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Nisha Tripathi , Abhay Bahuguna , Anshul Chandra , S. T. S. Lepcha

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Herbal products are becoming popular in society and their demand is showing regular increase in the market. A study was undertaken to assess the number of herbal products in selected categories of face care, tooth care, hair care and foot care at Haridwar, Uttarakhand. It was observed that maximum number of products were available under hair care category followed by face care, tooth care and foot care. Price-wise, face care products were the costliest among these.

Keywords

Market Survey, Herbal Products, Traditional Medicines, Food Supplements,
Cosmetics, Haridwar, Uttarakhand.

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Abhay Bahuguna , Nisha Tripathi , Anshul Chandra , S. T. S. Lepcha

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Industrial Hemp, commonly known as 'Bhang', is an underutilized biomass found in Uttarakhand. Its stem shows fibre properties ie., cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. Samples 'A' and 'B' of Industrial Hemp fibre (Bhang) were made and sample 'A' was chemically treated with washing soda and 'B' with Boric acid. These chemically treated fibre samples were carded and spun in Nandprayag (weaving cluster developed by Uttaranchal Bamboo and Fiber Development Board-UBFDB). The spun fibre showed less breaking percentage and its appearance was white hence it can be used in textile/cordage at cottage entrepreneurship level. However due to lack of awareness, development of processing methods for fibre, Industrial Hemp and its use in textile/cordage industry these remain undeveloped and unexplored in Uttarakhand. Hence, UBFDB is undertaking continuous efforts to establish this Industrial Hemp fibre at commercial level to provide employment to local people of Uttarakhand.

Keywords

Industrial Hemp ('Bhang'), Fibre, Production and Processing, Textile/Cordage
Industry

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Abhay Bahuguna , Nisha Tripathi , Anshul Chandra

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Anshul Chandra , N. S. K. Harsh , Sadhna Tripathi , S. T. S. Lepcha

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Lantana is a rapidly growing obnoxious weed though it has potential of purposeful utilization. Preservation of bamboo during storage with the help of preservative of natural origin i.e. Lantana extract may result in saving of material. Extractives of aerial parts and ischolar_main components of L. camara were made in polar and non polar solvents i.e. petroleum ether, acetone, methanol and hot water were tested against Schizophyllum commune. the pioneer colonizer decay fungus and Polyparus areulanus. the secondary stage parasite of Bamboo in storage and use. Laboratory bioassay exhibited that methanolic extract of Lantana camara were highly fungicidal at very low concentrations.

Keywords

Antifungal Activity. Lantana Camara, Schizophyllum Commune, Polyporus Arcularius

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Anshul Chandra ¹

Affiliations
1 Forest Pathology Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, IN

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The present study is an exploration of lantana extracts against bamboo decaying fungi. Lantana is a rapidly growing obnoxious weed though it has potential of purposeful utilization. Extracts from Lantana camara leaves have been reported to have antimicrobial, fungicidal, insecticidal and nematicidal activity. Concentrations of aerial and ischolar_main extracts of L. camara were prepared in petroleum ether, acetone, methanol and hot water. Bamboo blocks treated with the highest concentration of L. camara (aerial and ischolar_main) methanol extract against bamboo degrading white rot fungi Schizophyllum commune and Polyporus arcularius recorded a weight loss of 13.68%, 9.20% and 14.64%, 9.92% respectively. Methanol ischolar_main extracts of L. camara proved to be the best treatment.

Keywords

Antifungal Activity, Nematicidal, Lantana camara, Bamboo.

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Ramesh Chandra ¹, Ambrish Kaushal ¹, Shailja Singh ¹, Yogesh Upadhyay ², Ram Autar ¹, Shantanu Khatri ¹, Shipra Shukla ¹, Sultana Sarwar Saiyed ¹, Anshul Chandra ³

Affiliations
1 Career Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Lucknow, U.P., IN
2 Chandra dental College, Safedabad, Barabanki, U.P., IN
3 Uttar Pradesh Dental College and Research Centre, U.P., IN

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Endodontic treatment requires a thorough knowledge of the anatomy of the teeth and their surrounding structures. Root canals may be left untreated during endodontic therapy if dentist fails to identify their presence, particularly in the teeth with anatomic variations or extra ischolar_main canal. A major anatomical variation of the two ischolar_mained mandibular first molar is a tooth with an additional ischolar_main located lingually (the radix entomolaris) buccally (radix paramolaris). The prevalence of these three ischolar_mained mandibular first molars appears to be less than 3% in African population, not to exceed 4.2% in Caucasians. To be less than 5% in Eurasian and Asian populations, and to be higher than 5% (even upto 40%) in populations with Mongolian traits. As far as the access was concerned, entering the ischolar_main canal in RE required a modification of opening in a distolingual direction resulting in a trapezoidal opening cavity. None of the orifices was located midway between the mesial and distal component.

Keywords

Anatomic Variations, Endodontic Treatment, Mandibular First Molar.

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Anshul Chandra ¹

Affiliations
1 Forest Pathology Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (Uttarakhand), IN

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The present study is an exploration of neem seed oil against bamboo decaying fungi. The neem tree is considered to be a storehouse of various biologically active compounds such as azadirachtin, salanin, nimbin, quercetin etc., all of them are reported to possesses marked anti-microbial and anti-bacterial properties. The neem seed oil exhibited maximum protection of bamboo at its highest concentration and statistically proved to be the best treatment.

Keywords

Antifungal Activity, Neem Oil, Nematicidal.

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