Aromatic plants are often used as natural medicines because of their remedial and inherent pharmacological properties. Looking into natural resources, particularly products of plant origin, has become an exciting area of research in drug discovery and development. Aromatic plants are mainly exploited for essential oil extraction for applications in industries, for example, in cosmetics, flavori...

Marker aided selection (MAS) can be used for monitoring the presence or absence of genes in breeding populations and can be combined with conventional breeding approaches. In this study, crosses between two high yielding cultivars, Neda and Nemat with local aromatic varieties Sang tarom and Tarom deylamani were made followed by phenotypic selection for desirable individual plants in F2 populati...

1. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants – Australia 1.1. Natural Plant Medicines Worldwide A Historical Perspective 1.2. Phytochemicals of Therapeutic Significance 1.3. Nitrogen Containing Compounds (Alkaloids) 2. Australian Plant Evolution 2.1. Australian Medicinal Plant Use 3. Some Useful Australian Medicinal Plants 3.1. Eucalyptus Species 3.2. Melaleuca Species 3.3. Leptospermum Species 3.4. Eremop...

During the past 30 years, medicinal and aromatic plants in the United States have moved from essentially unknown, minor agricultural plants into crops that many farmers consider producing as an alternative to usual plantings of food and feed crops. The attraction of medicinal and aromatic plants as worthy farm crops has grown due to the demand created by consumer interest in these plants for cu...

Tajikistan is a small country located in Central Asia. The mostly mountainous terrain with a continental, subtropical, and semiarid climate, is characterized by diverse flora. Many people in Tajikistan rely on medicinal plants as their traditional form of medicine to prevent and cure health disorders. Aromatic medicinal plants, in particular, have played an important role for the local people. ...

pyramiding genes related to grain quality and resistance through marker assisted selection (mas) is an important approach in rice breeding programs. marker-assisted selection can be used for monitoring the presence or absence of these genes in breeding populations and can be combined with conventional breeding approaches. this study is a part of cultivar development program in iran through inte...

Mohit Saxena, Naveen K Khare, Priyanka Saxena, Kodakandla V Syamsundar and Santosh K Srivastava Department of Chemistry, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226 007, India Center for cellular and molecular biology, Hyderabad 500 007, Present address Neeri (DZL), Delhi Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Field Station, Hyderabad, India Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant...

Bermet is aromatic, dessert wine with especially unusual and original taste. Bermet is made exclusively from grapes from hillside vineyards of mountain Fruška Gora (Vojvodina, Serbia) and it is enriched with up to 26 aromatic, medicinal herbs. This rare wine is produced in limited quantities, only 15,000 to 20,000 bottles a year. This fact gives to the Bermet a special value and impressiveness....

Aromatic plant species present in the natural Park of Tuscany Archipelago are used as flavoring agents and spices, as dietary supplements and in cosmetics and aromatherapy. The plants are usually collected from wild stands, inducing a depletion of the natural habitat. Therefore, micropropagation of these aromatic plants can play a role in the protection of the natural ecosystem, can guarantee a...