Gestational administration of aqueous leaf extract of Jatropha tanjorensis alleviated postpartum emotional and cognitive dysfunction in rats (Wistar strain).

This study examines the effect of gestational administration of aqueous leaf extract of Jatropha tanjorensis (JT) on postpartum-like behavioural outcomes to delineate its possibility as a prophylactic, therapeutic agent in the treatment of postpartum symptoms. Inseminated female rats (120-150g) were grouped into two-control and JT group (n=10). Control received 20 ml/kg of distilled water and JT group received 500 mg/kg of JT orally once daily for 21 days in gestation.

Consumption of Aqueous Leaf Extract of Jatropha tanjorensis Improves Fertility Potential and Gestational Outcome in Virgin Female Wistar Rats.

In spite of the overwhelming patronage of the plant Jatropha tanjorensis (J.T) popularly called "Hospital Too Far" by pregnant and women of reproductive age for its supposed reproductive benefits, the scientific evidence are hardly known. This study thus sought to examine the effect of consumption of aqueous leaf of J.

Production, characterization and techno-economic evaluation of Aspergillus fusant L-asparaginase.

Protoplast fusion is one of the most reliable methods of introducing desirable traits into industrially-promising fungal strains. It harnesses the entire genomic repertoire of fusing microorganisms by routing the natural barrier and genetic incompatibility between them. In the present study, the axenic culture of a thermo-halotolerant strain of Aspergillus candidus (Asp-C) produced an anti-leukemic L-asparaginase (L-ASNase) while a xylan-degrading strain of Aspergillus sydowii (Asp-S) produced the acrylamide-reduction type.

Interspecific protoplast fusion of atmospheric and room-temperature plasma mutants of generates an L-asparaginase hyper-producing hybrid with techno-economic benefits.

The axenic culture of (Asp-C) produced an anti-leukemic L-asparaginase while (Asp-S) produced the acrylamide-reduction type. Upon mutagenesis by atmospheric and room-temperature plasma (ARTP), their individual L-asparaginase activities improved 2.3-folds in each of IleThrAsp-C-180-K and ValAsp-S-180-E stable mutants.