The Western Ghats, extending along the western coast of India, are recognized as one of the world's eight ‘hottest hotspots’ of biological diversity. Spanning over 1,600 km and encompassing six states, this mountain ...

Orchidaceae is one of the largest families among angiosperm monocots and the members commonly known as orchids. They are cultivated worldwide for their beautiful flowers with variety of colours, shapes and sizes. Many ...

Cancer, one of the dreadful diseases, is a rising burden for the worldwide. The people look for an alternative treatment solution to avoid the side effects that causing by chemical or radiation therapies. Herbal medicine ...

Medicinal plants play an important role in the development of new drugs both for th humans and animals which act as a potential material for maintaining health. Almost 3/4 of the herbal medicines used worldwide are ...

: Apocynaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, succulents and vines. The members of this family have wide variety of medicinal uses both traditionally and in conventional. The medicinal ...

Cancer is a group of more than 100 distinct diseases characterized by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the body. The World Health Organization has estimated that the global cancer burden could be reduced by ...

By considering the family Rubiaceae, there is many species with valuable secondary metabolites which can be used as anticancer and cytotoxic agents. Some of the plants are well known for camptothecin, genipin, genipodide, ...

The family Simaroubaceae includes a number of plants with anticancer properties which can be used in future for drug designing against cancer. Cancer is a disease in which some of the body cells grow and divide uncontrollably ...

Cancer is one of the major health problems in both developed and developing countries. Cancer treatments including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and immunotherapy, are expensive and reported to have side ...

Agha Shahid Ali, the Kashmiri poet, explores the untold miseries of the generations of loss whose plight after independence was no better than before. Most of his poems echo the lament of the land and cultural maladies ...