significantly except for 100 microm. an ... | 2009 | 20158158 |
| in vitro antimicrobial assay of plants used in traditional medicine in bukoba rural district, tanzania. | plants used in traditional medicine in bukoba rural district in tanzania were evaluated for their in vitro antimicrobial activities. plant materials from eight plant species (harungana madagascariensis (lam) poir., jatropha curcas l., lantana trifolia l., plectranthus barbatus andr., pseudospondias microcarpa engl., psorospermum febrifugum spach, teclea nobilis del. and vernonia adoensis [warp.] sl) were collected based on ethnomedical information provided by traditional herbal practitioners. re ... | 2007 | 20161920 |
| developmenrt of est-ssr and genomic-ssr markers to assess genetic diversity in jatropha curcas l. | abstract: | 2010 | 20181259 |
| antifungal activities of ethanolic extract from jatropha curcas seed cake. | phorbol ester extraction was carried out from jatropha curcas seed cake, a by-product from the bio-diesel fuel industry. four repeated extractions from 5 g j. curcas seed cake using 15 ml of 90% (v/v) ethanol and a shaking speed of 150 rev/min gave the highest yield of phosbol esters. the ethanolic extract of j. curcas seed cake showed antifungal activities against important phytofungal pathogens: fusarium oxysporum, pythium aphanidermatum, lasiodiplodia theobromae, curvularia lunata, fusarium s ... | 2010 | 20208435 |
| purification and characterization of curcin, a toxic lectin from the seed of jatropha curcas. | the seed of the plant jatropha curcas contains a toxic protein, designated as curcin, which was purified to apparent homogeneity by the combined use of chromatography on sephdex g-100. the molecular weight of 28.2 kda and the pi of 8.54 were determined. the protein was found to be a glycoprotein; the total neutral-surge content was 4.91%. it strongly inhibits the protein synthesis of rabbit reticulocyte lysate, with an ic(50) of 0.42 nm. it was determined by edman that the sequence of the n-term ... | 2010 | 20213572 |
| the role of beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase iii in the condensation steps of fatty acid biosynthesis in sunflower. | the beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase iii (kas iii; ec 2.3.1.180) is a condensing enzyme catalyzing the initial step of fatty acid biosynthesis using acetyl-coa as primer. to determine the mechanisms involved in the biosynthesis of fatty acids in sunflower (helianthus annuus l.) developing seeds, a cdna coding for hakas iii (ef514400) was isolated, cloned and sequenced. its protein sequence is as much as 72% identical to other kas iii-like ones such as those from perilla frutescens, ja ... | 2010 | 20221630 |
| a new strain of indian cassava mosaic virus causes a mosaic disease in the biodiesel crop jatropha curcas. | jatropha curcas mosaic disease is a newly emerging disease that challenges the productivity of a prospective biofuel crop, j. curcas. the aetiology of this disease has not been resolved. here, we report the complete nucleotide sequences of a jatropha virus isolated from dharwad, southern india. phylogenetic analysis of the virus genome suggests it is a new strain of indian cassava mosaic virus. agroinfiltration of the two cloned viral dna components produced systemic infection and typical mosaic ... | 2010 | 20224893 |
| yeast functional screen to identify genetic determinants capable of conferring abiotic stress tolerance in jatropha curcas. | environmentally inflicted stresses such as salinity and drought limit the plant productivity both in natural and agricultural system. increasing emphasis has been directed to molecular breeding strategies to enhance the intrinsic ability of plant to survive stress conditions. functional screens in microorganisms with heterologous genes are a rapid, effective and powerful tool to identify stress tolerant genes in plants. jatropha curcas (physic nut) has been identified as a potential source of bi ... | 2010 | 20302659 |
| acyl-acp thioesterases from castor (ricinus communis l.): an enzymatic system appropriate for high rates of oil synthesis and accumulation. | acyl-acyl carrier protein (acp) thioesterases are enzymes that terminate the intraplastidial fatty acid synthesis in plants by hydrolyzing the acyl-acp intermediates and releasing free fatty acids to be incorporated into glycerolipids. these enzymes are classified in two families, fata and fatb, which differ in amino acid sequence and substrate specificity. in the present work, both fata and fatb thioesterases were cloned, sequenced and characterized from castor (ricinus communis) seeds, a crop ... | 2010 | 20382402 |
| arabinogalactan protein from jatropha curcas l. seeds as tgfβ1-mediated inductor of keratinocyte in vitro differentiation and stimulation of gm-csf, hgf, kgf and in organotypic skin equivalents. | arabinogalactan protein jc from jatropha curcas seed endosperm (mean molecular weight 140 kda) was isolated by cold water extraction and characterized concerning sugar and amino acid composition. at 10 and 100 µg/ml jc stimulated mitochondrial activity (mtt test) of human skin cells (hacat keratinocytes, fibroblasts) and the atp status of primary keratinocytes. jc did not influence the cellular proliferation, while primary keratinocytes were triggered into differentiation status. investigations ... | 2010 | 20385211 |
