During fish spoilage, microbial growth and metabolism generate different toxic metabolites
among them biogenic amines. Biogenic amine formation has been prevented by optimizing …

This paper reviews the literature on recent antimicrobial plant products (1978–1988) and
medicinal plants used for the treatment of infectious diseases. The review includes accounts …

Plant antimicrobials are not used as systemic antibiotics at present. The main reason for this
is their low level of activity, especially against gram-negative bacteria. The reported MIC is …

Thin layer chromatography (TLC) is increasingly used in the fields of plant chemistry,
biochemistry, and molecular biology. Advantages such as speed, versatility, and low cost …

Several alkaloids are toxic to insects and vertebrates and, in addition, can inhibit the growth
of bacteria and plant seedlings. In vitro assays were established to elucidate their modes of …

Alkaloids occupy an important position in chemistry and pharmacology. Among the various
alkaloids, berberine and coralyne of the protoberberine group, sanguinarine of the …

Plants have developed effective defence strategies to protect themselves from
phytopathogenic microbes and herbivores in their environment. Disease resistance in plants …

Gastrointestinal cancers are among the most prevalent cancers in the general population.
Despite effective early diagnostics and intervention, the gastrointestinal cancer‐related …

Bioactive alkaloids occupy an important position in applied chemistry and play an
indispensable role in medicinal chemistry. Amongst them, isoquinoline alkaloids like …

Green tomatoes contain significant levels of steroidal glycoalkoids (SGA) such as α-tomatine
and green pigment chlorophyll. Tomatine is an admixture of two glycoalkoids; alpha …