POTENTIAL HYPOGLYCEMIC EFFECT OF ESSENTIAL OIL OF CITRUS RETICULATA IN WISTAR RATS

ABSTRACT The essential oil of Citrus reticulata is reported to have antidiabetic activity, but there are no reports on their interaction with commonly used hypoglycemic agent like glibenclamide. The present study was planned to elucidate hypoglycemic effect of essential oil of Citrus reticulata (ECR) and its interaction with glibenclamide in euglycemic and hyperglycemic rats. Euglycemic and alloxan induced hyperglycemic male Wistar rats were orally administered, the essential oil, glibenclamide (0.9mg/kg), subhypoglycemic dose (SHD) of ECR and SHD of glibenclamide (0.45mg/kg) in single dose separately in different groups blood glucose was estimated using glucometer at 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12hrs. The essential oil of Citrus reticulata exhibited significant hypoglycemic activity, while it did not potentiate the hypoglycemic activity of glibenclamide

GENERATION OF BIOELECTRICITY USING WASTE WATER

ABSTRACT The need for new and alternate sources of energy is increasing day by day. In the upcoming days the alternative sources of energy will be applied everywhere. The Microbial fuel cell technology represents a alternative form of energy wherein wastewater and industrial effluents are used for electricity generation. In this technology we have used sewage water and other industrial effluents and successfully generated a power of 0.9 -1.5 V , which is sufficient to light a LED. In this process the wastewater was primarily treated which was confirmed by the COD tests which showed reduction of COD. It is a very cost effective and a alternative source of energy which will be adopted for the future. We are also successful in isolating the electrogenic bacteria which include bacillus species and pseudomonas species. The main objective being the generation of required bioelectricity sufficient to run an industry