| photosynthetic changes and protective mechanisms against oxidative damage subjected to isolated and combined drought and heat stresses in jatropha curcas plants. | photosynthetic changes and protective mechanisms against oxidative damage were evaluated in jatropha curcas leaves subjected to drought and heat stresses, both individually and combined, in order to elucidate the synergistic and antagonistic mechanisms involved with these abiotic factors. both the drought and heat stresses caused significant damage to the leaf membrane integrity and lipid peroxidation, and the combination of these stresses greatly enhanced these physiological disturbances. the l ... | 2010 | 20417989 |
| biosynthesis and characterization of copolymer poly(3hb-co-3hv) from saponified jatropha curcas oil by pseudomonas oleovorans. | polyhydroxyalkanoates (phas) are naturally occurring biodegradable polymers with promising application in the formulation of plastic materials. phas are produced by numerous bacteria as energy/carbon storage materials from various substrates, including sugars and plant oils. since these substrates compete as food sources, their use as raw material for industrial-scale production of pha is limited. therefore, efforts have been focused on seeking alternative sources for bacterial production of pha ... | 2010 | 20467780 |
| differential antioxidative enzyme responses of jatropha curcas l. to chromium stress. | chromium (cr) tolerant and accumulation capability of jatropha curcas l. was tested in cr spiked soil amended with biosludge and biofertilizer. plants were cultivated in soils containing 0, 25, 50, 100 and 250 mg kg(-1) of cr for one year with and without amendment. plant tissue analysis showed that combined application of biosludge and biofertilizer could significantly reduce cr uptake and boost the plant biomass, whereas biofertilizer alone did not affect the uptake and plant growth. antioxida ... | 2010 | 20478653 |
| are jatropha curcas phorbol esters degraded by rumen microbes? | jatropha curcas, a non-edible oil plant, is being promoted as a biofuel plant in a number of countries in tropical and subtropical regions. the kernel meal left after extraction of the oil is a potentially protein-rich feed ingredient. however, the presence of highly toxic phorbol esters limits its use. degradation of j. curcas phorbol esters by rumen microbes, using an in vitro rumen fermentation system, has been investigated in this study. | 2010 | 20549813 |
| in vitro antiplasmodial activity and toxicity assessment of some plants from nigerian ethnomedicine. | context: the emergence and spread of plasmodium falciparum-resistant parasites to nearly all available antimalarial drugs pose a threat to malaria control and necessitates the need to continue the search for new effective and affordable drugs. ethnomedicine has been shown to be a potential source of antimalarial compounds or source of template for the synthesis of novel antimalarial molecules. objective: the antiplasmodial activity and toxicity assessment of 30 plant extracts from eight medicina ... | 2011 | 20738218 |
| nocardia endophytica sp. nov., a novel endophytic actinomycete isolated from oil-seed plant jatropha curcas l. | a novel actinomycete, designated strain klbmp 1256t, was isolated from the surface-sterilized stem of oil-seed plant jatropha curcas l. collected from sichuan province, south-west china, and was characterized in order to determine its taxonomic position. phylogenetic analyses based on 16s rrna gene sequences indicated that the isolate was closely related to members of the genus nocardia in the family nocardiaceae, being most closely related to nocardia callitridis cap 290t (98.4%) and nocardia n ... | 2010 | 20817835 |
| pseudonocardia sichuanensis sp. nov., a novel endophytic actinomycete isolated from the root of jatropha curcas l. | a novel isolate, designated strain klbmp 1115(t) was isolated from the surface-sterilized root of oil-seed plant jatropha curcas l. collected from sichuan province, south-west china. characterization of the isolate was based on a polyphasic approach. 16s rrna gene sequence analysis indicated that strain klbmp 1115(t) belongs to the phylogenetic cluster of the genus pseudonocardia and was most closely related to pseudonocardia adelaidensis eum 221(t) (98.9%) and pseudonocardia zijingensis dsm 447 ... | 2011 | 20827574 |
| effect of various levels of dietary jatropha curcas seed meal on rabbits infested by the adult ticks of hyalomma marginatum marginatum i. animal performance, anti-tick feeding and haemogram. | the goal of this study was to investigate the use of jatropha curcas seed meal (jcsm) in different levels as acaricide in diet of rabbits experimentally infested by hyalomma marginatum marginatum then determining animal performance, anti-tick feeding and its effects on haemogram of rabbits. thirty healthy mixed-breed rabbits were randomly divided into five equal groups. the first group was kept as a control fed soya bean meal (20%) as a source of protein. groups from the second to the fifth fed ... | 2010 | 20882342 |
