Ancient Chinese herbal texts as far back as the 4th Century Zhou hou bei ji fang describe methods for the use of Qing Hao (Artemisia annua) for the treatment of intermittent fevers. Today, the A. annua constituent artemisinin is an important antimalarial drug and the herb itself is being grown and used locally for malaria treatment although this practice is controversial. Here we show that the ...

Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) is one of the major insect pests stored grains. Experiment was conducted for studying efficiency ground plant materials management T. in green gram and effect powders on seed germination laboratory Department Entomology, CoA, CAU, Imphal during period 2021-2022. Studies revealed that Black pepper @ 1.5g/kg shows maximum mean adult mortali...

Dry remains of the herbal species plantain ( Plantago major ), wormwood Artemisia vulgaris ) and reed grass Calamagrostis acutiflora were used as a natural source for isolation β- mannanase producing strains. They isolated by using carob gum single carbon energy. Each chosen plant was found to be colonized with dominant epiphytic group microorganism, although plants had been collected in same l...

a-Thujone is the toxic agent in absinthe, a liqueur popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries that has adverse health effects. It is also the active ingredient of wormwood oil and some other herbal medicines and is reported to have antinociceptive, insecticidal, and anthelmintic activity. This study elucidates the mechanism of a-thujone neurotoxicity and identifies its major metabolites and ...

Despite the importance of Artemisia annua L. as the only source of the anti-parasitic drug artemisinin, little is known on the effects of biotic and abiotic stress on artemisinin accumulation. Water deficit is the most limiting factor on plant growth, however it can trigger secondary metabolite accumulation, depending on the plant growth stage and intensity. A. annua cultivated in growth chambe...

Artemisia annua L. known as sweet wormwood in ancient literature is an essential oil bearing and medicinal aromatic plant belongs to Asteraceae family. It has been used for many years traditional eastern medicine especially the treatment of malaria some parasitic diseases, it gives successful results. Recently, addressed with its potential effect against coronavirus. In this study, naturally gr...