K. Poonkodi, R. Mini, K. Vimaladevi, Prabhu, M. Anusuya, M Karthigaipriya, Saranya K.S.
{"title":"IN VITRO CYTOTOXICITY POTENTIAL OF ETHANOL EXTRACT OF SYZYGIUM SAMARANGENSE (Wt.)","authors":"K. Poonkodi, R. Mini, K. Vimaladevi, Prabhu, M. Anusuya, M Karthigaipriya, Saranya K.S.","doi":"10.26524/krj283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26524/krj283","url":null,"abstract":"The present investigation is carried out to study the invitro cytotoxicity of ethanol extract of Syzygium samarangense leaves on HeLa cell line by using MTT assay. Ethanol extract of S. samarangense showed concentration dependent activity on HeLa cell line with IC50 value of 40.5 μg/ml which shows that ethanol extract of S. samarangense posses significant cytoxicity.Moreover the preliminary phytochemical screening showed the presence of fatty acids, alkaloids, flavonoids, terphenoids, saponins, tannins and steroids which are responsible for its cytotoxicity. There are only a few reports are available for cytotoxicity of ethanol extract of S. samarangense.","PeriodicalId":178674,"journal":{"name":"Kongunadu Research Journal","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133860571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Deepa, K. Sowndhararajan, Minju Kim, Songmun Kim
{"title":"INHIBITION OF NITRIC OXIDE PRODUCTION IN LPS-STIMULATED RAW 264.7 CELLS BY DOLICHANDRONE ATROVIRENS BARK","authors":"P. Deepa, K. Sowndhararajan, Minju Kim, Songmun Kim","doi":"10.26524/krj292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26524/krj292","url":null,"abstract":"In traditional systems of medicine, the bark of Dolichandroneatrovirens has been used to treat various disorders. The main aim of this study was to determine the anti-inflammatory effect of D. atrovirens bark through the inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) production in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells.For this purpose, preliminary phytochemical composition and in vitro antioxidant activities of various solvent extracts of D. atrovirens bark were evaluated to select the most effective extract.The methanol extract of D.atrovirens registered the highest amount of total phenolics (476.2 mg GAE/g) and flavonoid (129.0 mg RE/g)contents witha strong antioxidant activity as measured in DPPH (IC50 of 19.52 μg/mL) and ABTS (IC50of 10.82 μg/mL) scavenging activities.Hence, the methanol extract was selected for cell line study. Further, the methanol extract of D. atrovirens effectively inhibited the production of NO in RAW 264.7 cells induced by LPS (13.1 μM at the concentration of 80 μg/mL). It could be concluded that the presence of higher level of total phenolic components in the methanol extract of D. atrovirens bark might be responsible for reducing the NO level in cells.","PeriodicalId":178674,"journal":{"name":"Kongunadu Research Journal","volume":"4 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131752458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PREDATOPHILY- A NEW POLLINATION MECHANISM REPORTED IN WESTERN GHATS","authors":"S. Karuppusamy","doi":"10.26524/krj287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26524/krj287","url":null,"abstract":"Predatophily – a new pollination mechanism has been described from Impatiens, Sonerila and Strobilanthes species in the Western Ghats of India.","PeriodicalId":178674,"journal":{"name":"Kongunadu Research Journal","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130736034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MULTICULTURALISM AND ASPECTS OF GLOBALISATION IN KIRAN DESAI’S INHERITANCE OF LOSS","authors":"R. Sumathi, Midhun Leo James","doi":"10.26524/krj277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26524/krj277","url":null,"abstract":"Indian English Literature pertains to the body of work by writers from India, who pen strictly in the English language and whose native or co-native language could be one of the numerous regional and indigenous language of India. English literature in India is also intimately linked with the works of associates of the Indian Diaspora. Among other writers, Kiran Desai is one of the most renowned writers in the Indian English Literature. With Kiran Desai, a literary tradition is reborn. One of the major themes in the novel is multiculturalism. Multiculturalism relates to communities containing multiple cultures. The term is used in two broad ways, either descriptively or normatively. As a descriptive term it usually refers to the simple fact of cultural diversity. It is generally applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, sometimes at the organizational level, eg: school, businesses, cities, or nations. As a normative term, it refers to ideologies or policies that promote this diversity or its institutionalization. In this sense, multiculturalism is a society at ease with the rich tapestry of human life and the desire amongst people to express their own identity in the manner they see as fit. Such ideologies or policies vary widely, including country to country. Another major theme in the novel is globalization, which is a process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, and other aspects of culture. Advances in transportation and telecommunications infrastructure, including the rise of the telegraph and its posterity the Internet, are majorfactors in globalization, generating further interdependence of economic and cultural activities. The term globalization has been increasing use since the mid-1980s and especially since the mid-1990s. The term globalization is derived from the word globalize, which refers to the emergence of an international network ofsocial and economic systems. This paper attempts to analyze Kiran Desai’s novel The Inheritance of Loss to bring out the various aspects of multicultural clashes and globalization.","PeriodicalId":178674,"journal":{"name":"Kongunadu Research Journal","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133983489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Vidhya, A. Ranjitha, B. A.S, R RanjitKumar, B. Chandarshekar
