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The paper deals with the review on the nutraceutical details of the rhizome of the plant Nelumbo having two species worldwide from which N. lutea is confined to North America and Canada to an altitudinal range beyond 2400 m a.s.l. whereas the other species N. nucifera is distributed throughout the World in the tropical parts up to 1400 m a.s.l. having good nutritional and medicinal properties. The rhizome is considered to be used for the sake of presence of starch, minerals and vitamins particularly vitamin B6, helpful in the mental and physical growth amongst fetus. Very little is known on the traditional use of rhizome of N. lutea and its chemical and pharmacological attributes as well as its toxicity needs to be studied in detail as it is not available before inclusion in nutritional diet especially for diabetic and cardiac patients as well as women bearing fetus.

Physiological and biochemical analysis responses of 6-day-old seedlings of two pigeon pea (Cajanuscajan(L.) millspaugh) cultivars namely ICPL-85063 (short duration, lakshmi) and ICPL -87119 (medium duration, Asha) were studied. Stress was applied with polyethylene glycol (PEG-6000) and water potentials were: zero (control), -0.3Mpa (50mM),-1.1Mpa (100mM) and -2.3Mpa (150mM). In this study, the water stress effects on different parameters like chlorophyll content, protein and total amino acid content was measured following the standard methods. Total free amino acid content registered higher values in ICPL-85063. The protein and total chlorophyll content was observed as lower values when compared to their controls in lakshmi cultivar. It was observed that amino acid content was highest in stress level was -2.3Mpa and the least exist in blank. The results of chlorophyll content demonstrate a concentration dependant decline with increasing concentration of polyethylene glycol (PEG-6000). ICPL-85063 cultivar showed better performance in total amino acid content than Asha cultivar. It was established that the applied doses of PEG-6000 caused stress on young pigeon pea plants, which found suppression of photosynthesis.    

The main aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Colgate Dental Cream on Catfish. Investigation was carried out using Catfish weighing about 475-525 g. Fishes were maintained for 24 h in the water, dissoved with 100 mg of Colgate Dental Cream.  Reduced serum total protein, albumin, glucose and urea, concomitant with a reduced concentration chloride ions were observed. Enzymes such as alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) enzyme activities were changed significantly. In addition, structural architecture of  liver, heart, gills, muscle and kidney were also changed. Biochemical and histopathological changes in the catfish were due to the fact that there was an increased demand for energy under stress to cope up with the detrimental effects of the dental cream.