Ethnobotanical Wisdom and Microbial Studies on Medicinal Plants

by Khanna, D R et al

ISBN: 9789383048045
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 13995.00
Biblio : xi+390p., col. plts., tabls., ind., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. D.R. Khanna is Professor & Head, Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar (India). Dr. Khanna is recipient of several Awards and Medals including Bharat Jyoti Award in 2006 and International Environmental Conservator Award in 2010 at Mauritius.

About The Book

The present book greatly emphasize on importance of medicinal plants which are all around us. Various scriptures and mantras in our Vedas are having description anbout their medicinal values. This book covers the quality research on numerous medicinal plants and factors for their deteriorating and how we can save them is given. This book could provide necessary information to the people involved in cultivation and conservation of medicinal plants.

Table of Contents

Preface 1.Effect of Refinery Effluent on Seed Germination Seedling Growth at Nursery Stage of Vigna radiata 2.Phenol Degradation by a Bacterium Pseudomonas putida in the Presence of Chromium 3.Rearing and Feeding of Larvae of Bombyx mori Linn. in Laboratory Conditions 4.Effect of Catharanthus roseus (L.) (Apocyneaceae) Extract on Developmental Stages of Erias favia Stall 5.Solid State Fermentation of Wheat for the Production of Cellulase 6.Phytotoxic Effects of Eucalyptus globulus Leaf Extract on Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Vicia 7.Pharmacological and Ethnomedicinal Studies of Tridax procumbens Linn. Family (Compositeae) for Anti-asthmatic Activities 8.Antibacterial Activity of Mimusops elengi (Bakul) Prabhat, Navneet and Sri Krishna 9.Bioremediation Using Artificial Constructed Wetland in Combination with Efficient Microbial Cultures 10.Biomonitoring and Interspecies Comparison of Metal Precipitation through Bryophytes at Petrol Pumps on Kumaon Hill 11.Isolation and Identification of Food Spoiling Bacteria Bharti Chauhan 12.Effect of Heavy Metal Stress (Pb, Ni and Cd) on Protein and Fat Content of the Moss Thuidium cymbifolium 13.Antibacterial Potential of Karanja Pongamia pinnata (Vent.) 14.Crotalaria sericea: A Miraculous Ethnomedicinal Plant for Snake Bite in North Western Tarai Forest of U.P.– A New Report 15.Effect of Leaf Leachates of Potato Plants on Germination of Phytophthora infestans Sporangia and Zoospores 16.Dyeing of Wool and Cotton Fibres with Fruit Rind of Juglans regia as Natural Dyes, and Standardization of Ancient Dyeing Procedure 17.Antibacterial Activity of Nirgundi (Vitex negundo Linn.) 18.Isolation and Structure Determination of New Anthraquinone from the Flowers of Tagetes erecta 19.Investigation of Ethnomedicinal Properties of Mutella occidentales Used by Tribal Peoples of Bhandara District Vidarbha Region, Maharashtra, India 20.Antibacterial Activity of Abutilon indicum Linn. 21.Impact of Treated and Untreated Distillery Effluent on Momordica charantia L. var. Jaunpuri Super Special 22.In vitro Antibacterial Activity of Sahdevi (Vernonia cineria Less) 23.Rajnigandha: A New Host of Fusarium sp. from Bahraich–A New Report 24.Synergistic Effect of Pongamia pinnata Bark and Tamarindus indica Fruit Extract Against Aflatoxin Producing Fungi i.e. Aspergillus 25.Moss Bag Technique for Monitoring of Metal Precipitation 26.A Study in vitro Antibacterial Potential of Riccia sp. (Bryophyte) Plant Extract 27.A Comparison of Phyllosphere mycoflora of Healthy and Diseased Leaves of Potato 28.Citric Acid Production from Alkali Treated Wheat Straw by Solid State Fermentation 29.Decolourisation of Textile-Dye-Containing Effluents Using Biofilm: A Case Study 30.Effect of Herbicide (Basalin EC) on Pollen Germination and Tube Growth of Twelve Hours Stored Pollen of Five Cultivars of Apocynaceae: A Critical Review 31.Monitoring of Herbicide (MH) Toxicity by Using Pollen as Indicators–Pollen of Five Cultivars of Petunlia axillaris BSP.: A Critical Review 32.Whether Optimum Pollen Germination and Tube Length Attained in the Same Growth Medium (Sucrose + Basalin EC) by Five Cultivars of Petunia axillaris BSP.: – A Critical Review 33.Folicolous Fungi of Medicinal Plants in North Western Tarai Region of Uttar Pradesh 34.Studies on the Natural Infection of Mosaic Disease of Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) in Tarai Region of Eastern U.P. 35.Deviation in Nitrogen Metabolism of Ridge Gourd (Luffa acutangula Roxb.) Infected with Three Strains of Watermelon Mosaic Virus 36.Microbial Degradation of Urea from Urea Bearing Wastewaters 37.Environmental Significance of Helminth Parasites and their Removal in Wastewater Treatment Processes 38.Antibacterial Potential of Cascabela thevatica Leaf Extract Against Escherichia coli: A Study in vitro 39.Response of an Algal Community to Chromium 40.Recent Progress in Aflatoxin Analysis and their Inactivation 41.Fungal Ecology of BLSB Infected Maize Fields 42.The Anatomic Responses of Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Due to theTomato Leaf Curl Virus (TLCV) 43.Three Lignicolous Macrofungi from District Doda of Jammu Province (J&K), India 44.Population Dynamics of Mycoflora in BLSB Susceptible Maize Varieties 45.Diversity in Phyllosphere Mycoflora Infected with Black Mildew 46.In vitro: Antibacterial Activity of Salsola kali Linn. 47.In vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Psidium guajava (L.) Against Some Isolated Oral Pathogens 48.Some Additional Records of Follicolous Fungi from North Central Tarai Forests of U.P. 49.Bacteriological Characteristics of Raw Water of the River Tawi Near Sitlee Water Treatment Plant, Jammu 50.Nyctanthes arbor-tristis Linn. (Harsinghar): A Potential Medicine 51.Antimicrobial Activity of Vitex negundo Leaf Extracts 52.Antifungal Activity of Lantana camara L. and Syzygium aromaticum 53.Bioevaluation of Antibacterial Potential of Sarpgandha (Rauwolfia serpentina) 54.Stress Induced Alterations in the Outer Membrane of Escherichia coli K-12 Strain 55.Bioevaluation of Cascabela thevatica Plant Extract 56.Establishing Relationship between Ayurvedic System of Medicine and Ethnobotany Index