Md Badrul Islam

Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | BCSIR · BCSIR Laboratories, Rajshahi

Cancer is rapidly becoming the leading cause of death globally. This study aimed to identify edible foods with cytotoxic and/or antioxidant activities that can prevent cancer when consumed in a regular diet. Sixty-eight edible foods were purchased from the local market, and the materials were extracted with 80% methanol. The cytotoxic activity of t...

Nanotechnology has become a cutting-edge field of research that has emerged as an interdisciplinary research area and contributes to almost every field of science. With the increasing demand for sustainable greener products, attention has recently been focused on green nanotechnology. This study manifested the aptitude of Leea macrophylla (LM) leaf...

Curcuma longa L. (turmeric), Beta vulgaris L. (beetroot), and Daucus carota L. (carrot) grown in Bangladesh were analyzed for nutritional and phytochemical contents to reveal their comparative nutritional compositions and antiradical properties. Ash, protein, and carbohydrate content were significantly preeminent in beetroot as compared to others....

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Drynaria quercifolia is an epiphytic fern distributed all over Bangladesh with traditional use in treating neurological disorders and other ailments. Although several pharmacological activities of D. quercifolia have been investigated, the neuroprotective potential of this plant is still unexplored. Aim of study:...

Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) is a widely grown vegetable in Bangladesh and is known as the sole supplier of various nutrients. Many studies evidence the nutritional value of flesh and seed while peel, flower, and leaves were reported scarcely with limited information. Therefore, the study aimed to investigate the nutritional composition and antioxida...

Amaranthus tricolor (red amaranth) is an important member of the Amaranthus species ubiquitously cultivated worldwide for its valuable constituents. In this study, the determination of important nutrients, minerals, amino acids, phytochemicals, carotenes, antiradical activity, and antibacterial activity of the entire part of the red amaranth plant...

This study aimed at analyzing the proximate compositions (moisture, crude protein, crude lipid, ash content) and minerals (iron and phosphorous) of some commercial fish feeds (FF) and poultry feeds (PF) available in the local market of the Rajshahi City Corporation area of Bangladesh. In addition, results were compared with the company labeled nutr...

Cattle blood is an animal byproduct enriched with protein and minerals. However, the improper management of cattle blood has a bad impact on the environment and human health. This study was aimed to analyze the nutritional content of housefly larvae including proximate, mineral and fatty acid compositions reared on different mixture ratios of cattl...

Yet to now natural products, or its’ derivatives are in service to humankind as the best source of molecules to control the pest and disease problems of human beings. The present work investigated total phenolic content, total flavonoid content, reducing power capacity, total antioxidant capacity, DPPH free radial scavenging activity of four differ...

This study is probably going to represent the info on some organic chemistry element like the juice contents, acid content, sugar content, sugar acid quantitative relation, dry matter content and vitamin C concentration in Seed less, Jara, Kot, Bari-2, Kagji lebu, Gol lebu and China lebu cultivated within the Botanical garden of Rajshahi University...

This study is probably going to represent the info on some organic chemistry element like the juice contents, acid content, sugar content, sugar acid quantitative relation, dry matter content and vitamin C concentration in Seed less, Jara, Kot, Bari-2, Kagji lebu, Gol lebu and China lebu cultivated within the Botanical garden of Rajshahi University...

In prevention and therapeutics of diseases in which free radicals are implicated antioxidants with free radical scavenging activities may have great potential and hence research on natural antioxidant has received much attention in modern medical science to overcome various harmful effects of synthetic antioxidants on human body. In the present stu...

In prevention and therapeutics of diseases in which free radicals are implicated antioxidants with free radical scavenging activities may have great potential and hence research on natural antioxidant has received much attention in modern medical science to overcome various harmful effects of synthetic antioxidants on human body. In the present stu...

As part of shelf life analysis of vitamin C enriched amla candy, which was prepared form fruits Phyllanthus emblica, the present work was under taken to analysis the proximate microbial load, protein, iron and some other heavy metal content of the product over a six months period. The candy was prepared by applying osmotic dehydration method. Iron...

As part of shelf life analysis of vitamin C enriched amla candy, which was prepared form fruits Phyllanthus emblica, the present work was under taken to analysis the proximate microbial load, protein, iron and some other heavy metal content of the product over a six months period. The candy was prepared by applying osmotic dehydration method. Iron...

Different body parts of freshwater crab Paratelphusha lamellifrons from Padma river were screened for profiling their fatty acid composition. Gas chromatographic studies revealed the presence 12 varieties of fatty acids of which three are SFA, 9 are UFA of which 5 were monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) constitute on average 35.70% of the total lip...

Citation: Islam MDB, Sarkar MDM, Rahman MDR, Khan M, Afroze M, et al. (2017) Fatty Acid Profile of Freshwater Crab (Paratelphusha lamellifrons) from Padma River of Rajshahi City, Bangladesh. J Nutr Food Sci 7: 641. Abstract Freshwater crab Paratelphusha lamellifrons from Padma River were investigated for proximate and fatty acid composition. Proxim...

Biodegradable starch based hydrogels have been attracting much attention of the researchers owing to concerns related to environmental pollution by the synthetic polymers. In this article green hydrogel is prepared by the free radical polymerization of acrylamide on the starch backbone. The amide groups of the starch-g-PAAm hydrogel were saponified...

Now a day the exposure of multi-resistance human pathogens has challenged our existing defense to save human being. To minimize such alarming issue, identification of naturally-occurring antimicrobial agents from plant origin has become a realistic and powerful tool to the researchers. Therefore the aim of this study was to investigate the antimicr...

