Nanotechnology is an emerging multidisciplinary field that has the potential to offer solutions pharmaceutical challenges starting from drug delivery therapeutic applications. The plant-mediated method eco-friendly and most inexpensive of various techniques used synthesize nanoparticles (NPs). In this study, silver (Ag) NPs have been successfully synthesized using leaf extract Catharanthus rose...

The present study deals with the diversity and distribution of VAMF at different sites with different selected plants. Maximum number of VAMF species were found at site IV (57 species) out of which Glomus species was most dominant (58%), followed by Acaulospora (19%), Scutellospora (8%), Sclerocystis (4.8%) and Gigaspora (1.6%) respectively. In site II 56 species of VAMF were observed with Glom...

Original Article Ocimum sanctum Rosmarinic acid Elicitation Cell suspension Methyl jasmonate Yeast extract

The present study was to evaluate effect of herbal feed additives on methane and total gas production during the rumen fermentation for environment and animal health concern. Different parts of the five medicinal plants were selected such as leaf and small stems of Ocimum sanctum (Tulsi), roots of Curcuma longa (Haldi), fruits of Emblica officinalis (Amla), leaves of Azadirachta indica (Neem) a...

In recent years, oxidative stress and free radicals have been implicated in impaired wound healing. Ocimum sanctum (O. sanctum), a plant widely used in Ayurveda, possesses anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. The present study was undertaken to assess the potential of alcoholic and aqueous extracts in wound healing in Wistar albino rats. The rats were divided into five groups of six an...

Methanolic extracts of Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb (P. marsupium) and Ocimum sanctum Linn (O. sanctum) were prepared separately and then administered to both non-diabetic and alloxan induced diabetic adult female Wistar rats as a mixture of both at a dosage of 500mg/kg body weight, and its effect was checked on serum and tissue lipids together with corticosterone, estrogen and progesterone profi...

In German history, nationalism is the key to understanding the people and their history. The problem is that many see German nationalism as the events leading up to and following National Socialism, or Nazism. Others ignore the other major events in Germany’s history or see them as insignificant in comparison. It is true that Hitler and the Nazis were a major component in German history and it ...

Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Oxidative stress and inflammation play vital role in the development of MI. The Indian basil or Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum Linn.), owing to its antioxidant potential, is used in the traditional system of Indian medicine to treat various disorders. We evaluated methanolic extract of O. sanctum (Tulsi) leaves on inflammation i...