Tinospora cordifolia (Guduchi) is an important drug of Ayurvedic system of medicine.It is widely grown at Western ghatts. It is used in diseases like jaundice, edema, gout, diabetes, swine flu (H1N1), hepatitis, hyper acidity, dyspepsia, fever, urinary and skin diseases. This plant contains Shicmic acid, which is isolated from plant parts and Tamiflu tablets are prepared at industrial level. To...

JANE A . CATFORD * , PETER A . VESK * , DAV ID M . R ICHARDSON † and PETR PYŠEK‡§ *School of Botany, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia, †Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, ‡Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice, Czech Republic, §Department of Ecology, Faculty o...

1. Department of Botany, B.J.B (A) College, Bhubaneswar-751014, Odisha, India [E-mail: [email protected]; Tel09861166956] 2. P.G. Department of Botany, Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar-751004, Odisha, India [E-mail: [email protected]; Tel-9337116613] 3. Department of Botany, B.J.B (A) College, Bhubaneswar-751014, Odisha, India [E-mail: [email protected]; Tel-0986143...

This paper investigates the wealth of medicinal plants used by the Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh. Apatani have traditionally settled in seven villages in the Ziro valley of Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh in the Eastern Himalayan region of India. The present study has resulted in the documentation of 158 medicinal plant species used by the Apatani group of villages. These med...

Sapindus is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the Sapindaceae family 1, . The genus comprises three major species: The American spices, Sapindus saponaria and two Asian species, Sapindus mukorossi and Sapindus trifoliatus. The American species Sapindus saponaria is popularly known as western soapberry, cherrioni, jaboncillo, sabao-de-macaco, saboeiro, saboneteiro, fruta de sabao, sabao-de-so...