The mortality rate from snakebites in West Bengal is very high and most of the deaths are caused by the Daboia russelli and Naja naja envenomation. Twenty-three plants from the seventeen families were collected from the traditional healers and explored for the first time for antisnake venom activity. In our previous report, the methanolic root extract of the Indian medicinal plants Pluchea indi...

The present study focused on the chemical characterization of PITC-2 (2-(prop-1-ynyl)-5(5,6-dihydroxyhexa-1, 3-diynyl)-thiophene, a thiophen derivative) isolated from the root extract of tissue-cultured medicinal plant Pluchea indica (L.) Less. Evaluation of sub-acute toxicity study of the new compound was also done in vivo. Methanolic root extract of tissue-cultured P. indica was separated by ...

The phytosynthesis of nanoparticles is a green chemistry approach that combines nanotechnology and bioactive compounds of plants. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) from Prosopis glandulosa and Pluchea sericea, respectively, on the control of Fusarium solani previously inoculated in the rhizosphere of transgenic insect-resistant cotton plants. The r...