In the last two decades, there has been a tremendous increase in the global use of herbal
medicinal products (HMPs) due to their claimed health benefits. This has led to increase in …

Food contaminated with fungal pathogens can cause extremely harmful effects to human
even when present in low concentrations. Researchers now pay more attention towards …

Enhancement of secondary metabolites by means of hairy root culture is a potential method
for mass production of desired metabolites from in vitro plants. Accordingly, the aim of this …

Hairy roots were induced in Althea officinalis using Agrobacterium rhizogenes, strains A4,
A13, ATCC15834, and ATCC15834 (GUS). The leaf, petiole and shoot explants of …

The physiochemical and biological properties of honey are directly associated to its floral
origin. Some current commonly used methods for identification of botanical origin of honey …

A simple, efficient, reliable and cost-effective method for isolation of total genomic DNA from
fungi, suitable for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and other molecular …

Isolation of semi-intact, high quality genomic DNA is a crucial pre-requsite step for molecular
biology applications such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR), rapid amplified polymorphic …

The genus O cimum comprises of several medicinally important species which frequently fall
prey to adulteration due to misidentification. A proficient method is hence required to solve …

Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) is a medicinal plant that is widely used as a sedative or
calmant, spasmolytic and antibacterial agent and sleep aid. This has led to a high demand …

The aphrodisiac property of Eurycoma longifolia has led to an increase in the demand for its
Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPs). However, the efficiency of such HMPs depends on the …