| production and selected fuel properties of biodiesel from promising non-edible oils: euphorbia lathyris l., sapium sebiferum l. and jatropha curcas l. | a comparative study on the composition, biodiesel production and fuel properties of non-edible oils from euphorbia lathyris l. (el), sapium sebiferum l. (ss), and jatropha curcas l. (jc) was conducted. under optimal conditions, the fame content and yield of the three oils were greater than 97.5 wt.% and 84.0%, respectively. the best biodiesel was produced from el due to its high monounsaturation (82.66 wt.%, cn: 1), low polyunsaturation (6.49 wt.%, cn: 2, 3) and appropriate proportion of saturat ... | 2010 | 20951029 |
| spirocurcasone, a diterpenoid with a novel carbon skeleton from jatropha curcas. | spirocurcasone (14), a diterpenoid possessing the unprecedented "spirorhamnofolane" skeleton, was isolated from the root barks of jatropha curcas, a plant extensively cultivated throughout the world, along with 11 known and two other new diterpenoids. the stereostructure of spirocurcasone was established using hresims, nmr, and quantum mechanical calculation of the electronic circular dichroic (ecd) spectrum. some of the isolated diterpenoids showed a potent activity against l5178y, a mouse lymp ... | 2010 | 21141918 |
| biochemical changes after short-term oral exposure of jatropha curcas seeds in wistar rats. | jatropha curcas (euphorbiaceae) is a multipurpose shrub with varied medicinal uses and is of significant economic importance. in addition to being the source of biodiesel, its seeds are also considered highly nutritious and could be exploited as a rich and economical protein supplement in animal feeds. however, the inherent phytotoxins present in the seed is the hindrance. the toxicity nature of the seeds of the local variety of j. curcas is not known. therefore, investigations were undertaken t ... | 2010 | 21170248 |
| efficient screening of a novel antimicrobial peptide from jatropha curcas by cell membrane affinity chromatography. | a novel method named cell membrane affinity chromatography was used to screen antimicrobial peptides from jatropha curcas . a cationic antimicrobial peptide (kvflglk, jcpep7) was successfully isolated and identified. antimicrobial assays indicated that jcpep7 was active against the tested microorganisms ( salmonella typhimurium atcc 50013, shigella dysenteriae atcc 51302, pseudomonas aeruginosa atcc 27553, staphylococcus aureus atcc 25923, bacillus subtilis atcc 23631, and streptococcus pneumoni ... | 2011 | 21268582 |
| degradation of phorbol esters by pseudomonas aeruginosa psea during solid-state fermentation of deoiled jatropha curcas seed cake. | large amount of seed cake is generated as by-product during biodiesel production from jatropha seeds. presence of toxic phorbol esters restricts its utilization as livestock feed. safe disposal or meaningful utilization of this major by-product necessitates the degradation of these phorbol esters. the present study describes the complete degradation of phorbol esters by pseudomonas aeruginosa psea strain during solid state fermentation (ssf) of deoiled jatropha curcas seed cake. phorbol esters w ... | 2011 | 21316957 |
| toxic compound, anti-nutritional factors and functional properties of protein isolated from detoxified jatropha curcas seed cake. | jatropha curcas is a multipurpose tree, which has potential as an alternative source for biodiesel. all of its parts can also be used for human food, animal feed, fertilizer, fuel and traditional medicine. j. curcas seed cake is a low-value by-product obtained from biodiesel production. the seed cake, however, has a high amount of protein, with the presence of a main toxic compound: phorbol esters as well as anti-nutritional factors: trypsin inhibitors, phytic acid, lectin and saponin. the objec ... | 2010 | 21339978 |
| synthesis of water soluble quantum dots for monitoring carrier-dna nanoparticles in plant cells. | fluorescent quantum dots (qds) have shown great promise for use as biolabels in cell and animal biology and more recently in plant sciences. an important use of qds is for monitoring the dynamics, intracellular trafficking, and fate of carrier-dna nanocomplexes in cell transfection and potentially in plant transformation. in this study, a low cost aqueous procedure has been developed to efficiently prepare biocompatible qds for monitoring nanoparticle-mediated gene transfer in conjunction with m ... | 2011 | 21449370 |
| structural and functional analyses of a saturated acyl acp thioesterase, type b from immature seed tissue of jatropha curcas. | the distinguishing structural and functional domains of plant acyl-acyl carrier protein (acp) thioesterases and their complex interaction with the acp-linked fatty acid substrate complex have remained elusive. e. coli based heterologous expression and characterisation of many plant thioesterases reported so far have not been extended and linked to in silico modelling studies to explain the diversity in plant thioesterase substrate specificities. in this study, a thioesterase cdna isolated from i ... | 2011 | 21489096 |
