Synthesis, characterization, and cytotoxicity studies of nanocellulose extracted from okra () fiber.

Nanocellulose, especially originating from a natural source, has already shown immense potential to be considered in various fields, namely packaging, papermaking, composites, biomedical engineering, flame retardant, and thermal insulating materials, etc. due to its environmental friendliness and novel functionalities. Thus, a thorough characterization of nanocellulose is a hot research topic of research communities in a view to judge its suitability to be used in a specific area.

Diesel degradation efficiency of Enterobacter sp., Acinetobacter sp., and Cedecea sp. isolated from petroleum waste dumping site: a bioremediation view point.

Bioremediation through biodegradation is applied for cleaning up several environmental pollutions including petroleum oil spill containing petrol, diesel, mobil, kerosene, lubricating, etc. which have devastated several endangered terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Therefore, the current research was aimed to isolate and identify diesel degrading bacteria from the petroleum waste dumping site and determined their degrading efficiency.

Deciphering the molecular pathways of apoptosis using purified fractions from leaf extract of Basella alba through studying the regulation of apoptosis related genes.

Apoptosis plays a pivotal role in the exclusion of abnormal cells without any ruin of surrounding healthy cells. Generally, it occurs through an orderly and autonomously process which is controlled by proper function of various genes. Therefore, the current experiments detect the expression level/pattern of those genes to confirm the involvement of extrinsic and intrinsic pathway using Basella alba leaf (BAL).

Differential expression of Bax-Bcl-2 and PARP-1 confirms apoptosis of EAC cells in Swiss albino mice by Morus laevigata.

A safer natural alternative to treat neoplastic cells by inducing apoptosis is a prime requisite. Therefore, the current study was to evaluate the antiproliferative activity of Morus laevigata, a wild-type Mulberry species. Antioxidant and cytotoxic activity of aqueous extracts of M.

Efficacy of soil-borne Enterobacter sp. for carbofuran degradation: HPLC quantitation of degradation rate.

Excessive use of pesticides in agricultural fields is a matter of great concern for living beings as well as the environment across the world, in particular, the third world countries. Therefore, there is an urgent need to find out an effective way to degrade these hazardous chemicals from the soil in an environment-friendly way. In the current project, a bacterial species were isolated through enrichment culture from carbofuran-supplemented rice-field soil and identified as a carbofuran degrader.

In-vivo antiproliferative activity of leaf and bark extracts against Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma.

Cancer is the second death causing disease all over the world and until today 100 different types of cancer have been identified whose treatment methods consist of serious side effects on human body. To reduce the frequency of adverse effects of cancer treatment, nowadays plant derived natural components are getting priority. The plant is widely available in northern part of Bangladesh.

Anticancer Activity of Leaf and Seed Extracts against Ehrlich's Ascites Carcinoma (EAC) Cell Line.

Cancer is a class of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell growth. The current treatment options of cancer are radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and surgery, where all of them have unpleasant side effects. Due to their adverse side effects, it is challenging to develop new drug for cancer treatment.

Mechanisms and Signaling Associated with LPDBD Plasma Mediated Growth Improvement in Wheat.

This study investigates the effect and mechanisms of low pressure dielectric barrier discharge (LPDBD) produced with Ar/O and Ar/Air technique causing biological stimulation leading to improved germination and growth in wheat. Both plasma treatments caused rougher and chapped seed surface along with noticeable improvement in seed germination in wheat. Beside this, seed HO concentration significantly increased compared to controls subjected to Ar/O and Ar/Air while this phenomenon was more pronounced due to Ar/Air plasma.