In recent years scientists worldwide have realized that the effective life span of any antimicrobial agent is limited, due to increasing development of resistance by microorganisms. Consequently, numerous studies have been conducted to find new alternative sources of antimicrobial agents, especially from plants. The aims of this project were to examine the antimicrobial properties of essential ...

In this study, the effect of various treatment combinations on growth parameters medicinal plants and soil properties under was studied. The experiment conducted at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun to study selected plant species viz, Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) Ocimum africanum (Lemon tulsi) tenuiflorum (Kapoor Andrographis paniculata (Kalmegh) different treatments using “soilization” ...

Aims: To Analysis of genetic variability in Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum) genotypes by using RAPD & SSR Markers.
 Place and Duration Study: Department Plant Biotechnology at K.K.Wagh College Agricultural Biotechnology, Nashik.
 Methodology: Ocimum tenuiflorum Linn., commonly known as Tulsi, is an aromatic plant with significant traditional medicinal value. assess the diversity relatednes...

An experiment was conducted with five types of herbal preparations viz (Mentha piperita L.) leaves, Turmeric (Curcuma longa) rhizome, Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum) leaves Amla (Phyllanthus emblica) fruit and combination of these four named as Boon formulated by Natural Herbs and Formulations to study the performance of broilers(n= 300). The better body weight gain and higher feed intake (P<0.05) w...

World health organization (WHO) has advocated the evaluation of therapeutic potential of plants for diseases where we lack safe allopathic drugs. Ocimum sanctum described as sacred and medicinal plant in ancient literature, commonly known as Tulsi is derived from ‘Sanskrit’, which means "the incomparable one". This plant belongs to the family Lamiaceae which is native throughout the Old World t...

Ocimum tenuiflorum L., holy basil "Tulsi", is an important medicinal plant that is being grown and traditionally revered throughout Indian Subcontinent for thousands of years; however, DNA sequence-based genetic diversity of this aromatic herb is not yet known. In this report, we present our studies on the phylogeography of this species using trnL-trnF intergenic spacer of plastid genome as the...

Ursolic acid is a very important compound due to its biological potential as an anti-inflammatory, trypanocidal, antirheumatic, antiviral, antioxidant and antitumoral agent. This study presents the HPLC analysis of ursolic acid (UA) content in eight different Ocimum species: O. americanum L., O. basilicum L, O. basilicum var purpurascens Benth, O. basilicum var. minimum L, O. gratissimum L, O. ...

Human respiratory diseases caused by viral infections leads to morbidity. Among infectious diseases, associated with the tract remain primary reason for global deaths due their transmissibility. Since immemorial, traditional Indian medicinal plants, extracts, and several phytochemicals can treat various diseases. Sources this review paper are data derived from a peer-reviewed journal that empha...

Food nutrients having antioxidant potential have been a major focus of research in recent years because they were regarded as magic bullets that could help to prevent many human diseases such as cancer, arthritis, Alzheimer, Parkinson and cardiovascular diseases, etc. In the present research, the four plants namelytea (Camellia sinensis), ginger (Zingiber officinale), black pepper (Piper nigrum...