| co-composting of physic nut (jatropha curcas) deoiled cake with rice straw and different animal dung. | to address the dispensing of this growing volume, a study on utilization of jatropha (jatropha curcas) deoiled cake through compost production was carried out. the deoiled cake was composted with rice straw, four different animal dung (cow dung, buffalo dung, horse dung and goat dung) and hen droppings in different proportions followed by assessment, and comparison of biochemical characteristics among finished composts. nutrient content in finished compost was within the desired level whereas me ... | 2011 | 21489784 |
| enzymatic transesterification of jatropha curcas oil assisted by ultrasonication. | ultrasonication used for the production of fatty acid methyl ester from non-edible vegetable oil using immobilized lipase (chromobacterium viscosum) as a catalyst from enterobacter aerogenes to make the process fully ecologically and environmental friendly. the optimal conditions for biodiesel production is the molar ratio oil to methanol 1:4, catalyst concentration 5 wt.% of oil, reaction time 30min, ultrasonic amplitude 50% (100w/m(3)) and cycle 0.7s. ultrasonication reduce the reaction time c ... | 2011 | 21489849 |
| larvicidal efficacy of jatropha curcas and bacterial insecticide, bacillus thuringiensis, against lymphatic filarial vector, culex quinquefasciatus say (diptera: culicidae). | the present study explored the effects of jatropha curcas leaf extract and bacillus thuringiensis israelensis larvicidal activity against the lymphatic filarial vector, culex quinquefasciatus. wights were selected for investigating the larvicidal potential against the first to fourth instar larvae of the laboratory-reared mosquito species, c. quinquefasciatus say, in which the major lymphatic filariasis was used. the medicinal plants were collected from the area around bharathiar university, coi ... | 2011 | 21537989 |
| amycolatopsis endophytica sp. nov., a novel endophytic actinomycete isolated from oil-seed plant jatropha curcas l. | a novel actinomycete, designated klbmp 1221(t), was isolated from the surface-sterilized seeds of an oil-seed plant jatropha curcas l. collected from sichuan province, south-west china and was characterized taxonomically by using a polyphasic approach. phylogenetic analyses based on 16s rrna gene sequence showed that this strain formed a distinct phyletic line within the radiation of the genus amycolatopsis. the 16s rrna gene sequence similarity indicated that strain klbmp 1221(t) was most close ... | 2011 | 21594685 |
| biotechnological approaches to determine the impact of viruses in the energy crop plant jatropha curcas. | abstract: background: geminiviruses infect a wide range of plant species including jatropha and cassava both belonging to family euphorbiaceae. cassava is traditionally an important food crop in sub - saharan countries, while jatropha is considered as valuable biofuel plant with great perspectives in the future. results: a total of 127 jatropha samples from ethiopia and kenya and 124 cassava samples from kenya were tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) for rna virus and polymerase ... | 2011 | 21812981 |
| [screening and identification of a strain with lipolytic activity against jatropha oil and its catalytic capacity]. | to screen lipases applied to biodiesel production, a lipase-producing microorganism was isolated and the enzyme was characterized. | 2011 | 21796983 |
| antitrypanosomal activity of some medicinal plants from nigerian ethnomedicine. | human african trypanosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease with complex clinical presentation, diagnosis, and difficult treatment. the available drugs for the treatment of trypanosomiasis are old, expensive, and less effective, associated with severe adverse reactions and face the problem of drug resistance. this situation underlines the urgent need for the development of new, effective, cheap, and safe drugs for the treatment of trypanosomiasis. the search for new antitrypanosomal agents in ... | 2011 | 21789586 |
| cytotoxic activity of crude extracts as well as of pure components from jatropha species, plants used extensively in african traditional medicine. | extracts from jatropha curcas, a plant used in african traditional medicine for various diseases, were tested for cytotoxic activity. the root extracts strongly reduced cell growth of tumor cells in vitro, a result consistent with the knowledge of the application of these plant extracts in traditional medicine, especially to cure/ameliorate cancer. a selection of pure diterpenoids existing in extracts from jatropha species and isolated from j. curcas, for example, curcusone c, curcusone d, multi ... | 2011 | 21754941 |
| analysis of seed phorbol-ester and curcin content together with genetic diversity in multiple provenances of jatropha curcas l. from madagascar and mexico. | jatropha curcas l. has been promoted as an oilseed crop for use to meet the increased world demand for vegetable oil production, and in particular, as a feedstock for biodiesel production. seed meal is a protein-rich by-product of vegetable oil extraction, which can either be used as an organic fertilizer, or converted to animal feed. however, conversion of j.-ácurcas seed meal into animal feed is complicated by the presence of toxins, though plants producing "edible" or "non-toxic" seeds occur ... | 2011 | 21835630 |