Red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum Herbst (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) is one of the major insect pests stored grains. Due to export legislation and zero-tolerance for live insects in trade commodities, extensive use synthetic insecticides practice eliminate pest infestations from lots. Currently, only acceptable chemical be used grain phosphine but due its excessive usage, are becomin...

Objective: Valeriana (V) wallichii DC is found among the ground flora of Himalayan regions and used as herbal medicine for CNS disorders in Indian systems medicine. In study, aimed to investigation involvement neuro-chemical-systems V. induced antidepressant effects mice.
 Methods: The activity aqueous alcoholic extracts was measured by using Forced Swim Test Tail Suspension mice, whereas ...