Md. Shahidul Islam, Md. Samiul Haque, Mohammad Moinul Islam, Emdadul Mannan Emdad et al.
BACKGROUND: Macrophomina phaseolina is one of the most destructive necrotrophic fungal pathogens that infect more than 500 plant species throughout the world. It can grow rapidly in infected plants and subsequently produces a large amount of sclerotia that plugs the vessels, resulting in wilting of ...
Md. Shahidul Islam, Jennifer A. Saito, Emdadul Mannan Emdad, Borhan Ahmed et al.
Abstract Jute ( Corchorus sp.) is one of the most important sources of natural fibre, covering ∼80% of global bast fibre production 1 . Only Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis are commercially cultivated, though there are more than 100 Corchorus species 2 in the Malvaceae family. Here we d...
Mohammad Nazrul Islam Bhuiyan, Jaripa Begum, Pranab K Sardar, Mohammad Sharifur Rahman
The chemical constituents of leaf and peel essential oil of Citrus medica L. were analysed by gas chromatography mass spectroscopy (GC-MS). Nineteen components accounting for 99.9% of the oil were identified in leaf oil. The major constituents are erucylamide (28.43%), limonene (18.36%) and citral (...
Farhana Ahmed, Mohammad Sharifur Rahman
BACKGROUND: Callistemon citrinus (Curtis.) (Family- Myrtaceae) is a popular evergreen shrub in Bangladesh. In the present study, the leaves of this plant have been assessed comprehensively for free radical scavenging, thrombolytic and membrane stabilizing activities. METHODS: The leaves were collect...
Mohammad Mamun Ur Rashid, Most. Nazma Parvin, Mohammad Sharifur Rahman, Mohammad S. Islam
A total of four compounds namely, lupeol (1), betulinaldehyde (2), betulinic acid (3) and stigmasterol (4) were isolated from the stem extract of Dillenia indica Linn. The structures of the isolated compounds (1-4) were established by extensive spectroscopic studies. The crude methanolic extracts an...
Md Arifur Rahman, Md Zakir Sultan, Mohammad Sharifur Rahman, Mohammad A Rashid
Adulteration of foods has become a national issue. The problem is not only ignoring the human rights for safer food but also endangering public health seriously with numerous acute and chronic diseases. Our future generation will be seriously affected with vulnerable physical and mental growth infli...
Mohammad Sharifur Rahman
Prostaglandins (PGs) belong to the group lipid mediators and can act as local hormones. They contain 20 carbon atoms, including a 5‐carbon ring, and are biosynthesized from membrane phospholipid derived arachidonic acid through the arachidonate cyclooxygenase (COX) pathway with the help of various t...
Mohammad Sharifur Rahman, Mohammad Mamun Ur Rashid
The plant Eclipta prostrata, a member of the Compositae family, has folkloric reputation of being used as a medicinal agent in Bangladesh. In the present investigation, attempt was taken to explore the antimicrobial potency and cytotoxicity of its extractives and purified compounds. The methanolic e...
Anika Bushra, H. M. Zakir, Shaila Sharmin, Quazi Forhad Quadir et al.
Abstract A study was undertaken to determine the contents of trace metals in 60 topsoils and 80 brinjal fruits samples from a famous brinjal-producing area of Bangladesh using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The study also looked at soil pollution levels, dietary intake of nutritionally importa...
Mohammad Sharifur Rahman, S. Bøwadt, Birgitte Romme Larsen
Abstract The simultaneous analysis of α‐HCH, β‐HCH, γ‐HCH, HCB, p , p ′‐DDD, p , p ′‐DDT, p , p ′‐DDE, o , p ′‐DDT, mirex, dieldrin and 62 chlorobiphenyl congeners on two parallel capillary GC columns of different polarity is described for nine Mediterranean fish species. Ten commercially available ...
Israt Jahan, Mohammad Sharifur Rahman, Mohammed Abdul Rahman, Mohammad A. Kaisar et al.
In this study, five compounds, lupeol (1), epilupeol (2), β-sitosterol (3), stigmasterol (4) and p-methoxybenzaldehyde (5) were isolated from the petroleum ether and dichloromethane fractions of a methanolic extract of the stem bark of Delonix regia. Antimicrobial screening of the different extracts...
Mohammad Sharifur Rahman, Mohammed Z. Rahman, Md Abdul Wahab, Rasheduzzaman Chowdhury et al.
The antimicrobial activity of methanol extracts of 17 plant species of Bangladesh was evaluated by the agar disc diffusion method. Among those, eight plant extracts exhibited potent antimicrobial activity against a wide variety of Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria and fungi at a concentration...
Farjana Rahman Chaity, Mahbuba Khatun, Mohammad Sharifur Rahman
BACKGROUND: Drynaria quercifolia L. (Family- Polypodiaceae) is a fern grows in Bangladesh used in traditional healing by the Garo tribe of Mymensingh district. In the current study, rhizomes and fertile foliage fronds of this plant have been investigated comprehensively to assess their in vitro memb...
Mohammed Z. Rahman, Shirin Sultana, Chowdhury F. Faruquee, Faisol Ferdous et al.
Five compounds were isolated from the n-hexane and chloroform soluble fractions of a methanol extract of the stem bark of Erythrina variegata. The structures of the isolated compounds were elucidated as alpinum isoflavone (1), epilupeol (2), 6-hydroxygenistein (3), 3β, 28dihydroxyolean-12-ene (4) an...
Mamtaz Farzana, Md. Jamal Hossain, Ahmed M. El‐Shehawi, Md Al Amin Sikder et al.
Wendlandia tinctoria var. grandis (Roxb.) DC. (Family: Rubiaceae) is a semi-evergreen shrub distributed over tropical and subtropical Asia. The present research intended to explore the pharmacological potential of the stem extract of W. tinctoria, focusing on the antioxidant, hypoglycemic, and antid...