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Kirubha Palanisami, Sumaiya Mohamed Hassan, Sathya Mani, Rajeshwari Vaduganathan, Elango Murugan, Sakthi Shree Kumaravel

pp. 157-162 · 2014

Medicinal plants have played an important role in the pharmacology and medicine. Pomegranate (Punica granatum L) an ancient fruit, has been used to investigate its anti-carcinogenic effect on the hormonal, lipid profile …

Rukhsana Kokkadan, Chempakassery Devasia Sebastian

pp. 163-166 · 2014

The coconut black headed caterpillar, Opisina arenosella is an endemic, frequently outbreaking pest of coconut palm in India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka which feeds on the leaves by scraping the chlorophyll matter, resulting …

Priya Kalsaitkar, Jay Tanna, Anand Kumbhare, Sushma Akre, Chetan Warade, Nilesh Gandhare

pp. 167-172 · 2014

Bacopa monnieri has been chosen as model medicinal plant to study the induced effect of Silver nanoparticles on in-vitro callus production. Distinct morphological changes on callogenesis were observed on stress applicati…

Tika Khan Khan, Imtiaz Ahmed Khan, Abdul Rehman, Rehmat Karim, Shaista Bibi, Rukhsana R

pp. 173-178 · 2014

Berberis is used for treatment of more than 100 diseases globally. Traditional communities from Karakoram Mountain Ranges, like several other folk communes in the world, are a great source of pharmacological knowledge. P…

Toryila JE, Amadik A, Odeh SO, Adelaiye AB, Timbuak JA, Akpulu P

pp. 179-183 · 2014

Contraception is an important health issue in preventive medicine because it protects women globally from the effects of unwanted pregnancy and allows them to integrate into society. The mechanism by which COCs predispos…

Soheil Kobraee, Keyvan Shamsi

pp. 184-188 · 2014

The effects of withholding irrigation and manganese foliar treatments on dry matter production in soybean cultivars was studied in Kermanshah, Iran in 2010 growing season. The experimental design was a split split plot b…

Tika Khan, Imtiaz Ahmed Khan, Abdul Rehman, Rehmat Karim

pp. 195-199 · 2014

Shepherds take care of their livestock but who cares wildlife? Conservation agencies flag certain species which become threatened. Many single-species oriented conservation programmes have negatively impacted, become sel…

Vaishnavi .M Ansingkar, Nikhilesh S. Kulkarni

pp. 200-205 · 2014

Consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables has steadily increased since they are considered as an important part of healthy diet. However, the consumption of fresh produces posses' greater risk of pathogenic infections b…

Tika Khan, Imtiaz Ahmed Khan, Abdul Rehman, Rehmat Karim, Rukhsana R

pp. 206-211 · 2014

Current biodiversity extinction rate is 100-1000 times than its natural background depletion trend. Similarly, ignorance towards timely management of critically endangered wild medicinal plants is the real cause of their…

Sumaiya Mohamed Hassan, Kirubha Palaniswami, Elango Murugan, Sathya Muthu, Rajeshwari Vaduganathan, Sakthi Shree Kumaravelu

pp. 212-217 · 2014

Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) an ancient fruit, widely consumed as fresh fruit and juice, has been used to investigate its anticarcinogenic effect on the biochemical enzymes, hematological parameters and histology of …

Soheil Kobraee, Keyvan Shamsi

pp. 218-222 · 2014

In order to study the effects of zinc, iron, and manganese fertilizers on the micronutrients in roots and shoots of soybean, a pot experiment was done at 2010. The experimental design was a 3×3×3 factorial experiment bas…

Veena Choubey, Rita Bhandari, Nitin Kulkarni, Vinod Kumar Mishra

pp. 233-237 · 2014

Sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn. f.) is an important tree species in India being used for its timber and Non Timber Forest Products specially seed which are often attached by different damaging insect pests in storage. Presen…