{"title":"STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CADMIUM SULFIDE NANOPARTICLES PREPARED BY PRECIPITATION METHOD","authors":"P. Vidhya, A. Ranjitha, B. A.S, R RanjitKumar, B. Chandarshekar","doi":"10.26524/krj281","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26524/krj281","url":null,"abstract":"Cadmium Sulfide nanoparticles were prepared by a simple and cost effective precipitation method. Xray analysis revealed broad diffraction peaks indicating that the particles are of very small size. The prominent broad peaks at 2θ values of 26.48°, 43.90°, and 51.91°, which could be indexed to the (002), (110) and (112) direction of the hexagonal phase of CdS. Optical studies showed maximum absorbance in the UV region but minimum absorbance in the VIS-NIR regions make it an excellent material for screening off UV portion of electromagnetic spectrum in UV filters and sensors.","PeriodicalId":178674,"journal":{"name":"Kongunadu Research Journal","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121089776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OBSERVATIONS ON THE ENDEMIC TAXA OF VELLIANGIRI HILLS, A PART OF SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS, INDIA","authors":"Aravindhan V, Rajendran Aa","doi":"10.26524/krj285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26524/krj285","url":null,"abstract":"The present exploration based on the floristic studies carried out shows that there are about 121 endemic taxa of flowering plants in Velliangiri hills belonging to 34 families have been recorded and are listed. Out of the plants listed, the dominant families are Asteraceae, Lamiaceae, Fabaceae and Orchidaceae.From the list of the endemic plants in the study, it is indicated that the phylo-genetically advanced families such as Orchidaceae, Asteraceae, and Lamiaceae are the most diversified families on the basis of their number of genera and species. The herbs and shrubs are better represented than the trees in the list. A large number of endemic taxa (about 20 species) are known only by their type collection, which could not be recollected or relocated even after repeated field explorations. It seems that either these taxa are vanished from their localities or alternatively, that species misidentification has occurred.","PeriodicalId":178674,"journal":{"name":"Kongunadu Research Journal","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132508500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CHALLENGES FACED BY TAMIL LEARNERS IN LEARNING ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION","authors":"R. Sumathi, A. ArokyaVajitha","doi":"10.26524/KRJ278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26524/KRJ278","url":null,"abstract":"Comparing the sounds of English and Tamil one can be able to acquire the knowledge of English sounds through his native. Only by studying the differences, difficulties of both English and Tamil it is possible to acquire a full understanding of the use of sounds. Phonological awareness refers to the ability to identify sounds of speech and make the necessary connection between the spoken units. And hence this paper attempts to discuss the differences between the languages and also the difficulties and the challenges faced by the Tamil learners in learning English pronunciation which helps the learners to identify the mistakes made by them and to be aware of the problems that forms the barrier. The possibilities will help the learners to be of a successful learner.","PeriodicalId":178674,"journal":{"name":"Kongunadu Research Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115588158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ON THE CONTROLLABILITY OF IMPULSIVE FUNCTIONAL INTEGRO-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS IN BANACH SPACES","authors":"V. N, Ravichandran C","doi":"10.26524/krj280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26524/krj280","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we established the some sufficient conditions for controllability of impulsive functional integrodifferential equations with nonlocal conditions by using the measure of noncompactness and Monch fixed point theorem.","PeriodicalId":178674,"journal":{"name":"Kongunadu Research Journal","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128935823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ON DYNAMIC COLORING OF WEB GRAPH","authors":"Aaresh R.R, M. Venkatachalam, T. Deepa","doi":"10.26524/krj263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26524/krj263","url":null,"abstract":"Dynamic coloring of a graph G is a proper coloring. The chromatic number of a graph G is the minimum k such that G has a dynamic coloring with k colors. In this paper we investigate the dynamic chromatic number for the Central graph, Middle graph, Total graph and Line graph of Web graph Wn denoted by C(Wn), M(Wn), T(Wn) and L(Wn) respectively.","PeriodicalId":178674,"journal":{"name":"Kongunadu Research Journal","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133786067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Chandarshekar, R RanjitKumar, Dinesh K.P.B, C SulanaSundar, S Sunnitha, K. Punithavathi
{"title":"PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYVINYL ALCOHOL THIN FILMS FOR ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS","authors":"B. Chandarshekar, R RanjitKumar, Dinesh K.P.B, C SulanaSundar, S Sunnitha, K. Punithavathi","doi":"10.26524/krj264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26524/krj264","url":null,"abstract":"Thin films of poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) were prepared on pre-cleaned glass substrates by Dip Coating Method. FTIR spectrum was used to identify the functional groups present in the prepared films. The vibrational peaks observed at 1260 cm-1 and 851 cm-1 are assigned to C–C stretching and CH rocking of PVA.The characteristic band appearing at 1432 cm-1 is assigned to C–H bend of CH2 of PVA. The thickness of the prepared thin films were measured by using an electronic thickness measuring instrument (Tesatronic-TTD20) and cross checked by gravimetric method. XRD spectra indicated the amorphous nature of the films.Surface morphology of the coated films was studied by scanning electron microscope (SEM). The surface revealed no pits and pin holes on the surface. The observed surface morphology indicated that these films could be used as dielectric layer in organic thin film transistors and as drug delivery system for wound healing.","PeriodicalId":178674,"journal":{"name":"Kongunadu Research Journal","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116509057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}