Catharanthus roseus: The Medicinal Plant
Catharanthus roseus: The Beautiful Medicinal Plant with Remarkable Healing Potential Introduction Catharanthus roseus, commonly known as Madagascar periwinkle, is one of the most beautiful and scientifically important flowering plants in the world. Known…
Impact of Science in Daily Life
Science plays a vital role in our everyday life, making our lives easier, safer, and more comfortable. From the smartphones we use and the transportation we rely on to modern medicine, electricity, and the internet, science influences almost every aspect…
Escherichia coli: Characteristics, Structure, Pathogenicity and Applications
Escherichia coli: From Gut Microbe to Model Organism E.coli is a gram negative, facultative anaerobic, rod shaped and nonsporulating coliformbacteria that belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family. In 1884, the German microbiologistand pediatrician…
Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus): A Medicinal and Aromatic Grass
Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus): Traditional Uses and Therapeutic Potential Lemongrass is a tropical perennial grass which belongs to the family Poaceae. Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf. Commonly known as lemongrass. Lemongrass is a medicinal plant.…
Purulia Chhau Dance: History, Masks, Culture and Heritage of West Bengal
Purulia Chhau: A Spectacular Folk Dance Tradition of West Bengal Purulia Chhau is one of the most vibrant and visually spectacular folk dance traditions of India. Originating in the Purulia district of West Bengal, this unique dance form is famous for…
Plasmid : Definition and properties
What is plasmid? A plasmid is a small, circular, double strand DNA that replicate independently. They are found in bacteria, and archae. Plasmids can be transferred from one cell to another. The term plasmid was coined by Joshua Lederberg in 1952. Ti…
Method of Rice Cultivation and Uses
Rice Cultivation: In case of rice cultivation following steps are done sequentially: Raising of seedlings. Land preparation. Transplanting and spacing. Manuring. Hoeing and weeding. Irrigation. 1) Raising of seedling: There are generally two…
What is Economic Botany?
It is the branch of botany that deals with the plants for human welfare. The economic is not be interpreted necessarily in placing emphasis on a monetary sense but concerned with the use of plants by the people. According to Wickens (2001)…
BPSC Eligibility, Age Limit, and Vacancy 2026
BPSC TRE 4.0 — Complete Details 2026 B.P.S.C Tre 4.0 is a Bihar government teacher recruitment examination conducted by BPSC to appoint school teachers in government schools across Bihar. Class Main Educational Qualification TET/STET 1–5 (Primary…
Catharanthus roseus and Andrographis Paniculata description
Catharanthus roseus Chemical Constituents / Active Principals: The major alkaloids present in Catharanthus are: Rosinidin Vinblastine Vincristine Uses: The plant juice is used in the treatment of hypertension. The root extraction is very…
Atropa belladonna
Atropa belladonna Chemical Constituents / Active Principals:The chemical components are atropine, scopolamine, and hyoscyamine. Uses:Belladonna decoction and powders are used for pharmaceutical purposes. Scopolamine is used for recovery from…
Adhatoda vasica
Adhatoda vasica Organoleptic Characters: It is a tall, much-branched evergreen shrub. Leaves of the plants are lanceolate, large, and dark green in colour. Leaves are 12–20 cm long, 2.5–5 cm in width. The margin of the leaves is crenate and the apex…
Strychnos nux-vomica
Strychnos nux-vomica Organoleptic Characters: Colour: Ash gray or greenish-grey. Odour: None. Taste: Intensely bitter. Size: Seeds are 10–30 mm in diameter and 4–6 mm in thickness. Shape: The seeds are disc-shaped, somewhat flat, irregularly bent…
Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera Chemical Component or Active Principals: The leaf contains some chemicals like mannas, polymannans, anthraquinone, anthrones, emodin, and lectins. Uses: The leaf extraction is used to cure wounds and skin lesions. The polysaccharides of…
Hemidesmus indicus
