Antioxidant activities of some plants found in North-East, India

ISBN-13: 9786202565028 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 56 str.

Pallab Kalita

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Osbeckia crinita grows wild on a wide range of soils, and it is an evergreen shrub. It grows wild in the State of Meghalaya and also Assam. It is an erect, free flowering shrub that grows to a height of about 3 meters. The plant is branched, and has reddish stems that are covered with bristly scales and minute hairs. Its leaves are simple, elliptic lanceolate with a rounded base, are up to 7cm long. Its flowers are arranged in around 1-5 flowered clusters. The flower shows 5 purple, curved anthers, and 5 yellow anthers. There are claims that it has a number of medicinal benefits right from being an anti-diarrhoeic to anti-microbial activity, wound healing activity and toothache.

O autorze

Kalita, Pallab
Dr. Pallab Kalita is working as a Deputy Controller of Examinations at The Assam Kaziranga University, Jorhat, Assam. He has completed his PhD (Pharmaceutical Sciences) from The Assam Down town University, Assam, India. He has published more than 30 articles in the reputed national and international Journals.