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Screening of Tropical Plants for the Presence of Bioactive Compounds


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Rahmani, Mawardi and Mohd Ismail, Hazar and Ahmad, Fariedah and Manas, Abd Rahman and Sukari, Mohd Aspollah (1992) Screening of Tropical Plants for the Presence of Bioactive Compounds. Pertanika, 15 (2). pp. 131-135.

Abstract

The use of synthetic pesticides and herbicides to control insect and weed pests has posed substantial problems due to their persistence in the environment, insect resistance and high mammalian toxicity. On the other hand. plant-de1ived insecticide are more readily biodegraded, less likely to contaminate the environment and less toxic to non target organism.s. Hence, the search for new sources of such compounds from plants has gained popularity amongst researchers. A screening procedure far the presence of bioactive compounds from plant sources by using brim: shrimp as the general bio assay has been can;ed out and a number of plant species has been identified for further detailed studies. The crude extracts and purified samples were further tested using other more specific bioassay methods.


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Item Type: Article
Keywords: Arlemia salina; brine shrimp; bioassay; development inhibition; bioactive compounds
Depositing User: Nur Izzati Mohd Zaki
Date Deposited: 23 Nov 2009 02:34
Last Modified: 27 May 2013 07:05
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3035
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