We describe a distinct new species of the genus Hemiphyllodactylus based on three specimens collected from semi-urban areas in Goa state of India. The new species can be easily distinguished from all peninsular Indian ...

Effects of Cuprasol (88 percent copper oxychioride) and Parasan-One (Phenyl mercury acetate 1 percent Hg) on the silkworm eggs have been studied. Fresh eggs of six races of Bombyx mori, namely Pure Mysore, Hosa Mysore, C. ...

Goa, India has several active mining belts, majority being iron ore mines As a result, large stock piles of the rejects are dumped around. The runoffs from such piles contaminate the surrounding waterbodies during monsoon. ...

Anxiety is a commonly prevailing psychological disorder that requires effective treatment, wherein phytopharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals could offer a desirable therapeutic profile. Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F. Muell. ...

Nematological research in India is primarily focussed on major crops and animal parasitic groups, while ignoring free living groups in forest ecosystems. In the present study, soil nemafauna of Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife ...

The net primary productivity values vaned between 0.225 gC/m3/day to 0.75 gC/m3/day. The maximum value was recorded in December and minimum in March. The gross productivity varied between 0.57 gC/m3/day to 1.2 gC/m3/day. ...

Primolut-N tablets containing norethisterone were assessed for their in vivo genotoxic effect on the bone marrow cells of Swiss albino mice. The chromosomal aberration assay and the micronucleus test were employed for the ...

Diabetes mellitus is a multifactorial metabolic disorder caused due to deficiency of pancreatic hormone insulin, which results in failure to metabolize sugar or due to adequacy of another pancreatic hormone glucagon which ...