Microcomplement fixation was employed to compare the immunological differences that occur between purified inhibitor I from potato tubers, the four purified protomers that comprise it, and inhibitor I from tuber and leaf extracts. Total inhibitors of chymotrypsin and trypsin in leaves of seven genera of the Solanaceae were identified by enzymatic assay. In leaves of three genera, Solanum, Lycop...

A survey was carried out in District Hamirpur for documentation and information from natives about the ethnomedicines uses of plants. The indigenous knowledge of local uses of plants by natives,was collected through personal interviews during field of this hilly district of Himachal Pradesh.The communities in the different villages of this district are gathering the long-hidden indigenous knowl...

in vitro multiple shoot regeneration of solanum nigrum l., an indian medicinal plant was accomplished on ms medium utilizing shoot tip and nodal explants. direct multiple shoots differentiated within 6 weeks when explants were cultured on ms medium containing bap (1.0-5.0 mg/l) and kin (1.0-5.0 mg/l) individually. among various concentrations of cytokinins tested, maximum number of multiple sho...

plants are the important sources of drugs. secondary metabolites are responsible for therapeutic propertiesin plants. three compounds including (-)-hyoscyamine, its racemate atropine, and scopolamine (hyoscine) are the most famous tropane alkaloids in the solanaceae familly. nowadays, attempts to developthese alkaloids in biotechnological procedures which are principally based on the hairy root...

Plants are exposed to pathogens around the clock. A common resistance response in plants upon pathogen detection is localized cell death. Given the irreversible nature of this response, multiple layers of negative regulation are present to prevent the untimely or misexpression of resistance genes. One layer of negative regulation is provided by a recently discovered microRNA (miRNA) gene family...

Plant phenolics are generally thought to play significant roles in plant defense against herbivores and pathogens. Many plant taxa, including Solanaceae, are rich in phenolic compounds and some insect herbivores have been shown to acquire phenolics from their hosts to use them as protection against their natural enemies. Here we demonstrate that larvae of an insect specialist on Solanaceae, the...