Experimental Phytochemical Techniques

Contents: Preface. 1. Medicinal mushrooms occurring in South India: an untapped novel source of antioxidants for therapeutic use/T.A. Ajith and K.K. Janardhanan. 2. Isolation of bioinsecticides from the stripped tiger butterfly, Danaus genutia (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae)/Arunava Das, Chandan Mithra, R. Revanna, A.R.V. Kumar and K. Chandrashekara. 3. Effect of bio-stimulants on growth and yield of senna (Cassia angustifolia) var-Kkm.1/R. Balakumbahan, K. Rajamani and K. Kumanan. 4. Novel near infrared applications in natural products/K. Balasubramanian. 5. Species and organ variations of alkaloids in Gloriosa, a medicinal plant/P. Bharathi, S. Chakkaravarthi and D. Pohilomina. 6. Diabetes mellitus - ethnotherapeutic leads from the tribals of Orissa (India) to control/M. Brahmam. 7. In silico studies of anti-inflammatory compounds with human non-pancreatic secretory phospholipase A2/D. Gayathri and D. Velimurugan. 8. Molecular docking studies of human purine nucleoside phosophorylase with coixol, from scoparia dulcis L. and with different sugar moieties/D. Gayathri, D. Velmurugan, M. Jeyam and N. Raaman. 9. The world of indigenous medicinal plants scripted in Amarakosam/Gayatri R. Nambiar and K. Raveendran. 10. Antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of herbal medicine triphala on bio-film formation on teeth/L. Jagadish, V. Sangeetha, V.K. Anandkumar and K. Kaviyarasan. 11. Medicinal plants in the sacred forests of Southern Western Ghats/S. Jeeva, C. Kingston, S. Kiruba, D. Kannan and Jasmine T. Sawian. 12. Documentation of traditional knowledge of Kani Tribals in the Agasthiarmalai, Western Ghats/A. John De Britto, K. Petchimuthu, R. Mahesh and N. Nirmal Kumar. 13. Study on in vitro culture and cryopreservation of banana passionfruit (Passiflora mollissima Bailey), a plant used in rural medicine/A.S. Kantharajah and P.G. Golegaonkar. 14. Antimicrobial properties of wedelia chinensis, (OS Beck) Merr./S. Madhavan, S. Annammal and Y. Lavanya. 15. Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated tumor induction on solanum trilobatum/S. Madhavan, A. Shanmugapriya and G. Gunapriya. 16. CNS depressant activity of Albizzia lebbeck Benth./Malarkodi Velraj, S. Jayakumari, J. Anbu, G. Ramanjaneyulu, A. Antomy Joseph and D. Sundara Vadivel. 17. Medicinal plants - an overview/K. Manibhushan Rao, N. Mathivanan and M. Krishnaraj. 18. Ethnobotanical study of Dewghat Forest in Koraon Range (U.P.)/K.N. Mishra and C.P. Shukla. 19. An antifungal, low molecular weight protein from leaves of a medicinal herb Mentha Viridis L./R. Pachaiappan and R. Balasubramanian. 20. A study on the medicinal Flora of Kolanthamamalai Hill, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu/M. Padma Sorna Subramanian, A. Saravana Ganthi, A. Samuthirakani and M. Uthira Selvam. 21. Protective effects of mangostin, A Xanthone derivative in Mangosteen against myocardial injury by isoproterenol in rats: biochemical findings/S. Pandimadevi and V. Kannan. 22. Thymol content of Origanum vulgare L. from the cold desert of trans Himalaya/T. Parimelazhagan, O.P. Chaurasia and Zakwan Ahmed. 23. Anticandidal activity of three medicinal plant extracts/A. Patra, Chandi C. Rath and U.B. Mohapatra. 24. Studies on dwindling population of Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora pennell. (Scrophulariaceae), its status and conservation problems in Sikkim Himalayas/Pranay Bantawa, Partha Dev Ghosh, S. Maitra and Tapan Kumar Mondal. 25. Herbal therapeutics: opportunities for research and development scope and limitations/M.N.V. Prasad, K. Padmalatha, K. Jayaram and N.L. Raju. 26. In vitro cell line selection for enhanced production of secondary metabolites/N. Raaman and M. Senthil Kumar. 27. Phytochemical studies in Cissus quadrangularis Linn. and hypericum mysorense Heyne - an overview/N. Raaman V. Beulah and L. Hariprasath. 28. A rapid Micropropagation technique for Solanum trilobatum Linn./N. Raaman, M. Elamvaluthi and M. Jeyan. 29. Enhanced growth and survivability of micropropagated plants of Solanum trilobatum L. by mycorrhizal inoculation/N. Raaman, M. Elamvaluthi and M. Jeyan. 30. Isolation and characterization of solasodine from the wild plants and cell suspension cultures of Solanum trilobatum Linn./N. Raaman, M. Elamvaluthi and M. Jeyan. 31. Phytochemistry and micropropagtion of Artemisia species - a review/N. Raaman, M.R. Sridevi Kumari and L. Hariprasath. 32. Antimicrobial alkaloids from the aerial parts of cynodon dactylon/N. Raaman, A. Radha, K. Balasubramanian and R. Raghunathan. 33. Potential of seaweeds in health care applications/A.K. Siddhanta. 34. Synthesis and bioactivity of some polycyclic spiroheterocyclic compounds/A.R. Suresh Babu, R. Raghunathan, R. Ramesh N. Mathivanan, K. Palani and M. Ponnusamy. 35. XZ-ray crystal structure analysis of some herbal/D. Velmurugan. Common and scientific names of plants. Names of chemical used. Index to authors. Subjects.

In the present book, to give more experimental data using the phytochemical techniques and medicinal plants, research papers, lead articles and review papers contributed by several researchers are included. This book contains 35 chapters from various experts covering medicinal plants and the experimental data using the methods of identification using physical characteristics and spectroscopy which includes UV, IR, NIR, Mass and NMR. In various chapters, antioxidant potentials of mushrooms, seaweeds and medicinal plants, isolation of compounds from plants and their biological activities, novel near infra red application in natural products, in silico studies of anti-inflammatory compounds, molecular docking of natural products, CNS depressant activity of medicinal plants, isolation of antifungal proteins from medicinal plants, plant tissue culture, in vitro cell line selection for enhanced production of secondary metabolites, isolation of compounds from cell suspension cultures, X-ray crystal structure analysis of compounds from medicinal plants, synthesis and bioactivity of polycyclic spiroheterocyclic compounds are given in details. This book will prove useful to the students, scientists, researchers, professionals in the field of plant science, pharmaceutical chemical engineering, biotechnology, medicinal and aromatic plants, forestry and horticulture.