Peanut is an important oilseed crop globally. The peanut being a good source of oil as well as protein has drawn attention of many nutritionists. Therefore, it is becoming commercially as well as nutritionally important. A number of commercial products are made from peanut and peanut butter is one among them. The peanut and peanut butter are the cheapest source of desirable fatty acids like oleic acid (MUFA) and linoleic acid (PUFA), and also of protein. Hence, potentiality of peanut butter as an ingredient for nutritional enrichment and to overcome the problem of human health like...

The therapeutic potential of tulsi (Osimum sanctum L.) has been established on the basis of several pharmacological studies carried out with eugenol and hexane extracts of leaves of tulsi plant. The methenolic extract of tulsi leaves were used for characterization in 2D HPLC (Sepbox). Total 18 fractions were obtained of which 4 fractions found positive for euginol as tested by TLC. These four fractions were combined for antimicrobial activity. Fractions containing euginol was found with antibacterial activities against Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas fluorescence, Bacillus subtilis and...

Curcumin is a phenolic pigment obtained from powdered rhizomes of Curcuma longa Linn. (Family: Zinziberaceae). Curcumin is the main active constituent of C. longa L. It is imperative to know the different size of their rhizomes which contain the highest quantity of main three active constituent (curcumin, desmethoxycurcumin and bisdesmethoxycurcumin). A Validated UPLC-MS/MS method has been developed for the isolation and quantification of three main curcumin in different sizes of rhizomes of C. longa and C. amada collected from market. The proposed method is simple, precise, specific,...