Germplasm Evaluation and Effect of Fertilizers on Gloriosa superba

Gupta Rahul Gupta Lalit Mohan Kumar Sandeep

ISBN 10: 3848484552 / ISBN 13: 9783848484553

Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Germplasm Evaluation and Effect of Fertilizers on Gloriosa superba
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3848484552
• ISBN 13: 9783848484553
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Gloriosa superba offers the possibility of using both seed as well as tuber for medicinal purposes, but the advantage of using seed is that it can be procured annually without disturbing the plant which is more eco-friendly, whereas the use of tuber involves destructive harvesting.It was found that the seed also possess the colchicine.Seed and tubers are also used for treating gout, rheumatism, cholera, typhus, Bright’s disease, piles, gonorrhoea and chronic ulcers in Indian system of medicines. The medicinal properties of the drug prepared from it, are due to the presence of alkaloids, chiefly colchicine (C22H26O6H), present in its tubers and seed. Colchicine is used for treating gout, cancer control and for inducing polyploidy in plants.Moreover,the species also have anticoagulant properties and found effective for controlling the larvae of various livestock parasites viz. Rhipicephalus microplus, Paramphistomum cervi, Anopheles subpictus and Culex tritaeniorhynchus. The flowers are used as cut flowers due to their colour and shape.

About the Author

Presently I am working as Senior Research Fellow. I have done M.Sc.(Forestry) from SKUAST-Jammu and B.Sc.(Forestry)from SKUAST-Kashmir.