The traditional healthcare system i. e., ethnomedicine is gaining popularity now a days in combating chronic health problems. Use of herbs, spices and plants present in nature is widely used since ancient times and is passed on from one generation to other. These plants provide us with a large range of bioactive constituents that make them suitable to be used in the pharmaceutical industry. Pla...

Sarpagandha ghanvati is a classical Ayurvedic formulation widely prescribed for anxiety and insomnia. It contains Sarpagandha (roots of Rauwolfia serpentina L. (Benth.) Ex Kurz; Family: Apocyanaceae), Khurasani ajowan (Hyocyamus niger L.; Family: Solanaceae) seeds, Jatamansi (Nardostachys jatamansi DC. Family: Valerianaceae) roots and Pipplamul (root of Piper longum L.; Family: Piperaceae). The...

background & aim: saline lands can be utilized by planting native medicinal plants tolerant to salinity. the quantity and quality these plants are changed during various seasons in agriculture systems. thus, this study carried out under salinity stress in order to examine the effect of sowing in two seasons on growth characteristics and essential oil  components of ajowan (carum capticum l....

Water stress and soil nutrients affect the growth of medicinal herbs as well as the quantity and quality of their essential oils. The effect of drought stress and different fertilizers on yield and morphological traits of Ajowan was studied in a split-plot experiment on the basis of a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications in Qaen, Iran. The main plot was devoted to irrigation...