Hemidesmus indicus As medicine “Anantmool” holds a repute place in all systems of medicine in India. The roots are used as addition in main treatment of snakebite and scorpion sting. It improves the general health, plumpness, clearness and…
Papaver somniferum
Papaver somniferum Active principal: Opium contains two main groups of alkaloids, phenanthrenes such as morphine, codeine and and thebaine are the main narcotic constituents. Isoquinolines such as papaverine and noscapine have no significant central…
Rauwolfia serpentina
Biological Source: Rauwolfia consists of dried root and rhizomatous stalk of Rauwolfia serpentina (Apocynaceae) usually collected in the autumn from the plants that are for 3-4 years old. Diagnostic feature: Usually cylindrical or slightly tapering…
Digitalis Purpurea
Digitalis
Cinchona and Digitalis Plants
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Adulteration
Adulteration Adulteration can be defined as the mixing of low price material with a high price artical. It is followed by some people due to scarcity of high priced materials. In these case the drug constituents is substitued by another. Adulteration…
Types of drug plants
Types of drug plants Drug plants can be arranged for study under following headings:- i) Alphabetical: This arrangement using lation or vernacular names are employed for dictionaries etc. ii) Taxonomy: On the basis of an accepted system of botanical…
Different Terms of Pharmacology
Pharmacognosy: Pharmacognosy is formed [from] two greek word ‘pharmacon’ means drugs and ‘gnosis’ means knowledge. So, pharmacognosy is scientific study of structural, physical, chemical and sensory characters of drugs of plants and animals. It also…
Speciation
Speciation is the evolutionary process by which new biological species arise. The biologist Orator F. Cook seems to have been the first to coin the terms speciation for the ‘splitting’ of lineages or cladogenesis as opposed to…
what is Callus
Callus: i) Mass of unorganized plant parenchyma cells derived from plant tissue. ii) Plant growth regulators such as auxin, gibberellin, cytokinins are into supplemented to initiate into the medium to callus formation.
Somatic embryo
Somatic embryo: i) Where a plant or embryo from a single somatic cell. ii) Somatic embryos are formed plant cell. iii) No endosperm or seed coat is formed.
Zone of Inhibition
i) About of a million of cells from a single strand strain are spread over the agar plate using a swab. ii) If the bacterial or fungal strain is susceptible to the antimicrobial agent, then a zone of inhibition appear on the agar plate. So,…
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a laboratory (in vitro) technique for generating large quantities of a specified DNA. Obviously, PCR is a cell-free amplification technique for synthesizing multiple identical copies…
Life Story of Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 at Porbandar. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was called “Mahatma”. His father name is Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi, who served as the chief minister of Porbandar state. His mother name is…
Endospore
Endospore Certain Gram(+)ve bacteria produce special structures that are able to overcome unfavourable conditions such as heat, UV radiation, nutrient deficiency conditions. This structure is called endospore. Endospore produced from a vegetative cell…
Algal Bloom
An algal bloom is a rapid increase in the population of algae in an aquatic systems. They occur in freshwater as well as marine environments. A harmful algal bloom (HAB) occurs when algae grow excessively in a body of water. Algal blooms are visible to…
Coronavirus: Symptoms,Protect and Prevention
Coronavirus :- Coronavirus outbreak on December 31, 2019. Many people infected with COVID-19. Coronavirus originated from China’s Wuhan. On February, World Health Organization named the novel coronavirus “COVID-19”. “CO”…
Sai Pallavi Biography
Sai Pallavi stands out as one of the most versatile and natural talents in contemporary Indian cinema. Balancing intellect and artistic passion, she completed her MBBS degree from Tbilisi State Medical University in 2016 before winning over audiences…
Calotropis procera
Calotropis procera:- Calotropis procera is a shrub or tree when it is cut or broken this plant it’s oozing copius milky sap. Scientific classification:
