Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), a self-pollinating legume being cultivated globally as a rich source of vegetarian protein. It plays an important role in human feed and nutritional security, especially in agricultural-based communities. Chickpea has higher bioavailability of protein, good sources of polyphenols and flavonoids. Besides their nutritional value, chickpea seeds contain various phenolic compounds. Desi and Kabuli chickpeas are being used worldwide and there are few studies where both desi and kabuli chickpeas seed flour for above properties with respect to physiological traits has...

Aging is the process of becoming older, a process that is genetically determined and environmentally modulated. When broadly defined, aging refers to all time-associated events that occur during old age. These changes may be beneficial, neutral or deteriorative. During the developmental period of life most changes are due to maturation of physiological processes and tend to be beneficial. However, in the post maturation period of life, most of these changes are detrimental.Centella asiatica has been reported to accelerate nerve regeneration upon oral administration and contains multiple...

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the world's most staple food crop as well as most consumed cereal. Several biotic and abiotic factors cause yield loss of wheat production. Among several pathogens damaging wheat crop, rust pathogens are the most prevalent. They are reported from all wheat growing countries and causes a severe damage to the wheat production worldwide. There are three types of rust majorly affect wheat production in India: leaf rust caused by Puccinia recondita, stem rust by Puccinia graminis triticii and stripe rust by Puccinia striformis. Identification of rust resistant...