Utilisation and Management of Medicinal Plants, Volume 3

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Indian medicinal plant Jamun, Syzygium cumini exerts its radioprotective effect by reducing DNA damage in mice exposed to y-Gamma radiation/Ganesh Chandra Jagetia. 2. Ginger rhizome (Zingiber officianale Rosc.) protects mice whole body exposed to different doses of y-radiation/Ganesh Chandra Jagetia. 3. Optimization of conditions for the extraction of oil from the seeds of castor and Soybean using three phase partition (TPP) and Soxhlet method/Mital J. Kaneria, Kalpna D. Rakholiya, Krunal V. Nagani, Neha M. Parmar and Sumitra V. Chanda. 4. Chemical characterization of important aromatic herbs grown in temperate conditions of central Himalayan region of India/Archana P. Raina and K.S. Negi. 5. Identification of constituents of essential oils of Zanthoxylum nitidum (Roxb.) DC. And Zanthoxylum rhetsoides drake from Vietnam/Tran D. Thang, Do N. Dai and Isiaka A. Ogunwande. 6. Essential oil constituents of Vietnamese species of Fissistigma bracteolatum Chatt. And Fissistigma chloroneurum (Hand-Mazz.) Tsiang/Tran D. Thang, Do N. Dai and Isiaka A. Ogunwande. 7. Ethnopharmacological approaches to wound healing: exploring medicinal weeds/Puja Ray, Abhijit Dey, Souryadeep Mukherjee, A. Balakrishnan and S.V. Lakshmi. 8. Inter-specific variation studies on cissus species using histochemical and SDS-PAGE/I. Revathy, M. Johnson, T. Shibila, M. Narayani and S. Ramalakshmi. 9. Antioxidant Anti-proliferative activities and phenolic content opf ipomoea nil (L.) Roth/Madhulika Bhagat and A.K. Saxena. 10. Antioxidant mineral elements in plants/C.V. Lamaro, C.C. Silva, O. Canhoto, M.F. Ferreira, K.L.S. Rocha, R.G.A. Fontes and V.F. Veiga Junior. 11. Citrus: a genus with miraculous pharmacological potential/Rasleen Sudan and Madhulika Bhagat. 12. Plumieride : an immunopotentiating candidate from plumieria acutifolia Linn./Anpurna Kaul, Jasvinder Singh, N.K. Satti, Naseer Shah, A.K. Saxena and V.K. Gupta. 13. Potential antidiabetic medicinal plants with evidence of preclinical and clinical investigations/Bhavesh M. Vyas, Dhara P. Mehta, Shashipal P. Indoria and Praful A. Talaviya. 14. Taraxacum officinale exhibited diuretic and anti-inflammatory effects in the rat/M.E. Melendez-Camargo and R. Silva Torres. 15. Trigonella foenum graecum (Methi Dana): an effective vaginal contraceptive/Radha Sharma, Leena Vaidya and Suman Jain. 16. Evaluation and studies of medicinal euphorbious plants croton tiglium: a review/Ram P. Yadav and Ajay Singh. 17. Evaluation of sustainable and eco-friendly approaches of Indian seaweeds against coastal Malarial vector, Anopheles sundaicus (Diptera: Culicidae)/J. Subramaniam, K. Murugan, K. Kovendan, P. Mahesh Kumar, D. Amerasan, C. Panneer Selvam, T. Nataraj, D. Dinesh, B. Chandramohan, R. Chandrasekar and Jiang-Shiou Hwang. 18. Larvicidal activity of indigenous plant extracts against diamondback moth plutella xylostella (Lep: Plutellidae)/D. Amerasan, K. Murugan, C. Panneerselvam, K. Kovendan, P. Mahesh Kumar, J. Subramaniam, T. Nataraj, D. Dinesh, B. Chandramohan and R. Chandrasekar. 19. Antitrypanosomal activity of xanthium strumarium leaves against trypanosoma evansi/P. Shaba, S. Dey and R.K. Singh. 20. In vitro trypanocidal activity of comparative extractions of eupatorium adenophorum leaves and flowers with solvents of different polarities against Trypanosma evansi/P. Shaba, N.N. Pandey and R.K. Singh. 21. Antibacterial and antifungal efficacy of different varieties of dicranopteris linearis/M. Johnson, D. Patric Raja, V. Irudayaraj and Janakiraman. 22. Antipyretic effect of honey in Albino rats/B.V. Owoyele and E.O. Adeyeye. 23. A comparative study of five medicinally important plant extracts against two multi drug resistant human pathogenic bacteria/Sunayana Saha, Abhijit Dey, Souryadeep Mukherjee and Rabindranath Bhattacharyya. 24. In vitro antibacterial properties and dyeing ability of Punica granutum L. Rind extract for healthcare textile/R. Rathinamoorthy. 25. Development of mosquito repellent fabric using Leuca indica leaves extracts/R. Surjit, K.J. Vishnu Vardhini and R. Rathinamoorthy. 26. Umbeliferae: a review on plant tissue culture/R.K. Sharma. 27. Recent trends in Gymnema sylvestre tissue and cell suspension culture/C. Subathra Devi and V. Mohana Srinivasan. 28. Efficient and effective micropropagation of Aloe barbadensis/Ujjwala Supe. 29. Hydrogen peroxide: a natural plant produce against environmental stresses/Nooris Naqvi, Mohammad Mazid, Khalil Khan and Gulnaz Sabri. 30. Physiological and yield variations in the response of Sarsoon cultivars to saline circumstances/Mohammad Mazid and Khalil Khan. 31. Effect of inorganic fertilizers on growth, physiology, yield and quality parameters of garlic (Allium sativum L.)/Mohammad Mazid and Saima Quddusi. 32. Orchid: an ornamental treasure/Ipshita Chattopadhyaya, Sumeet Gupta, Manisha Bhatia, Nazia Mustaq, Saikat Ghosh and Vipin Saini. 33. A review on medicinal plant Adhatoda spp. and its modern viewpoint/Jitendriya Panigrahi and Illa Patel. 34. Aloe barbadensis Mill. Protects against acetaminophen coupled by Diethyl ether induced hepatotoxicity/B.K. Chandan, N. Sharma, Jyotsna Suri, D.K. Gupta, A. Kaul, Shanu Magotra, A.K. Saxena and Sangeeta Shukla. Index.