Phytochemical, Fluorescence Analysis, In vitro Antioxidant and In-vitro Thrombolytic Activity of Kabasura Kudineer Herbal Concoction

Objective: The purpose of the study is to carry out fluorescence analysis, phytochemical, in vitro antioxidant In-Vitro Thrombolytic Activity of Kabasura Kudineer Herbal Concoction. Methods: In the present study, fluorescence analysis, phytochemical, antioxidant In-Vitro Thrombolytic Activity of Kabasura Kudineer Herbal Concoction are carried out using standard procedures. Result: The fluorescence analysis under visible and ultraviolet light for Kabasura Kudineer herbal concoction treated with various chemical reagents shown different fluorescence effect. It showed a significant antioxidant activity in DPPH, Reducing Power and H2O2 scavenging methods. From our study, we also found that it showed 41.6% clot lysis activity respectively and they showed significant % of clot lysis effect with reference of Streptokinase (75.2%) and water (2.93%). Conclusion: The findings of the present study suggest that Kabasura Kudineer herbal concoction could be a potential source of natural antioxidant that could have greater importance as therapeutic agent in preventing has significant thrombolytic action. Additional studies are greatly essential for further drug development.

Extraction and Analysis of Natural Rubber from the Latex of Ficus carica, Artocarpus heterophyllus and Polymer Analysis of Durio zibethinus

In tropical fruits such as durian (Durio zibethinus) and jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), only one quarter to one third of the fruit is edible. Finding more ways to industrially use the other components of the fruit can reduce the waste burned or dumped in landfills. Another fruit tree of interest that can also grow in Austria is the fig tree (Ficus carica). Currently, the fruits are the main product of that plant; however, components in the latex of the tree are of interest too. The latex is known to contain natural rubber, which could potentially be used for industrial applications. Jackfruit trees also produce latex, which contains natural rubber. In both cases, the natural rubber has different properties compared to the conventionally used rubber from the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis). This could provide new opportunities in various applications. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to analyze the properties of the natural rubber obtained from the jackfruit and fig trees. Additionally, durian fruit also produces a sticky liquid, so the same experiments were also carried out with durian samples. The experimental procedure included extraction with acetone and cyclohexane as well as polymer length determination with gel permeation chromatography and polymer analysis with differential scanning calorimetry. The results show that in both jackfruit and fig tree latex, there is natural rubber of similar polymer length. Durian pulp also contains a polymer; however, with these experiments, it could not be identified. Further research is required to identify the durian polymer and to confirm the results of this experiment.

Compartmentalization of Pectinase within Cellulose Hydrogel: An Efficient Technique to Enhance the Catalytic Properties of Pectinase for Industrial Applications

Pectinase catalyze the breakdown of pectin polymer and widely has been used in different industrial preparations such as fruit juice preparation, liquification and scarification of plant biomass as well as coffee and tea fermentation. In this study, the pectinase from Bacillus licheniformis was compartmentalized within cellulose beads hydrogel using encapsulation technique to make it reusable with easy recovery from reaction mixture. The compartmentalization improved catalytic properties of pectinase and ensured its reusability for continuous uses. It was observed that 5.0% cellulose concentration was enough to form stable cellulose hydrogel beads with retention of high relative of activity of pectinase. The hydrogel compartmentalization didn’t change the optima pH and temperature for maximum relative activity and both the hydrogel compartmentalized pectinase and free pectinase maximum relative at same pH and temperature but the hydrogel compartmentalization increased the stability of pectinase against various temperatures and pH, and hydrogel compartmentalized pectinase showed higher relative activities against various temperature and pH as compared to free pectinase. The hydrogel compartmentalization slightly reduced the affinity of pectinase toward the substrate (pectin) and hydrogel compartmentalized pectinase showed little bit higher Km value as compared to soluble pectinase. Cellulose hydrogel compartmentalization retained the pectinase activity for reutilization in different reaction preparation and hydrogel compartmentalized pectinase showed more than 80% of its original activity after three times reusing.

