Publications by authors named "Meraj Alam Ansari"

Key Clinical Message: Incidence of bilateral inguinal hernia encompassing bilateral ovaries in adult female is very thin and concomitant association with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome is out of ordinary. Along with surgical management of hernia, these females need multidisciplinary slant to manage gynecological, social, and emotional issues.

Abstract: In mature females, bilateral ovarian inguinal hernias are a rarity.

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Introduction: Over the years, smallholder farmers have faced more vulnerability to risk and uncertainty in India due to their dependence on cereal crops. One way to reduce this risk is through diversified agriculture, integrating different practices for efficient resource utilization, and adopting a farming systems approach. An integrated farming system (IFS) is one such technique that provides year-round income from different components of enterprises.

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Introduction: Developing an intensive sustainable model and feeding a rising population are worldwide challenges. The task is much more daunting in the North Eastern Himalayas, where, low productive maize ()- fallow is the main production system in the upland. To increase farm productivity, nutritional security, and energy dietary returns while maintaining environmental sustainability and economic viability, short-duration crops must be included in the maize-fallow system.

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Article Synopsis
  • Oxidative stress contributes significantly to various health issues, and natural antioxidants are preferred for long-term use due to safety concerns with synthetic alternatives.
  • The study focuses on the antioxidant and anticancer properties of a wild edible plant found in Manipur, India, using various assays to assess its effectiveness against oxidative stress and cancer cells.
  • Results indicate that the plant extract has a high polyphenol content, exhibits strong antioxidant activity, and demonstrates cytotoxic effects against several cancer cell lines, along with inhibitory effects on zebrafish embryo development, suggesting its potential as a natural therapeutic agent.
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The present study investigates the antioxidant activity of 28 wild edible plants (WEPs) resources of Loktak Lake wetland ecosystem of Manipur, North East Indian Himalayan Region and their correlation with phenolics and flavonoids. Antioxidant activity was measured by DPPH, ABTS and FRAP assay. The antioxidant capacity was found to wide ranges of 1.

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The objective of this study is the characterization of a keratinase from Bacillus sp.RCM-SSR-102 and its application in the preparation of keratin hydrolysate from chicken feather waste. The purified KER102 keratinase was characterized as a serine-metallo protease having a molecular weight of 30 kDa with optimum pH and temperature of 10 and 50 °C respectively.

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β-glucosidase is an enzyme that has ability to cleave β-glycosidic bonds present in oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates. They are known to be present across all domains of living organism and have important roles in many biological processes including plant defense mechanism. In the present study, a β-glucosidase enzyme identified from seeds of was characterized using various bioinformatics tools.

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