Abstract: The present invention relates a hexane bioactive fraction and obtained from the roots of an aromatic plant named Vetiveria zizanioides commonly found in India for inhibiting the growth of drug resistant bacterial infections in humans and animals; also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the bioactive extract with other additives for inhibiting the growth of drug resistant bacterial infections in humans and animals and a process for the isolation of said bioactive extract

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the isolation of artemisinin, an antimalarial agent from the herb of the Artemisia annua plant, comprising of extracting the herb with ethanol, partitioning of the extract between water and hexane, followed by evaporative crystallization of artemisinin from hexane phase to produce substantially pure artemisinin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mint spent compost based synergistic formulation useful as plant growth regulator comprising bioactive extracts from mint spent compost such as composted distilled crop residue of Menthol mint; Mentha arvensis etc., and nutrient mixtures exhibiting synergistic effect in enhancing plant growth also this invention provides a unique process for the preparation of the said formulation and the methods of its application.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rapid, sensitive, simple, and cost-effective spectrophotometric method of detecting and quantifying mycolic acid in a mycolic acid-fuschin dye complex with absorbance maxima ranging between 490-500 nm in the presence of various test compounds, for screening mycolic acid biosynthesis inhibitors useful as anti-microbial agents and a diagnostic kit thereof comprising basic fuschin dye in the concentration ranging between 0.1-1.0 gm/100 ml, phenol and 95% ethanol in the ratio ranging between 1:4 to 2:1 (v/v), and phenol and distilled water in the ratio ranging between 1:14 to 1:25.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method for the preparation of Artemether. Artemether prepared from the process is useful for the treatment of uncomplicated, severe complicated and multi drug resistant malaria.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical composition with lysergol as bioactive enhancer and bioavailability facilitator for broad-spectrum antibiotics. The present invention has direct implication in reducing the dosage of antibiotics while increasing the efficiency of absorption of nutritional elements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new herbal synergistic formulation, comprising essential oil of medicinal plant Foeniculum vulgare and other plants and said formulation useful as insecticide against mosquito larvae; in addition, the formulation of the present invention has toxic action against larval stages of malarial vector, Anopheles stephensi due to the property attributed by the synergistic combination of essential oil of plant genus Foeniculum vulgare and other essential oils derived from medicinal plants.

Abstract: A formulation useful in the treatment of drug resistant bacterial infections comprising an effective amount of thymol obtained from the plant Trachyspermum ammi, mint oil containing an appropriate amount of monoterpenes obtained from a hybrid of Mentha spicata and Mentha arvensis, and conventional additives. A method for producing the formulation by mixing the above ingredients and a method for the treatment of drug resistance in a patient by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of the formulation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to method of treatment of fungal infection with a synergistic combination of plant compounds useful for enhancing the activity of antifungal compounds. The plant compounds menthol and menthyl acetate when mixed at specific concentrations enhances the antifungal activity of the commercially available fungicides.

Abstract: The present invention provides a formulation for increasing the synthesis and accumulation of essential oil in aromatic plants and other plants. The formulation disclosed herein comprises a resistance inducer, such as an isomer of amino butyric acid or another amino acid, which is capable of increasing the synthesis of essential oil in an aromatic plant. The formulation may further comprise secondary metabolites as well as a carrier. Aromatic plants that may be used in the present invention include, but are not limited to, rose-scented geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) and menthol mint (Mentha arvensis). The present invention also provides a method of increasing the essential oil content in aromatic crops and other plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new strain of Streptomyces sp., called CIMAP A1 isolated from the soil of geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) planted in the experimental fields of CIMAP and having the accession No. ATCC PTA-4131 and capable of inhibiting the growth of phytopathogenic fungi.

Abstract: The invention relates to the development of a new and distinct mutant ‘Dhawal’ of periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus, produced by chemical mutagen treatment of the seeds followed by rigorous selection in a widely cultivated variety ‘Nirmal’ of Catharanthus roseus, said plant being stable, homozygous and produces conspicuously higher herbage and alkaloid yield.

Abstract: The invention relates to a disease resistant and high yielding variety of opium poppy plant (Papaver somniferum L. 2n=22) christened as ‘Rakshit’.

Abstract: A formulation useful in the treatment of drug resistant bacterial infections comprising an effective amount of thymol obtained from the plant Trachyspermum ammi, mint oil containing an appropriate amount of monoterpenes obtained from a hybrid of Mentha spicata and Mentha arvensis, and conventional additives. A method for producing the formulation by mixing the above ingredients and a method for the treatment of drug resistance in a patient by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of the formulation.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a growth media for mass multiplication of bio-control fungi, comprising a chopped, shade-dried distillation waste in a plastic bag that is plugged with cotton followed by autoclaving and an inoculation of a strain of bio-control fungi such as Trichoderma harzianum or Gliocladium virens, and incubating the bags at room temperature for 14-30 days, and then shade drying and grinding the product to obtain a fine powder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new, distinct and unique plant of rose scented geranium Pelargonium graveolens ‘Safal’ derived from the spontaneous half-sib seed progeny of largely sterile populations of the cultivar accession ‘Bipuli’, possessing the following combination of characteristics namely demonstrated vigour in the essential oil yield related traits in great measure and out yielded all the other accessions; the essential oil of the plant has 89% rhodinol content in which citronellol to geraniol ratio is approximately 1:1 and the contents of isomenthone, menthone, 10-epi-&ggr;-eudesmol, 6,9-guaiadiene, decanoic acid and isodecanoic acid were relatively lower than in the oils of accessions ‘Bipuli’ and/or ‘Hemanti’, this plant can be propagated vegetatively through stem cuttings and suitable for commercial cultivation in large scale.

Abstract: Described as a new ‘Peppermint’ mutant having a high yield of menthol rich essential oil, deep purplish green foliage, purplish white flowers, a delayed temporary wilting point and tolerance to the pest Bihar hairy caterpillar (Spilarctia obliqua).

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct mint plant of Mentha arvensis ‘Saksham’, developed through tissue culture, possessing the following combination of characters namely producing higher amount of menthol with high essential oil yield as well as herbage yield; possessing better growth and vegetative growth with high regenerability; has distinct molecular profile by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD); retains the characteristics of tolerance to leaf spot, rust and powdery mildew as in the parent variety ‘Himalaya’; has light greenish leaves, pinkish white flowers like the parent plant ‘Himalaya’, this new plant is able to produce higher herbage, oil and menthol yield per unit area as compared to other existing improved varieties.

Abstract: The present invention is related to the development of a new and chromosomally distinct vegetatively propagated frost resisted plant of Cymbopogon flexuosus by genetic selection in open pollinated seed progeny of high yielding variety ‘Cauvery’. The selected plant with stay-green habit withstands prolonged frosting in chilling winter and capable of giving an additional harvest during winter, which is not observed so far in normal varieties.

Abstract: Described as a new Peppermint mutant having a high yield of menthol rich essential oil, deep purplish green foliage, purplish white flowers, a delayed temporary wilting point and tolerance to the pest Bihar hairy caterpillar (Spilarctia obliqua).