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Lactic acid is regarded as a harmful product of anaerobic respiration occurring under waterlogged conditions in plant tissues. Effect of exogenous application of lactic acid on seed germination and activities of some important enzyme systems in seed of finger millet cultivar GPU28 was investigated. High concentration (0.5%) of lactic acid caused a marked reduction in germination percentage during initial phase (first 24 h) of seed germination. Lactic acid treatment caused suppression of seedling growth; radical growth being more sensitive than the coleoptiles growth. The analysis of enzyme activities at 24h germination stage revealed that lactic acid treatment caused decrease in the activities of enzyme amylase, acid phosphatase, ATPase, peroxidase, and catalase while there was elevation of alkaline phosphatase activity.
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Microbiological contamination of blood and blood products is a well-recognised transfusion risk. This study was performed in the blood bank of our oncology centre, with an objective to detect bacterial contamination in our blood products using oxygen consumption as a surrogate marker [Pall Enhanced Bacterial Detection System (eBDS)]. Results revealed that the percentages of failed units were 1.16% for random donor platelets (RDP), 0.81% for single donor platelets (SDP) and 2.94% for packed red blood cells (PRBCs), of which one RDP and one SDP grew coagulase-negative staphylococcus, while one PRBC culture grew Gram-positive bacilli.
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Bacteremia/prevention & control , Bacteriological Techniques/methods , Biomarkers , Blood/microbiology , Blood Transfusion/adverse effects , Drug Contamination , Humans , Neoplasms/therapy , Oxygen/metabolismABSTRACT
The present investigation was aimed to assess the nutritional value of ripened fruits of most popularly known medicinal plant Morinda by analyzing their proximate nutritional parameters as well as physio-chemical properties. The result showed that Morinda citrifolia had higher amount of proximate content than Morinda pubescens fruit pulp.