INDIGENOUS EDICINAL PLANTS

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1 Glimpses in Plant Research, Vol. 13 INDIGENOUS EDICINAL PLANTS INCLUDING MICROBES AND FUNGI 2 nd Enlarged Edition Edited by PURSHOTAM KAUSHIK, M.Sc, Ph.D. Professor Department ofbotany and Micmbiology Gurukul Kangri University,Hardwar , Uttarakhandjndia i Today & Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers 4436/7, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi (India) Ph : ; ; Fax ; ltpp@vsnl.net

2 CONTENTS PHARMACEUTICAL MICROBIOLOGY SECTION Studies on the Suitability of Prunus salicina (Plum) for Vinegar Fermentation H. K. Tewari, H.S. Grewal, S. S. Marwaha and Rakesh Kumar 1-1 Biological Suppression of Microbes by Microbial Metabolites B.N. Johirand N.R Melkania Status of Biotechnological Studies of Ergot and Ergot Alkaloids in India K.S.M. Sastry Control of Phomopsis Fruit Rots by Leaf Extracts of Certain Medicinal Plants Arun Arya Antiviral Effect of the Essential Oils from Lemon Grass (Cymbopogon Flexuosus),Mentha (Mentha arvensis) and Vetiver (Vetiveria zizanoides) M. P. Pandey, J. Prasad and L. P. Awasthi Fungal Colonization of Desmostachya bipinnata (Linn). Stapf. Litter in Grassland of Kurukshetra K. R. Aneja and Ranana Bhan Arbuscular Mycorrhizae Associated with Medicinal Halophytes in Saline Areas of Indian thar Desert Nishi Mathur, Joginder Singh, Sachendra Bohra, Avinash Bohra, Rahul Solanki and Anil Vyas Medicinal and Anti Bacterial Properties of Lichens of Lansdowne (Garhwal) S. K. Katiyar and Rachna Katiyar Antimicrobial and Immunomodulating Activities of Mushrooms Vikram Chauhan and S. Kaur In vitro Antibacterial Activity of Ten Medicinal Plants of Jodhpur Region Sharad Bissa, Dimple Songara, Avinash Bohra and A. Bohra Antibacterial Potential of Medicinal Plants P. Kaushik and Pankaj Goyal Hypoglycaemic Activity of Salvadora oleoides and Salvadora persica J. P. Yadav and Sushila Saini The Concepts and Prospects of Probiotics, Proebiotics and

3 Synbotics : An Appraisal Monica Puniya, Aarti Bhatnagar and K. P. S. Sangu PTERIDOPHYTES SECTION Ethnobotanical Importance of the Ferns of Rajasthan M.S. VyasandB.D. Sharma Ethnobotanical Euphony in Some Pteridophytes SatishPadala Medicinal and other Attributes of Pteridophytes S. P. Khullar TISSUE CULTURE AND CULTIVATION SECTION Asymbiotic Germination of Therapeutically Important Orchids : Genus Habenana Willd., A Study In vitro S. P. Vij, Madhu Sharma and Navdeep Shekhar Tissue Culture of Ochrosia : A Plant with Antineoplastic Alkaloids K. G. Ramawat, J.C. Chenieux and M. Rideau Induction of Callus and Embryoids from the Anthers of Solanum Khasianum E. Ramnath Biotechnological Approaches for Conservation of Commiphora Wightii: An Endangered Medicinal Plants Vineet Soni, Vibha Tyagi and L K. Pareek Standing Crop of 'Kukkuradru' Blumea Weightiana De in Relation to Age V. K. Upadhyay, A. K. Gupta and H. R. Sant Germination Studies of Some High Altitude Medicinal Plant Species M. C. Nautiyal Cultivation Prospects of Mdicinal Plants in Haryana P. K. Verma, M.S. Punia and G.D. Sharma Prospects of Introduction of Plants of Ayurvedic and Siddah Medicine in Agriculture Rajendra Gupta HERBAL COSMETICS SECTION Indian Herbs as Cosmetics Vinod P. Upadhyay and Ashish K. Misra

4 Herbai Cosmetics : The Shampoos and Conditioners M. P Sharma and Poonam Sharma ETHNOBOTANYAND CONSERVATION SECTION Ethnomedicinal Plants and Bharia Tribe of Patalkot Valley, Chhindwara District, M.P. J. K. Maheshwari and R. P. Dwivedi Folk Medicines of Arakot Valley in District Uttarkashi : An Ethnobotanical Study M. S. Bist, K. C. Bhatt and R. D. Gaur Conservation and Utilization of Medicinal Plants by Kudubi Tribals in Western Ghats-Karnataka Balakhshna Gowda, G. Boraiah and A.A. Farooqi Conservation of Germplasm of Endangered Plants of Medicinal and Ethnobotanical Importance C. A. Ninan and S. Geethamma The Need for Alpine Gardens to Conserve and Multiply Rare Medicinal Herbs in the Central Himalaya G.S. Rawat and A.N. Purohit Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants of Himachal Pradesh Narain Singh Chauhan Endangered Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeial Plant Resources of Himachal Pradesh Narain Singh Chauhan Plants of Karnataka of Medical and Cosmetic Properties - Their Uses and Distribution G.P. Sathyavathi and M. D. Rajanna Assessment and Conservation of Medicinal Plants of Bhubaneswar and its Neighbourhood Dr. B. P Choudhury Ethnomedicinal Plans Used by Tribals Living in the Amirgadh Range Forest of Banaskantha District, in the Aravalli Hills of North Gujarat Dr. K. M. Patel Some Important Plants of Charaka Samhita Anil Kumar Dhiman Some Adulterant and Substitute Raw Plant Drugs Anil Kumar Dhiman

5 Adult Education-cum-Extension and Cultivation and Conservation of Medicinal and other Useful Plants of Ethnobotanical Importance Prospects for Productive Symbiosis Shantha Krishnan PHYTOCHEMISTRY SECTION D-Limonene in the Essential Oil of an Aromatic Herb Limnophila Repens T. Rudrappa Isolation of Steroid from Crataeva nurvala Buch-Ham Vandna Sharma, K. Ramesh, and M. A. Padhya The Lectins and their Applications Purshotam Kaushik