Antagonistic Activity of Indigenous Rhizobacteria through Biosynthesis of Indole-3-Acetic Acid (IAA), Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN), and Siderophores

This study aimed to isolate indigenous Antagonistic Bacteria (AB) against common soil-borne phytopathogens, including Rhizoctonia solani, Phythium sp., Fusarium oxysporum. Biosynthesis of Indole-3-Acetic Acid (IAA), generation of Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN), and siderophores production were assessed for their involvement in the antagonistic activities. Rhizospheric soil of bean roots, sunflowers, wheat, rice, and humic and semi flooded soils were used to isolate twenty-one bacterial strains for phytopathogenic antagonism. It was found that nine isolates have potential antagonistic activity against three common soilborne pathogens. Antifungal productivity for IAA, HCN, and siderophores was screened on the isolates while nine ABs were identified. To choose statistically significant isolate for the formulation, the principal component analysis was performed with five variables (IAA production, siderophores production index, antagonistic activities against three phytopathogens). Among the nine isolates, the isolate Pseudomonas alicaligenes shew a positive correlation with all variables. In particular, the strain demonstrated to be an antagonistic strain against the fungal pathogens and a strong producer of siderophores, HCN and IAA, We prepared the biocontrol agents with rice flour, glutinous rice flour, Monosodium Glutamate and Chitosan that were found to maintain the up to three months for convenience of field applications.

Evaluation of the Growth Performance of Microalgae Based on Fine pH Changes

Microalgae are photosynthetic microorganisms with many potential applications in the food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and environmental industries. Currently, commercial microalgae production remains limited. Therefore, improving the growth and the culture density of the microalgae cultivation is one of the key enablers to open the way to mass production and commercialisation of these microorganisms. The effect of culture pH on the photoautotrophic growth of C. vulgaris over a large range of values has been investigated in pH-regulated cultures. For each microalgae culture, the specific growth rate, the cell density, the chlorophyll content, the intracellular carbon content and the nitrogen source consumption were monitored. Optimal growth and carbon incorporation have been observed at pH of 7.0. The fastest growth rate and highest biomass production of C. vulgaris were 0.074 h-1 and 0.896 g/L respectively. Under these conditions, a maximum carbon content of cells was 49 % (w/w).

Evaluation of Cell-Viability, Intracellular Lipid-Component and Efficiency of Lipid-Extraction of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Cells Treated by UV-C Irradiation Aiming to Use Cell Directly

Aim: We aimed finally to construct a system to utilize intracellular lipids of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by direct cell-use. To realize the system, a system of simple cell-sterilization to avoid environmental contamination without degradation of intracellular lipids was required. Industrially, a simple collecting system of internal lipids was also required. Methods and results: C. reinhardtii cultured in a photo bioreactor under autotrophic condition was irradiated by UV-C. After the irradiation with different time to cells under different culturing conditions, those cells were evaluated for cell-viability by staining with neutral red, intracellular cell components and efficiency of lipid-extraction with GC/FID, respectively. By UV-C irradiation for 10 min, C. reinhardtii cells after N-depletion were sterilized. Additionally, although the cells were morphologically crumbled under an optical microscope, the contents and the components of intracellular lipids showed few differences. Conclusion: C. reinhardtii cells were efficiently sterilized by UV-C irradiation and few treated cells leaked the intracellular lipids, indicating that the lipids could not be simply collected by centrifuging direct cell collection. Significance and impact of study: In this study, the sterilized cells could gradually leak the intracellular contents, indicating the possibility of direct-use of the cells to utilize lipids produced by C. reinhardtii.

Different Co-Culture Systems Have a Useful Impact on Preimplantation Embryo Development

The production of in vitro produced embryos of good morphological quality and viability is a prerequisite for successful assisted reproduction biotechnologies in animal breeding and human. The co-culturing system has been applied to improve preimplantation development that could subsequently resulted in successful pregnancy. There are different types of reproductive and non-reproductive cells that have been used during preimplantation development. The most well-known reproductive cells are those recovered from ovaries (cumulus and granulosa cells), oviduct and endometrium cells. While, in last decade stem cells such as mesenchymal stem cells and murine embryonic fibroblasts that originated from different tissues have been used to support early embryonic development. The positive effect co-culturing system was suggested to be due to direct mechanical cell-to-cell contact that occurred between the dividing embryos embryo and helper cells in addition to secretions of various bioactive biological components like growth factors and scavenging the deleterious byproducts that resulted from embryo metabolism. In current review, we will highlight the effects of different couture systems on embryo development and their suggested mechanisms to exert the beneficial impacts.