Herbal Technology : Recent Trends and Progress

Contents Preface. 1. Herbal technology concepts and prospects/M. Daniel. A. Medicinal Plants 2. Phytotechnology value addition to biodiversity through chemoprospection/A. Banerji. 3. Medicinal plants mentioned in Atharva Veda/Arun Arya. 4. Korku uses of some lesser known monocotyledonous ethnomedicinal plants of Melghat (Dist. Amravati)/Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Vinod D. Devarkar. 5. Medico botanical survey of Vanaspatibet of Wadwal Nagnath/S.D. Biradar S. Modak and P.N. Kanthale. 6. Observations on ethnomedicinal plants of Danta Forest in North Gujarat/K.C. Patel and A.S. Reddy. 7. Conservation through propagation of the state flower Sassurea obvallata an under explored medicinal herb of Uttaranchal/Mitali Joshi and Uppendra Dhar. 8. Medicinal mushrooms for healthy life/Arun Arya and Chtra Arya. 9. Cultivation of Reishi mushroom [Ganoderma Lucidum (Layes) Karst]/Chitra Arya. 10. Micromorphological characters as biomarkers for some of the medicinal plants of Gujarat/Dipa Gohil Vinay M. Raole and M. Daniel. 11. Pharmacognostic and phytochemical analysis of Ficus benghalensis Linn. and Ficus religiosa Linn./Richa Pandey and M. Daniel. 12. Pharmacognostic and phytochemical studies on Woodfordia floribunda Salisb. and Lagerstroemia flos reginae Retz/Elizabeth M. Daniel Susy Albert and M. Daniel. 13. Studies on the pharmacognosy and phytochemistry of one of the Balas Sida veronicafolia Lam./Anamika Kumari and M. Daniel. 14. Pharmacognostic and phytochemical studies on Euphorbia thymifolia Linn. and E. hirta Linn./Sallykutty Thomas and M. Daniel. 15. Silica bodies as biomarkers of a few medicinal plants of the Poacea/Priya V. Nair and M. Daniel. 16. Studies on the biomarkers of Ammania baccifera Linn. and Lawsonia inermis Linn./Elizabeth M. Daniel Susy Albert and M. Daniel. 17. Studies on the pharmacognosy and hypoglycemic activity of Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam./R. Remya and M. Daniel. 18. Effect of Cassia alata Linn. leaf extract on anti oxidant enzymes in normal and streptozotocin induced diabetic rats/R. Remya S. Sathya and A. Prakasam. 19. Studies on pharmacognosy and phytochemistry of Jatropha curcas Linn and Jatropha gossypifolia Linn./Sallykutty Thomas and M. Daniel. 20. TLC screening of in vitro produced phytosterols of Clerodendrum phlomidis L./Zankhana Rathod Monika Christian and O.P. Saxena. 21. In vitro produced flavonoids of Boerhavia diffusa Linn./Monika Christian Zankhana Rathod and O.P. Saxena. 22. Curing of plasmid mediated vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus using herbal naphthoquinones/Sheetal Jahagirdar and P.K. Dhakephalkar. B. Natural Dyes 23. Rohira (Tecomella Undulata) leaves a new source of dye for cotton and silk fabric/Sabra Qureshi and Inderpal Rai. 24. Dyeing of cotton fabric with Katha and Ravenchi Wood/Anjali Karolia and Falguni Patel. 25. Dyeing of cotton with Bixa orellana Linn. seeds/E.M. Dedhia. 26. Dyeing of cotton silk and wool yarns by babool (Prosopis juliflora) flowers/Vijaya Lunia and Shelly Arora. 27. Fermentation process in dyeing cotton and silk fabrics with banana peel (Musa Paradisiaca Var. Sapientum)/Inderpal Rai and Santosh Soni. 28. Application and evaluation of micro encapsulated perfumes on three textile fabrics/Deepa Rathi and Misty Rao. 29. Medicinal herbs for dyeing normal and grey hair/Shehnaz Y. Qureshi. C. Biopesticides 30. Biocontrol agents and their interaction with agricultural crops/Dolly Kumar and Bhumika Naidu. 31. Control of toxicogenic fungi by essential oil from pericarp of Citrus/Neeta Sharma and Abhishek Tripathi. 32. Antifungal activity of floral extracts of Calotropis Procera and Mimusops Elengi/Vishal K. Muliya and Arun Arya. D. Biofertilisers 33. Marine algae as a biofertiliser/Neelam Pereira Verecar X.N. and V.K. Dhargalkar. 34. Efficacy of biofertilisers with nitrogen levels on productivity of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)/H.P. Ponkia K.H. Ribadia and D.R. Gondalia. 35. Yield potential of BGA biofertilisers for paddy crop/S.N. Nandan K.B. Thakre and. …