Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) popularly known as Bhendi is an important warm season vegetable, widely cultivated for its tender, green fruits. India is the largest producer of okra in the world and exports considerable amount of fresh okra to the international market, after fulfilling domestic demand. In India, okra mostly grown during kharif. It is also grown during early winter season of mid cool temperatures when price remains very high and farmers earn handsome remuneration from such an okra crop.Okra has good potential as foreign exchange crop. Plant growth regulators may be...

Cancer continues to represent the largest cause of mortality in the world and claims over 6 million lives every year. Treatment of cancer is not found to be safe because of its side effects on the healthy tissue. Several new strategies for cancer treatment are available but none of them proved totally safe to the healthy tissue.Doxorubicin is very active against a wide spectrum of cancers and is mainly used in the treatment of lymphomas and leukemias and other solid tumors like ovarian, breast, lung, thyroid carcinomas etc.Similar to the adverse effects of other anti-cancer agents, it has its...