Botanicals act not only as insecticides but also function as antifeedants, oviposition deterrents and ovicides. The present investigation reports on the antifeedant property of leaf components of Curculigo orchioides, Evolvulus alsinoides, Phyllanthus deblis, Swertia corymbosa and Zanthoxylum limonella. Solvent residues of these leaf components obtained from different solvent extracts dissolved...

Plant drugs have been in use for the treatment of diseases since times immemorial. Due to over exploitation, destructive mode of collection, and other biotic and abiotic factors, a number of medicinal plants are facing genetic erosion and are under the threat of extinction. Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. commonly known as Kali Musali is an endangered medicinal plant and as such required to be con...