Top 6 fruits that you have never heard
Top 6 fruits that you have never heard:- 1) King Coconut:- King coconut is commonly known as Thambili. The scientific name of king coconut is Cocos nucifera var. aurantiaca. King coconuts are orange coloured skin. King coconuts are rich source of…
Mucormycosis: Types and Symptoms
Mucormycosis is formerly known as zygomycosis. Mucormycosis is found in soil and forms sporangiospores. Mucormycosis is a infectious disease. Mucormycosis is caused by various fungi like Mucor, Rhizopus, Absidia, and Cunninghamella, Rhizomucor.…
Plant Breeding and It’s Objectives
What is plant breeding? Ans:- Plant breeding is the art and science to improve the genetic potential of crops. Plant breeding is the science to produce new varieties with increased productivity and quality. Objectives of plant breeding:-
google.com
What is Google? Google is a search engine. Google is an American company. Google was founded September 4, 1998 in Menlo Park, California, United States. The headquarter of Google is 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, U.S. Sundar…
Cactus Plant: Characters
Cactus Cactus is a spiny plant. Cactus are grow in desert. and other par Desert plants can survive most with minimum rainfall. Cactus are the most common desert plants. Many cactus live in dry environments. Cactus do not contains leaves, leaves are…
General Characteristics of Bryophytes
Bryophytes come from two Greek words: “Bryon” means “moss” and “phyton” means “plants”. Bryophytes occupy a position just intermediate between algae and pteridophytes. Water is essential for their…
Biotechnology and It’s Types
What is biotechnology? Biotechnology is the branch of biology involving the use of living systems and organisms to create different products. In 1919, the term biotechnology was first used by Karl Ereky. Biotechnology is the use of microorganisms to…
Jharkhand TET में सफलता के आसान Tips & Tricks: परीक्षा पास करने की पूरी रणनीति
बिल्कुल। JharTET (Jharkhand TET) में qualify करने के लिए आसान Tips & Tricks: 🎯 JharTET Qualify करने की Strategy ⏰ रोज़ का Study Plan समय विषय 2 घंटे मुख्य विषय 1 घंटा CDP 1 घंटा Language 1 घंटा PYQ/MCQ 30 मिनट गलत प्रश्नों का Revision 🔥 सबसे बड़ा…
The Great Indian Bustard
Introduction: Grassland of india exists a birds whose beauty are attracted to peoples. This bird name is the great Indian bustard. The scientific name of great Indian bustard is Ardeotis nigriceps. Great Indian Bustard is one of the heaviest flying…
Caenorhabditis elegans: The Essential, Powerful Model Organism Guide
Abstract: Life is a lifeless chemical evolution. Life requires energy. Life is the interplay between structure and energy. The primary energy system in most eukaryotic cells are called Mitochondria. Mitochondria are evolved from a symbiotic relationship…
JTET Syllabus 2026
Here is the Jharkhand Tet 2026 Syllabus… https://edufiver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026_JHTET_SYLLABUS.pdf
Exploration of microbes for Omega-3 fatty acid production
Abstract: The purpose of the present paper was to review literature to ” Exploration of microbes for Omega-3 fatty acid production.” Earth evolved from 3.5 to 4 billions years ago. Earth at almost 5 miles per second. Microbes in the…
Powerful E3 Ligase Degrades Tumor Suppressor p53 During DNA Damage
ABSTRACT: The ubiquitination pathway is dynamic and regulates degradation of many proteins. Additionally, p53 undergoes Mdm-2–mediated ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. Loss of p53 in tumor cells enhances HIF-1 activity. Genetic alterations…
Noise Pollution: Effects,Symptoms and Prevention
Abstract : The purpose of the present paper was to review the literature to ”effects on environmental and occupational noise on cognition”. Classroom noise is related to stress reactions among high school children. So, noise is increasingly…
Investigation of the molecular mechanisms of STAT3 mediated regulator of HPV infection and cervical carcinogenesis
ABSTRACT: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are the most abundant free radicals in nature. ROS(reactive oxygen species) can cause protein, lipid, DNA damage and malignant tumors. Cervical cancer is one of the major health problem in developing countries. The…
