Chemical composition of some medicinal plant products of indigenous origin

Asian J. Med. Biol. Res

Ali

Talukder

et al. 2016

A research work was undertaken to evaluate the feeding effect of tree forages on performance of growing sheep. Twenty growing sheep (in 4 groups) were fed three different tree forage diets. Tree forages Melia azardirachta, Leucaena leucocephala and Artocarpus heterophyllus were supplied in three treatments except one consisted no tree forages which was considered as control. There were significant (p<0.05) differences among the animal groups in terms of total DM and ME intake, although there were no significant differences in the digestibility of DM, OM, CP and ADF. Feeding of tree forages had significant (p<0.05) effect on live weight gain of sheep. Animals fed with tree forage based diets significantly increased weight gain (60.70 and 50.70 g/d for L. leucocephala and A. heterophyllus, respectively) compared to that (45.66 g/d) of control group fed with silage. Feed conversion efficiency (kg feed/kg gain) also showed that animals fed with tree forage of L. leucocephala and M. azardirachta based diets were having significantly (p<0.05) higher efficiency (11.33 and 11.47, respectively) compared to those of A. heterophyllus and control diet (13.77 and 13.33, respectively). The results of nitrogen balance of M. azardirachta and L. leucocephala tree forage had significantly (p<0.05) positive effect on the nitrogen retention in the body of the animals. Intake of all the tree forages was not similar which indicated that all of them were not accepted to the lamb in same level. So, diets with tree forages of L. leucocephala resulted better in terms of weight gain, digestibility and nitrogen balance compared to A. heterophyllu, M. azardirachta and silage (control).Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. December 2015, 1(3): 648-653

Section: Nutrient Compositionsupporting

confidence: 70%

Effect of feeding tree forages on productive performances on growing sheep

Asian J. Med. Biol. Res

Ali

Talukder

et al. 2016

“…Pudina (Mentha arvensis) used against digestive and vomiting. Tulsi leaves contained higher amount of Na, Cu and Zn (Bhowmik et al, 2008). From recent search valuable medicinal plant as Tulsi and Pudina are found endangered in Bangladesh.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of Fertilizer and Manures on Growth and Yield of Tulsi and Pudina Medicinal Plant

Sattar

J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources

2015

The experiment was carried out at the Field Laboratory, Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during the period of March, 2012 to July, 2012 to evaluate the effect of fertilizer and manure on the growth and yield of Tulsi and Pudina. There were six treatments consisting of control (No fertilizer and manures), cowdung, poultry manure, cowdung+ NPK fertilizer, poultry manure+ NPK fertilizer and Mixed fertilizer. All the treatment significantly influenced most of the growth and yield components of Tulsi and Pudina. The plant height, No. of branch/plant, No. of leaf/plant, Leaf length, 1000-fresh leaf weight and fresh yield were highest where cowdung was applied. All the above parameters were lowest where no manures were applied (control). From these results it was clear that cowdung was the best for soil quality and growth and yield of Tulsi and Pudina medicinal plant.

“…(Azadirachta indica) is a useful conventional medicinal plant in Bangladesh. In all parts of the neem tree has some medicinal properties and is commercially exploitable for the development of medicines and industrial byproducts (Bhowmik et al, 2008). These plants are used as digestive stimulants, antidiarrhoic, antiseptic, antiinflammatory, antiparasitic and appetite stimulants in human beings as well as animals.The antimicrobial activity of extracts of neem leaves against such microorganisms as Staphylococcus spp, Streptococcus spp, Pseudomonas spp and Escherichia coli, and some fungal strains have been reported many researchers (Valarmathy et al, 2010).…”

Section: Neemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Synbiotic, probiotic and neem leaf as alternatives to antibiotic growth promoter in broiler diet

Ahammed

2022

Bang. J. Anim. Sci.

The feeding trial was carried out to compare the effect of probiotic, synbiotic and neem (Azadirachta indica) leaf as alternatives to antibiotic in broiler chicken diets. The experiment was performed for a period of 28 days with a number of 500 day-old straight run broiler chicks. Birds were divided into five dietary treatment groups with 4 replications having 25 birds in each. The dietary groups were; control (Basal diet), synbiotic, probiotic, neem leaf powder (NLP) and antibiotic group. The experimental diets were consisted as broiler starter (day-old to 14 days) and broiler grower (15 to 28 days). The supplementation of synbiotic, probiotic, NLP and antibiotic in the broiler diets had significant effect on growth performance. Diets supplemented with synbiotic showed significantly (p<0.05) higher live weight and weight gain at the end of the experiment compare to the control and antibiotic group. NLP and probiotic supplemented groups also showed significantly higher (p<0.05) body weight and body weight gain compared to control and showed almost similar performance compared to antibiotic group. Better FCR (p<0.05) was also noticed in synbiotic group (1.60) compare to the control (1.79), antibiotic group (1.65), NLP group (1.69) and probiotic group (1.70). There were no significant differences in meat quality characteristics among the dietary groups. The cost of production per kg of live broiler was slightly lower in synbiotic group compared to control and antibiotic groups. With regards to profit, synbiotic groups showed higher profitability than other groups. The result indicated that supplementation of synbiotic, probiotic and NLP in broiler diet had a positive effect on growth performance and profitability. It is therefore suggest that the synbiotic, probiotic and NLP could be potential feed additives in broiler diet and synbiotic could be considered as a better antibiotic alternative for broiler production. Bangladesh Journal of Animal Science 51 (3): 122-132, 2022