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Generally we test all the organic fractions in search of activity based compound (e.g. for pesticidal activity we generally prepare organic fractions for different plant parts and select the most...

08 September 2015 596 2 View

What is meant by antigiardial activity?

what is exact meaning of antigiardial?

06 July 2015 7,174 0 View

Application of whole metabolome analysis in plants?

Can anybody brief about or recommend a good document related to application of whole metabole analysis of certain plant, say for example any asteraceae member through LC/MS? What kind of...

05 June 2015 1,759 0 View

What makes methanol more appropriate solvent?

02 March 2015 2,252 2 View

Why do we extract dried, ground plant material instead of fresh one?

Botanists usually collect different plant parts, dry it and convert that into powder form for the extraction in different solvents. Why is intact fresh material not used for extractions?

01 February 2015 5,464 16 View

Can anyone recommend a protocol to assess phytodiversity loss due to invasions?

If somebody wants to assess the phytodiversity loss due to plant invasions, is the use of diversity and richness indices of invaded and non invaded sites and their comparison enough for a...

01 February 2015 5,839 3 View

Is it necessary to test all organic fractions for selection of plant with highest activity?

31 December 2014 7,114 13 View

Can anybody brief the key steps from isolation of most active fraction to most active phyto-compound?

I have tested different organic fractions of crude methanol extract of Parthenium hysterophorus leaves. Ethyl acetate fraction showed highest toxic activity. Now I would like to find out the most...

31 December 2014 7,988 4 View

What are suitable parameters for comparison of species composition of paired sites?

11 December 2014 3,320 11 View

How do I extract a pulpy plant tissue?

Plant material is normally extracted after shade drying and grinding. Pulverized material is then extracted through different techniques like cold maceration or through soxhlet apparatus. If...

11 December 2014 2,470 10 View

Is there a classification scheme for rock cavities or caverns with respect to their size and shape?

The range of forms and sizes of cavities in rock is very big. Is there a classification scheme for rock cavities regarding their size and shape?

02 March 2021 4,511 3 View

What are the most reliable approaches to extract key continuous frames from a video, with complete automation?

I have an input video, of skin (from a microscope that means it is magnified such that blood capillaries are visible). The idea is to extract 15 sec of continuous frames from a video of 1 min,...

02 March 2021 2,735 2 View

Which is the best place in the world for the plant biotechnology research?

I am searching for a good place for the Post Doc,

02 March 2021 4,053 3 View

How can extract ciprofloxacin hydrochloride disolve in water er to organic solvent such as dichloromethan or any other solvent?

I need a procedure to extract the ciprofloxacin hydrochloride from aqueous solution by using dichloromethane in detail,. I thank you very much.

01 March 2021 4,306 1 View

Which bacteria are suitable for quorum sensing screening?

I want to find a quorum sensing inhibitor from plant extracts. Klebsiella pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. I looked for these strains...

01 March 2021 7,675 3 View

Isolates of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus?

Dear Dr. Cai, my name is Simone Prospero and I work in the team of Phytopathology at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research (WSL;...

01 March 2021 1,133 1 View

How to perform statistical analysis of coefficients extracted from transform techniques?

I am studying the potential of DCT and FFT coefficients extracted from a signal to classify the different objects that emit the signal. I applied the Shapiro-Wilk to confirm that data was not...

01 March 2021 8,079 2 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

How to remove fatty material from plant extract?

The resultant solid was partitioned three times with 250 ml of petroleum ether (40-60/c) to remove any fatty material and evaporated to dryness.

28 February 2021 9,464 2 View

Can water be extracted from Olivine?

I have always been interested in geology and wondered about how unique structures of materials behave in different circumstances. I stumbled upon Olivine, the magnesium iron silicate, and heard...

28 February 2021 7,330 4 View