The attention of the profession in this country, was not, I believe, particularly called to the medicinal properties of the Stramonium till Dr Marcet, in an interesting paper, read before the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, in June 1816, and published in their Transactions *, detailed the ^results of his experience of its use. Storck, it is true, so early as 1762, in a pamphlet publi...

In this work, the phytoremediation potential of 2,4-Dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) from soil and wetlands by Datura stramonium L. (jimsonweed) was investigated. The medium seedlings growing in a hydroponic system adjusted to different concentrations (0.0, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250 275 ppm) 2,4-DCP. Four days later, remediation rate 2,4-DCP growth medium, root-stem length, dry weight, lipi...

Calotropis procera, a plant of family Asclepiadaceae is of immense importance as multipurpose plant with medicinal as well as traditional uses. Latex of this plant has been used to cure disease like leprosy, syphilis, inflammation, cutaneous infections, and malarial fever and in many more. In vitro culture of this pharmacologically plant is required otherwise it leads the segregated loss of des...

Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Psyllidae: Hemiptera) and Aphis gossypii Glover (Aphididae; are destructive sap-feeding pests of citrus cotton, respectively. This study assessed the toxicity potential indigenous flora Soon valley surrounding salt range (Punjab, Pakistan) against D. A. gossypii. Among acetone extracts 40 plant species, Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds., Melilotus officinalis Pall., Nerium...

The antifungal effect of aqueous extracts of four plant species viz; Azadaracta indica A. Juss., Datura metel L. var. quinquecuspida Torr., Ocimum sanctum L. and Parthenium hysterophorus L. was determined in vitro study. It was found that all the plant extracts at 40% concentration were effective in reducing the mycelial growth of F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceri. Among these plants extracts, A. indi...

The aqueous extracts of twenty plants were screened by agar diffusion methods for their antibacterial activity against Rathyibacter tritici, a causal organism of tundu diseases of wheat. The combined extracts of leaf extracts of Datura stramonium and stem extracts of Acacia catechu in general showed a strong enhancement in activities over the individual extracts of leaves extracts of Datura str...