Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Induced Acclimatization and Growth Enhancement of Glycyrrhiza glabra L.: A Potential Medicinal Plant

Cover sheet Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Collembola and plant growth

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Alien Plant Species

The invasion success of alien plant species depends, amongst other things, on their functional traits [4] and the susceptibility of ecosystems. There is now increasing interest in including biotic interactions particularly mutualistic associations [5], into frameworks assessing alien plant invasions, as they help bridge the invisibility and invasiveness features. The great majority of terrestri...

Rubia cordifolia L. and Glycyrrhiza glabra L. Medicinal Plants as Potential Source of COX-2 Inhibitors

The association of chronic inflammation with development of human cancer is well recognized. There are number of reports of involvement of inflammatory process in the initiation and progress of cancer. The search for selective inhibitors of Cyclooxygenase-2 isoenzymes and that too from natural origin is considerably important. Rubia cordifolia L. and Glycyrrhiza glabra L. find an important plac...

Plant coexistence mediated by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Recent research has indicated the importance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in mediating plant coexistence. Coarse-scale studies compare the effects of the presence versus absence of AMF on plant coexistence, a phenomenon that is most relevant in early successional ecosystems where AMF are patchily distributed. By contrast, fine-scale studies investigate interactions that might occur onc...

Glycyrrhiza glabra (Liquorice) - a potent medicinal herb

There is an increasing demand for herbal medicines, health products, pharmaceuticals. Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn is a plant used in traditional medicine across the world for its ethnopharmacological value. It is found to contain important phytoconstituents such as glycyrrhizin, glycyrrhizinic acid, glabrin A and B and isoflavones. It is effectively used as anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-f...