Dna Barcoding Of Few Indoor Plants And Molecular Characterization Of Its Symbiotic Bacteria

The health benefits of indoor plants are widely explored now a days and methods of psychological assessment are explored. In this regard we have collected few indoor plants and authenticated them to further investigate for its symbiotic relationship with bacteria. As traditional taxonomic studies possess intrinsic limitations with plant species identification, combinations of DNA barcodes have been considered a powerful tool to discover undetected genetic variation within species across large geographic areas, providing more precise estimates of biodiversity. Therefore, many genes have been targeted for DNA barcodes as standardizing regions is vital for identifying them efficiently and discriminate the plant species. In this study, we targeted different genes such as ITS2, matK, RbCl2 and PetB for sequencing. The plants were identified as Draceana senderiana,Pandanus sanderi and Hylotelephium ewersii. Once the species are authenticated they were further used to identify its bacterial relationship. The symbiotic bacteria present in roots were identified as Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Pseudomonas stutzeri. This information will further help in exploring the properties of bacteria which are involved in enhancing the overall growth of plants

Medicinal Importance of Plants Used for Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis in Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, India

Plants and their importance in the field of medicine go hand-in-hand since the ancient Vedic ages when Ayurveda and the other forms of treatment have come into existence. Each and every part of these plants possesses disease curing properties and is used in different forms to treat number of diseases. This paper aims to shed a light on the medicinal value of few of those plants which are used in treatment of Rheumatoid arthritis in traditional system. The plants that are selected for discussion are Cardiospermum helicacabum, Kiraganelia reticulata, Pongamia pinnata, Scoparia dulcis, Urena Lobata and Vitex negundo. The taxonomic classification along with its ayurvedic properties, ethnobotany, traditional uses that includes medical as well as day to day usage of the plant parts, pharmacognostical studies, phytochemical investigations and the pharmacological evidences along with molecular aspects are discussed in this paper. Each of these selected plants and every parts have various ayurvedic properties and are traditionally valuable, the physicochemical, microscopic and macroscopic factors also have huge importance, Several biochemical compounds, elements, fatty acids, proteins and amino acids are found to be present and pharmaceutically each of these plants have antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-arthritic, anti-diabetic and various other properties which suggests the medical science can evolve and improve more with these plants in use in different preparations, which can be cost-effective, as well as devoid of side effects and would be beneficial to the medical world