Salient Feature of Chenopodium album L. and its Role in Cosmetics

ISBN-13: 9786139917969 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 56 str.

Nidhi Srivastava; Gauri Singhal Vartika Verma; Monika Choudhary

Opis

Chenopodium album L. commonly known as 'Bathua' has been considered as a weed and extensively cultivated and consumed in Northern India as a food crop as it has been rich in protein, vitamins and minerals. Secondary metabolites isolated form this weed showed great potential in various pharmacological activities such as anti-microbial and anti-cancerous activity. The secondary metabolites isolated from this weed also showed activity against acne causing microbes.

O autorze

Srivastava, Nidhi
Dr. Nidhi Srivastava has 16 years of teaching and research experience in molecular and stress biology in plants. She is Associate Professor in the department of Bioscience and Biotechnology at Banasthali Vidyapith, India. She has supervised 34 masters, 2 M.phil. and 8 Ph.D. thesis. She has authored 2 national books and published 72 research papers.