The Biodiversity of an area influences every aspect the lives people who inhabit it. Their living space and their livelihood depend on ecosystem. Even in urban areas are dependent ecological services provided by wilderness protected areas. indigenous communities have played a vital role development management environment through traditional knowledge practice. They use abundant plant biodiversi...

Locally, Gomutra Silajit is known under the name “RAKTAMANDALAM”. Literally, it means ‘Blood Patch’ or ‘Blood coloured Matter’. In fact, the Ayurvedic texts refer to its colour as that of ‘Japakusuma’ – the China Rose, botanically known as Hibiscus rosasinensis Linn. (Telegu: Mandara). For this reason the local name referring to its colour as ‘Rakta’ (Blood) is apt. The above treatise also indi...

Characterization of peri-infarct zone by CMR is a robust predictor of major adverse events and is strongly associated with systemic inflammatory response post-myocardial infarction Andrei Sposito, Otavio R Coelho-Filho, Joalbo M Andrade, Ana Laura R Araújo, Dulcineia SP Abdalla, Eliana Cotta Faria, Rob J van der Geest, Jose C Quinaglia Silva, Otavio R Coelho, Jose AF Ramires, Michael Jerosch-He...

Realizing the historical importance of central Indian forests in terms of ecological, social and economical perspectives and the present socio-economic changes in the community due to several reasons, the present study was conducted. It aimed at addressing the status of harvesting pattern and supply chain structure of various ethno-botanical species by the tribal communities in the Pachmarhi Bi...