A new field of science, chemical biology/ chemical genetics/ chemical genomics (cb/cg/cg) has emerged since the late 1990's, especially in the United States. The NIH Roadmap agenda, Molecular Libraries Screening Center Network (MLSCN), became a drive force to push cb/cg/cg forward. Cb/cg/cg studies consist of three methodologies, chemical libraries with small molecules, high-throughput screenin...

The Thar Desert, a very inhospitable place, accommodates only plant species that survive acute drought, unpredictable precipitation, and those can grow in the limited moisture of sandy soils. Capparis decidua is among one of the few plants able to grow well under these conditions. This species is highly exploited and has been naturally taken, as local people use it for various purposes like foo...