http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/8889 Search the Channel search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/simple-search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9446 Title: Food <br/> <br/>Abstract: Whole grains have been reported to lower blood pressure, but results have been mixed. During a study carried over at Diet & Health Promotion Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USA report comparison on the effects of soluble and insoluble fibers on blood pressure in a whole grain diet. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 252-253 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9445 Title: Cultivation potential of culinary bamboos in Southern India <br/> <br/>Authors: Shanmughavel, P <br/> <br/>Abstract: India is one of the leading countries of the world, second only to China, in bamboo production with a figure of 32.3 million tonnes/year. Bamboo species cover an area of around 10.03 million hectares, which contribute 12.8% of the total forest cover of the country. In bamboo diversity India ranks third i.e. next to China (300 species) and Japan (237 species). More than 70 genera and 1,200 species of bamboo have been described, but only a few are grown commercially for their shoots. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 237-239 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9444 Title: Natural dye yielding plants <br/> <br/>Authors: Gokhale, S. B; Tatiya, A. U; Bakliwal, S. R; Fursule, R. A <br/> <br/>Abstract: Every herb can be used to make dye. Herbal dyes being natural tend to be softer and their range of tones is very pleasant. At present total market of herbal dyes is to the tune of US $ 1 billion and is growing tremendously at the rate of 12%per annum. Per capita consumption of dyes is 400g to 15 kg in developed and underdeveloped countries for their utility in paints, inks, textiles, polymers, etc. India is a major exporter of herbal dyes mostly due to ban on production of some of the synthetic dyes and intermediates in the developed countries due to pollution problem. Nature has gifted us more than 500 colour yielding plants. The present paper is an aid to a collective enquiry into the Indian dye yielding plants, their parts and chemical constituents. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 228-234 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9443 Title: Fuel <br/> <br/>Abstract: The demand for conventional energy supplies such as electricity, coal, gas and petroleum products is increasing with the development of industrial sector and population explosion. To meet the requirement biomass and agricultural waste represent a large potential renewable energy source, which could benefit society with a clean fuel in the form of methane. Materials like potato, with a high content of soluble carbohydrate, are usually regarded as more suitable feedstocks for the production of ethanol rather than conversion to biogas <br/> <br/>Page(s): 254-255