Now a day the exposure of multi-resistance human pathogens has challenged our existing defense to save human being. To minimize such alarming issue, identification of naturally-occurring antimicrobial agents from plant origin has become a realistic and powerful tool to the researchers. Therefore the aim of this study was to investigate the antimicr...

Present study deals with investigation of mineral composition of the freshwater crab Paratelphusa lamellifrons from the river Padma near Rajshahi city of Bangladesh. Amount of mineral in the different body parts were found to be in the range between (6.63-7729.15) mg/kg. Mineral components like K, Ca, Fe, Cu and P among the different body parts of...

Objective: To investigate the comparative effects of Diospyros blancoi (Ebenaceae) leaves (DBL), root bark (DBRB) and stem bark (DBSB) on free radicals and cancer. Methods: The polyphenol contents, antioxidant and free radical scavenging properties were determined using standard spectrophotometric methods. Cytotoxicity and anticancer activities wer...

Present study deals with investigation of mineral composition of the freshwater crab Paratelphusa lamellifrons from the river Padma near Rajshahi city of Bangladesh. Amount of mineral in the different body parts were found to be in the range between (6.63-7729.15) mg/kg. Mineral components like K, Ca, Fe, Cu and P among the different body parts of...

The freshwater crabs Paratelphusa lamellifrons were collected from the Padma river near the Rajshahi district of Bangladesh during May, 2015 to October, 2015 to investigate its morphology and proximate composition. The present study showed that the available range of the body weight (BW) was 6-10 g; carapace width (CW) 26-30 mm; carapace length (CL...

Cancer is life threatening disease and the second leading cause of death. Various phenolic compounds obtained from plant sources such as fruit, bark, leaf and roots acts against cancer but when such fruits are treated with some chemicals such as formalin which itself a carcinogenic agent changes antioxidant potential of that fruit. To evaluate the...

In humans, many diseases are associated with the accumulation of free radicals. Antioxidants can scavenge free radicals and minimize their impact. Therefore, the search for naturally occurring antioxidants of plant origin is imperative. Here, we aimed to investigate the antioxidant and free radical scavenging properties of methanolic extracts from...

The present study is the continuation of our previous finding 1 where we reported comparative antioxidant properties as well as phenolic contents of methanolic extracts from leaf, fruit, root and stem barks of Morus alba L. (Moraceae, white mulberry) and concluded that stem bark was the potent source of antioxidants. According to folk research, M....

Aleuritic (9, 10, 16-trihydroxy palmitic acid) a unique acid containing three hydroxyl groups of which two are attached to adjacent carbon atoms, isolated from local varieties of seed lac, shellac and de-waxed shellac respectively with the treatment of different percentages (10%, 15%. 20%, 25%, 30%) of sodium hydroxide solution. From the experi...

2013). Isolation of Aleuritic acid with the treatment of differe nt percentages of Sodium hydroxide Solution from local varieties of lac. Bangladesh Res. Pub. J. 9(1): 39-43. Retrieve from Abstract Aleuritic (9, 10, 16-trihydroxy palmitic ac id) a unique acid containing three hydroxyl groups of which two are attached to adjacent carbon atoms, isola...

Seed extracts of medicinal plants Leea macrophylla were investigated for phytochemical as well as antibacterial screening. Phytochemical studies of the plant extracts revealed the presence of phenolic, saponin, glycosides, carbohydrate and protein types of compounds. The antibacterial effects of the plant extracts were also tested against several h...

Three new long alkoxy chain bearing schiff base ligands have been prepared by the condensation of long alkoxy chain (C6 and C8) bearing azo derivatives of salicylaldehyde with widely used biological buffering agent tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (ligand L2 and L3) and 2-amino-2- ethyl-1,3-propanediol (ligand L1) respectively. The synthesized Schif...

2013). Synthesis and 1 HNMR Spectroscopic Characterization of Long Alkoxy Chains Bearing Schiff Base Ligand. Bangladesh Res. Pub. J. 8(3): 250-259. Retrieve from Abstract Three new long alkoxy chain bearing schiff base ligands have been prepared by the condensation of long alkoxy chain (C6 and C8) bearing azo derivatives of salicylaldehyde with wid...

Abstract Background Antioxidants play an important role to protect damage caused by oxidative stress (OS). Plants having phenolic contents are reported to possess antioxidant properties. The present study was designed to investigate the antioxidant properties and phenolic contents (total phenols, flavonoids, flavonols and proanthrocyanidins) of met...

Musabbar, a solid powder has been prepared from the processed leaves juice of Aloe vera by a developed technology for the use in Unani, Ayurvedic and many modern medicinal preparations and also in some popular cosmetic products. The physico-chemical constants and mineral contents of the product are ascertained. The analysis of mineral (metal and no...

It is one of the few nitrogen fixing trees which produced seeds containing pongam oil, bitter, red brown thick, non-drying non edible oil. The seeds contain about 27-39% oil which may be used for tanning leather, for making soap, as a liniment to treat scabies, for curing rheumatism and as illuminating oil [2]. The oil is treated as fuel in diesel...

Attempts were made to investigate different phytochemicals (secondary metabolites) of Clerodendron viscosum leaves extracts with different solvents e.g. petroleum ether (40-60° C), ethyl acetate and chloroform. The extracts were found to contain alkaloids, carbohydrates, flavonoids, glycosides, tannins and steroids. The extracts were then subjected...

Certain complex compounds were synthesized by the interaction of Mg(II), Ca(II) and Fe(III) halides with the solvent extracting reagent, Cyanex-272 i.e. bis (2,4,4- trimethylpentyl) phosphinic acid as ligand. All the prepared complexes have been characterized on the basis of their molar masses, conductivity, magnetic measurements and infrared and e...