Vetiver is native to India, and has been in traditional use since ancient times for its perfumery oil obtained from roots. Also its hedges have been applied for contour protection since centuries. However, planned efforts to rehabilitate usar soils using vetiver plantations and organic soil amendments were initiated in 1956 by the National Botanical Garden, Lucknow (a national lab of CSIR, now ...

Urolithiasis or the formation of calculi at any level urinary tract is a common disorder found throughout world. Brushite minerals, probably initiator stone under favorable physiological environment, are one most commonly occurring stones along with calcium oxalate mono and di-hydrates. An attempt was made to know effectiveness methanolic extract Chrysopogon zizanioides L. (Vetiver) roots on gr...

Phytoremediation is one of the most widely used methods for removing soil contaminants. In this research, the function of Vetiveria zizianoides to remove cadmium from four different treatments with varying amounts of cadmium chloride contamination (including 0, 20, 40, and 60 mg per liter) was investigated and physiological changes caused by the accumulation of this metal in the plant were moni...

Free radical scavenging and tyrosinase inhibition activity of thirteen aromatic oils from Thai medicinal plants were investigated. A stable free radical DPPH (1, 1-diphenyl-2-picryhydrazyl) was used in the free radical scavenging assay and mushroom tyrosinase enzyme was used in the tyrosinase inhibition test. The two assays were performed in 96-well plates and the absorbance measured by a well ...