Photochemical studies on some Herbaceous plants from the state of Jammu and Kashmir

Abstract

The thesis is divided into six chapters and newlineembodies the work done on the chemistry of newlinePlectranthus rugosus Phytolacca acinosa Heracleum canescens and Archangelica Officinalis Var Himaliaca as well as the anti fungal and anti bacterial activity of newlinefive essential oils Nature has crowned its demsne with more than three lakh fifty thousand morphologically distinct plant newlinespecies Each plant species has the capacity to elaborate conspicuous molecules Thus they have not only provided man with almost all essential commodities but have also roused his passion and soared his aspiration for the rejuvenation and annihilation of animal cell One of the primary aspects of the basic newlinescientific knowledge required for an expeditious utilisation of vegetable products broadly termed as Natural Products is to probe into their Chemistry Although unabated investigations in this direction have newlineprofoundly advanced the field of phytochemistry and widened its horizons to inter disciplinary areas such as plant physiology biochemistry chemotaxonomy and newlinepharmacology yet it continues to be a fertile field of fruitful research