Saleem Mushtaq, Qazi Parvaiz Hassan, Rashmi Sharma, Rabiya Majeed, Abid Hamid Dar, Phalisteen Sultan, Inshad Ali Khan, Sheikh Abid Ali & Md Niamat Ali Biotechnology Division, CSIR Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Sanatnagar, Srinagar190005, India; Centre of Research for Development (CORD), University of Kashmir, Srinagar190006, India; Clinical Microbiology Division, CSIRIndian Institut...

Patients of ulcerative colitis are mostly managed by physicians. Surgeons play a very pivotal role in curative treatment and in dealing with complications of ulcerative colitis. Various technical advances made in the field have reduced surgical morbidity and mortality in these patients with improvement in the quality of life. The article discusses the role of surgery and various surgical option...

Nelumbo nucifera is grown in many parts of the globe including India for its medicinal and nutritional value. In Kashmir, the plant grows naturally in the lakes and its stem is being extensively used in many famous Kashmiri cuisines. In addition, its fruits and seeds are also consumed, but to a lesser extent. Many studies have established a wide range of the pharmacological activities of this p...

4. Myzomyia Rossi (Giles). Very common.12 5. Cellia pulcherrima. Very common.4 6. Mysomyia Turkhudi (Liston). Three specimens only 14 7. Myzorhynchus sinensis (Wied). Three specimens only 3 8. Nyssorhynchus Jamesi (Theobald). Very scarce; three specimens." 9. Nyssorhynchus Maculipalpis. One specimen.7 10. Myzorhynchus barbirostris (Wulp). Larva only found/2 (There are three more species in my c...

Panjab plains, with numerous valleys stretching from the central vale up into the higher ranges. It lies N.W. and S.E. a long oval between Lat. 34? 7' and 33c 5' N., and Long. 74? and 75? 3' E. The actual area within the ring of hill summits surrounding Kashmir proper is about 3,900 square miles, being 116 miles long by from 40 to 75 miles wide. The valley itself is 89 miles long and 20 to 25 m...

Scrub typhus has been previously reported from north and eastern Indian states and areas such as Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim, and Darjeeling district of West Bengal. It has also been known to be endemic in some parts of South India (Eastern and Western Ghats). However, no cases have ever been reported from the southern districts of West Bengal. Here, we report five cases of scrub t...

Kesar has been an important ingredient of the recipes of our ancient physicians in the field of Indian systems of medicine and its cultivation is a monopoly of Jammu and Kashmir. This paper presents in detail the historical review, botanical description, vernacular names, distribution in India and world, cultivation, collection, preservation and storage, adulterants, purity tests, chemical comp...

The chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Insecta) were examined for their rate of infestation on migratory waterfowl-ducks and geese (Anatidae: Anseriformes: Aves) in Kashmir region during the years 2015-2019. During present study, two species have been found winter various wetlands Kashmir. study 93 dead over a period 5 revealed that 47 birds infested with one or other type parasite an overall prevalen...