Artemisia pallens Wall. ex DC commonly known as "Davana" in Kannada and Artemisia abrotanum Linn. known as "Southernwood" (Asteraceae) are aromatic herbs, erect in habit, upto 60 cm tall, leaves are very small, much divided, bluish green. These plants find use in traditional systems of medicine viz., anthelmintic, tonic and antipyretic properties. Since, these species have not been scientifical...

This study was conducted on experimental field at Garmsar zone in Iran during 2010 – 2011 in order to Evaluation of medicinal plant valerian (Valeriana officinalis L.) essential oil compositions cultivated at Garmsar zone in Iran. Sowing date was 20 September and planting densitiy was 80000 plant ha. The volatile constituents of the root part of cultivated Valeriana officinalis were isolated by...

The importance of clean and solvent-free pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and other allied healthcare (food) products are continuously increasing towards meeting the challenges posed by International regulatory and consumer requirements. The issue of residual solvents in healthcare products is well known requiring consideration, and currently, nutraceutical products derived from medicinal and ar...

Aromatic plants and laser beam wavelength in the red range of visible spectra (623.8 nm), most commonly used for treating plant species, were selected. As there is not much information references, it necessary to set a scale with qualitative partially quantitative evaluations results. Specimens thyme seed (Thymus vulgaris) selected as aromatic studying effect low-power lasers on development, co...

THE BRAZILIAN VEGETATION Approximately two thirds of the biological diversity of the world is found in tropical zones, mainly in developing countries. Brazil is considered the country with the greatest biodiversity on the planet, with nearly 55,000 native species distributed over six major biomes (Fig 1): Amazon (30,000); Cerrado (10,000); Caatinga (4,000); Atlantic rainforest (10,000), Pantana...