Studies on the spore morphology of Oleandra undulata (Willd.) Ching and O. walichii (Hook.) Presl

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Plants used by the rural communities of district Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh

798-803Throughout the globe, the traditional knowledge system has gained prime importance in context with conservation, sustainable development, and search for new utilization patterns of plant resources. In this context, the ethnomedicinal plants and the traditional healthcare system prevalent amongst the aboriginal and the rural population of various societies contribute significant role. Considering the importance of herbal medicines, the paper pertains to the studies conducted in the rural areas of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The study is based on extensive field surveys, plant collection, and the interviews with the local folks particularly the Vaidhyas, women folk, and the senior inhabitants. In all, over 70 plant species belonging to 32 families have been enumerated, which are found to be of common use by the locales

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Plants used in traditional healthcare of livestock by <i>Gujjar</i> community of Sub-Himalayan tracts, Uttarakhand, India

243-248The present paper highlights the indigenous knowledge on the ethnoveterinary medicinal plants used by the Gujjar community of Sub-Himalayan tracts in Garhwal Himalaya. This tribe is a nomadic one, lives with their livestock’s in the forests, roaming from one place to other in different habitats. Their herds of livestock constituted a substantive role, as their economy is totally dependent on selling milk and other dairy products. They are dependent on the surrounding vegetational wealth for the treatment of various ailments of their livestock, following traditionally based knowledge system. They also have distinct folk concepts regarding the diagnosis of cattle ailments. The following study includes 54 plant species belonging to 32 families, commonly employed in ethnoveterinary practices by the community

Microwave attenuation in isotopically disordered semiconductor crystals

110-114In an isotopically disordered semiconductor crystal , electrons interact with harmonic and localized phonon fields, which causes dramatic changes in the dynamical properties. In order to discuss these effects the double time thermodynamic Green's function has been evaluated using the equation of motion technique of quantum dynamics via a newly formulated Hamiltonian, which include selectron, harmonic phonon, electron-phonon and defect contributions. The expression for microwave attenuation so developed is found to depend chiefly on electron-phonon coupling, force constant changes and temperature.</span

Thermodynamics and kinetics to develop an analytical method for sensing of aqueous Hg(II) using caffeic acid decorated AgNPs

Mercury (Hg) and its compounds are exceptionally noxious and extensively distributed in the atmosphere. We have used caffeic acid decorated silver nanoparticles (CA–AgNPs) for the colorimetric detection of the Hg(II) ions in the aqueous systems. In this method, a paper strip was simply used as a dipstick type device for the fast and selective detection of the aqueous Hg(II) ions. The paper strip displays a color change within 50 seconds with superior selectivity after being dipped into the solution containing a concentration of Hg(II) ions in the range of 20–0.0001 ppm. The developed method allows us to detect Hg(II) through naked eyes with a LOD of 0.0001 ppm. The interaction between prepared CA–AgNPs and Hg(II) was also studied using reactive kinetics, thermodynamic parameters and density functional theory (DFT). The proposed method can be a cost-effective tool for field-level applications for on-site real-time detection of mercury