Volume 8, Issue 4

Saurabh Gupta, Shareen Singh, Renu Gupta, Thakur Gurjeet Singh

pp. 138–145 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2018.4.30 · 2018

Pothos scandens L. (Pothos scandens) belonging to the family araceae used as folk healing worldwide possessing several ethnomedicinal properties for treatment of various devasting disorders. Phytochemical analysis of var…

Lindiwe Nomathemba Mpala, Getmore Rumbudzai Chikowe, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 146–152 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2018.4.31 · 2018

Introduction: Alpinia caerulea is a perennial herb which grows in coastal regions of Australia. All parts of this species are consumed as a bushfood. Furthermore, A. caerulea is taxonomically related to several plant spe…

Mitchell Henry Wright, John George Hanna, Derek Anthony Pica II, Bradley MacLean Tebo

pp. 153–157 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2018.4.32 · 2018

Introduction:An aerobic, Mn(III)-oxidizing, Gram-negative, motile bacterium (strain GSL-010T) was isolated from deep waters of the St Lawrence Estuary (Canada) and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Results: Cell…

Wenjing Lai, Ian Edwin Cock, Matthew James Cheesman

pp. 158–164 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2018.4.33 · 2018

Background: The aim of this project was to investigate the efficacy of Astragalus membranaceus (Astragalus) extracts, alone and in combination with conventional antibiotics, against diarrhoea- and dysentery-causing patho…