CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 89, NO. 4, 25 AUGUST 2005 596 frequently as epiphytes on tombs or old buildings, dry rocks and on stems of trees, often entirely covering their stem and killing them or causing mechanical damage to old buildings and rocks. The more common species are pipal (F. religiosa) and banyan (F. benghalensis, F. mollis, F. rumphii and F. scandens). The rock-shelters of Bhimbetka are...

Medicinal plants play a vital role in improving the health of people. Hundreds medicinal have been used to cure various diseases since ancient times. Ficus religiosa (Peepal) has an important place among herbal plants. Almost every part this tree i.e., leaves, bark, seeds, and fruits are preparation medicines. is grown by specialty plant nurseries for use as ornamental tree, gardens parks tropi...

The medicinal plants are used in traditional treatments to cure variety of diseases for thousands of year. The aim of this study was to identify such plants with antimicrobial and antioxidant efficacy for controlling some food borne pathogens. The locally available plants viz., Ficus religiosa, Leucas aspera, Holarrhena antidysenterica and Psidium guajavai were selected for the study. Various m...

Background 
 Ficus religiosa, commonly known as peepal, is widely distributed in Indian subcontinent. It has been used an antiepileptic, aphrodisiac, analgesic, anti-inflammatory and laxative traditional medicine.
 Objective To explore the analgesic effect of aqueous root extract religiosa using thermal chemical models pain swiss albino mice.
 Method The aerial was prepared soxhl...

Field and laboratory experiments were carried out at the Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat during October, 2018 to April, 2019 study host plant preference of local lac insect Kerria chinensis on eight native plants viz., Flemingia semialata, F. strobilifera, Indigofera teysmannii, Ficus religiosa, Zizyphus mauritiana, Litchi chinensis, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Cajanus cajan. Results indicated...

The integration of nanotechnology, biotechnology, biology, physical science, chemistry, biomedical science and medicine; for the best scope, development and application in science and technology is being studied for decades. But the intimation of the immense potentiality of mythology converging with technology is scarce. For the first time, we report here the combo power of the mythological Pee...

Theeffects of four extracting solvents [absolute ethanol, absolute methanol, aqueous ethanol (ethanol: water, 80:20 v/v) and aqueous methanol (methanol: water, 80:20 v/v)] and two extraction techniques (shaking and reflux) on the antioxidant activity of extracts of barks of Azadirachta indica, Acacia nilotica, Eugenia jambolana, Terminalia arjuna, leaves and roots of Moringa oleifera, fruit of ...