Andrographis paniculata (Burm. F.) Wall. Ex Nees (Family: Acanthaceae), commonly known as Kalmegh or ‘‘King of Bitters”, is one of the many traditionally known medicinal plants listed in WHO herbal Monograph [1]. It is a rich natural source of bioactive labdane diterpinoids like andrographolide, neoandrographolide, isoandrographanolide, andrograpanin, etc. Amongst them andrographolide is quanti...

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on Journal blog. Ecological processes are known to leave recognizable footprints spatial patterns of plants. Observed can be tested against theoretic expectations based effects species dispersal, fine-scale abiotic factors and biotic interactions realized plants (McIntire & Fajardo, 2009). The point-to-point relationships among plants, as ‘p...

A parsimony analysis was conducted on 319 rbcL sequences, comprising 242 from 194 genera of Leguminosae and 77 from other families. Results support earlier conclusions from rbcL and other molecular data that a monophyletic Leguminosae is part of a Fabales that includes Polygalaceae, Surianaceae, and the anomalous rosid genus Quillaja. Within legumes, results of previous analyses were also suppo...

S: VOLUME I Structure, Metabolism, Development, Physiology and Genetics Part 1 Flower growth, development, patterning, senescence and death Page 1. Genetics of floral development and patterning. MP Running, USA ...................................................................................... 1-11 Flowers are valued both for their beauty and their economic importance, as flower parts form t...