INTRODUCTION Diabetes is a metabolic disorder of carbohydrates, proteins and fats due to deficiency of insulin secretion. In the whole world, about 5% of the general populations are suffering from diabetes and this disease is taking the lives of people more than AIDS. The countries where people are suffering from this disease are India, USA, China, Japan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Brazil, Russia, It...

Background & Aim: Acorus calamus L. is a native herb in India. The herb belongs to family Acoraceae. It is perennial and grows in marshy land with scented rhizomes and tapered reed like leaves with 80-100 cm in height. The leaves generally arise from the rhizomes. It is also known as sweet flag in English and vernacularly as Bach. The present investigation reveals the ...

Background & Aim: Acorus calamus L. is a native herb in India. The herb belongs to family Acoraceae. It is perennial and grows in marshy land with scented rhizomes and tapered reed like leaves with 80-100 cm in height. The leaves generally arise from the rhizomes. It is also known as sweet flag in English and vernacularly as Bach. The present investigation reveals the ...

The basalmost monocot genus Acorus is well-known for its use in traditional oriental medicine. It comprises the groups of A. calamus and gramineus. A recent study recognized three species latter group, gramineus, macrospadiceus, tatarinowii. material currently known as tatarinowii has been extensively studied a source various chemical compounds producing first published genome Acorus, which imp...

Xylem of stems and roots of three species of Astelia, a monocot with relatively unspecialized xylem, was examined with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to better understand structural conditions intermediate between tracheids and vessel elements. Both macerations and hand-sectioned material were studied. Tracheary elements of roots of Asteliaceae can be characterized as tracheids, with some d...