Background: Most people and livestock producers in rural India continue to rely on traditional medicine for health-care practices. The aim of the present study was document important plant species employed by Paddar treat ailments. Methods: Reconnaissance surveys were conducted from April 2020 September 2021. A total 65 informants (37 men 28 women) interviewed during period. Ethnoveterinary dat...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are ubiquitous to most natural and anthropized ecosystems, and are often found in polluted environments. However, their occurrence and community composition in highly weathered petroleum-polluted soils has been infrequently reported. In the present study, two ponds of weathered crude oil and their surrounding soil from the Charapa field in the Amazon region of...

explants of leaves, petals, anthers, styles and ovaries of c. speciosus, c. cancellatus, c. gilanicus and c. almehensis were cultured on ls media with three different combinations of naa and bap in the dark. callus and neoformant organs (leaf and corm-like structure and ordinary and contractileroots) were fomd on some of these explants. corm explants from these species were also cultured on ms ...

Two new steroidal saponins were isolated from the rhizomes of Costus spiralis Rosc. Their structures were established as (3beta,25R)-26-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-22-hydroxyfurost-5-en-3-yl O-D-apio-beta-D-furanosyl-(1-->2)-O-[alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->4)]-beta-D-glucopyranoside (1) and (3beta,25R)-26-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-22-hydroxyfurost-5-en-3-yl O-D-apio-beta-D-furanosyl-(1-->4)-O-[...

Antibacterial activity of Costus igneus was conducted. The plant C. igneus was well known for its anti-diabetic property. Traditionally the plant was used to treat fever, rash, asthma and intestinal worms. Two growth regulator IAA (Indole 3-acetic acid) and IBA (Indole butyric acid) in combinations were applied to MS medium for direct root induction. MS medium supplemented with 0.5mg/ml IBA, in...