• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.213-219
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• 2005

The leaves of Annona squamosa Linn. (Annonaceae), commonly called as custard apple, are popularly used for the treatment of diabetes by various tribes in India. The leaves are also used for their powerful insecticidal activity, especially for destroying lice. This paper present a detailed pharmacognostical study of the crude drug folium Annona squamosa. The samples were studied using procedures of light, confocal microscopy, WHO recommended physico-chemical determinations and authentic phytochemical procedures. The physicochemical, morphological and histological parameters presented in this paper may be proposed as parameters to establish the authenticity of Annona squamosa leaf and may possibly help to differentiate the drug from its adulterants.

• Carbon letters
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• 제21권
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• pp.74-80
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• 2017

A highly facile and eco-friendly green synthesis of Annona squamosa (custard apple) leaf extract reduced graphene oxide (CRG) nanosheets was achieved by the reduction of graphene oxide (GO). The as-prepared CRG was characterized with X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Raman spectroscopic techniques. Removal of oxygen containing moieties from the GO was confirmed by UV-Vis, FT-IR and XPS spectroscopic data. The XRD and Raman data further confirmed the formation of the CRG. TEM images showed the sheet structure of the synthesized CRG. These results show that the phytochemicals present in custard apple leaf extract act as excellent reducing agents. The CRG showed good dispersion in water.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.347-351
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• 2005

In the present investigation twelve indigenous medicinal plants have been screened for their antiimplantation activity in albino rats. The plant material was subjected for soxhlation successively and separately from non-polar solvents to polar solvents i.e., petroleum ether benzene and ethanol. Out of these three extracts the petroleum ether extract of seeds of Citrus medica, aerial part of Oxalis corniculata and Tinospora cardifolia have showed maximum antiimplantation activity. Ethanol extract of leaves of Cardiospermum helicacabum, roots of Echinops echinatus, leaves of Melia azedarach, seeds of Momordica charantia and bark of Terminalia bellirica have shown maximum antiimplantation activity amongst the three extracts of each plant material screened. Though all the three extracts of seeds of Annona squamosa and leaves of Zizyphus jujube screened for antiimplantation activity, no extract has showed any loss in implantation. The details of the results obtained are discussed.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2013

제주도에서 열대과수로 망고(mango; Mangefera indica), 용과(dragon fruit; Hylocereus undatus), 아떼모야(atemoya; Annona cherimola ${\times}$ A. squamosa) 등이 주로 재배되고 있다. 2008년부터 2011년까지 이들 작물에 발생하는 해충 종류와 피해를 조사하였다. 망고 해충 중 총채벌레, 진딧물, 깍지벌레, 나방류 피해가 많았다. 오이총채벌레(Thrips palmi)와 볼록총채벌레(Scirtothrips dorsalis)는 망고 전 재배기간에 걸쳐 발생하여 큰 피해를 주었다. 오이총채벌레는 주로 잎을 가해하였지만 볼록총채벌레는 잎과 과실을 심하게 가해하였다. 나방류 해충은 주로 잎을 가해하였지만, 일부 차애모무늬잎말이나방(Adoxophes honmai.) 유충은 망고 과경지를 중심으로 과실표면에 서식하여 과실 피해를 유발하였다. 목화진딧물(Aphis gossypii)과 복숭아혹진딧물(Myzus persicae)은 신초에 피해를 주었고, 가루깍지벌레(Pseudococcus kraunhiae) 등 깍지벌레는 망고줄기와 과실에 많이 발생하였다. 용과는 개미와 목화진딧물(A. gossypii)에 의한 과실 피해와 담배거세미나방(Spodoptera litura) 유충은 줄기를 심하게 가해하였다. 아떼모야는 주로 나방류 해충인 담배거세미나방과 차잎말이나방(Homona magnanima) 피해가 심하였다.