Dattatraya K Gaikwad

• M Sc;Ph D
• Professor (Full) at Shivaji University, Kolhapur,India

The population growth also leads to the agricultural and industrial expansions. This adds to the various greenhouse gases leading to the unpredictable climatic change and global warming. The climate of region becomes uncertain, creating several abiotic stresses. It is essential to screen the perennial plant species to develop greenery so to minimiz...

Organic farming includes optimum use of organic materials and microbial fertilizers to boost soil quality and maximize yields, for healthier plant growth and yield, a well-balanced diet is required. Organic manures are two types, such as solid and liquid manures. Solid manures include compost, dung manure, goat manure, farm yard manure etc. Liquid...

Medicinal plants have been the keystone of health care since ancient time. Their innumerable uses have been documented and transformed through the generation for over more than 4000 years. In the early 19th century, as soon as the scientific investigations began, numerous plant based drugs have been made available to cure large number of global...

Natural product remain an important source of new drugs, new drugs leads new chemical entities. Chemotherapeutic agents for cancer are tremendously toxic to healthy tissues and hence, additional medicine avenues are widely researched. Hence, attempts have been made to isolate anti-cancerous agents from the plant of Opuntia elatior using solvent ext...

In nature, herbs are extensively studied for their large therapeutical interests and benefits. Plants, which are a source of phytochemicals with strong antioxidant activity, have attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. The Passiflora belongs to family Passifloraceae has been used in diet as well as in medicine by a number of traditiona...

The ethanolic extract of Opuntia elatior was studied for anticancer potential against human blood cancer cell line K-562. The cytotoxicity of ethanolic extract was analyzed, using MTT assay and flow cytometric analysis. It was noticed that IC50 value of Opunria elatior curde extract was 74.32 µl/ml showing its cytotoxicity in the human blood cancer...

The present study was carried out identify its phytochemical by GC-MS/MS analysis. The present study deals with the Gas Chromatography Mass Spectroscopy analysis of Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hypochondricus, Amaranthus cruentus, which have various medicinal properties. The GC-MS/MS study also carried out and it showed the presence of phytochem...

Colubrina asiatica L. seedlings (1 year old) was raised in garden soil. The effect of foliar spray of 100 ppm of Salicylic acid (SA), 6-Benzylaminopurine (6BA), Gibberellic acid (GA 3) and Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) on physiology and secondary metabolites was analyzed. The alleviation in photosynthetic pigments and in secondary metabolites was obs...

The present study intended to investigate the effect of aqueous extract from Chromoleana odorata L. on the enzymatic antioxidant machinery of some mangrove and mangrove associate plants. The activities of antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), Peroxidase (POX) and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) were markedly affected due...

Colubrina asiatica L.is found at coastal belt near mangroves. The effect of some plant growth regulators such as Salicylic acid (SA), 6-Benzylaminopurine (6BA), Gibberellic acid (GA 3) and Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) on seed germination and seedling growth of Colubrina asiatica L were investigated. All parameters i.e. seed germination and seedling...

The whole world is so much concerned about how the future generations can produce more food. Recent farming system has extensive ecological and environmental impact on natural resources and the serious issue are heavy use of chemicals for better productivity, nutrient leaching and conversion of agriculture land for the construction. The excessive u...

Synthesis of green nanoparticles from biological material like plant extract, bacteria and fungi has become the matter of great interest due to its ecofriendliness and various applications in different fie lds. In the present study Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC) Wight and Arn. bark e xtract was used for the green synthesis of silve r nanoparticles...

The mucilage from the flowers of Spathodia campanulata (P. Beauv), fruits of Muntingia calabura, and Bridelia scandens(Roxb.) were extracted and isolated. The mucilages with different concentrations were tested for its antibacterial potential. It was noticed that the different concentrations of extract exhibits the antibacterial potential. The muci...

Background: Allophylus cobbe(L.) Raeusch. and Allophylus serratus (Roxb.)Kurz. (Sapindaceae) are medicinal plants traditionally used to cure bone fractures and other ailments in India. Objective: Present work was aimed at the identification of phytochemical compounds from young leaves of A. cobbe and A. serratus by applying gas chromatography mass...

Enzymatic maceration of Morinda fruits was conducted with the enzymes like pectinase and diastase at 0.030 g kgG 1 as the extraction of juice from the ripened fruits of Morinda citrifolia and Morinda pubescens are difficult due to its slimy pulp. Juice yields were increased greatly with enzymatic treatment (p<0.05), The amounts of flavonoid and pol...

Activity of acid phosphatase and alkaline phosphatase in the leaves of medicinally important plant Basella alba with respect to its two cultivars under water deficit and water logging stress was estimated. It was recorded that the activity of both the phosphatases increased with increase in water stresses with single exception. The increased activi...

Growth developmental studies in accordance with RGR, NAR and LAR in Basella alba with respect to its two cultivars under water deficit and water logging stress were recorded. It was recorded that RGR and NAR significantly decreased with increase in both the water stress conditions while LAR show variation in its pattern.

Enzymatic maceration of Morinda fruits was conducted with the enzymes like pectinase and diastase at 0.030 g kgG1 as the extraction of juice from the ripened fruits of Morinda citrifolia and Morinda pubescens are difficult due to its slimy pulp. Juice yields were increased greatly with enzymatic treatment (p<0.05), The amounts of flavonoid and poly...

The present study evaluated antimicrobial efficacy of essential oil and in vitro antioxidant activities of the aqueous extract from Colubrina asiatica (L.) Brong. as well as the chemical composition of essential oil. In the present investigation, Colubrina Water Extract (CWE) was studied for its antioxidant activity and Colubrina Essential Oil (CEO...

The allelopathic effects of leaf litter leachates (5,10,20, 50,75 and 100% concentrations) of mangrove Excoecaria agallocha L. were evaluated on seed germination and seedling growth of 3-rice cultivars (Jaya, Ratna 4 and Ratna 24). The leaf litter leachate at 75% and 100% concentration caused highest inhibition in seed germination, shoot length, se...

The aim of present study was to investigate effect of pretreatments of PGRs on the activity of enzyme peroxidase during seed germination of Simarouba glauca DC. Seeds were treated with 100 ppm solutions of different PGRs such as GA, 6-BA, CCC, SA, Cysteine and Methionine. The results indicated that the activity of peroxidase after 48 h of soaking w...

The different parts of Cassia fistula L. were screened for the antimicrobial activity against four different pathogenic microorganisms by agar well diffusion method. Cassia fistula L. is a medium sized, road side, deciduous tree having various medicinal properties. The extracts of different parts of Cassia fistula L. were prepared in distilled wate...

Basella alba L. is an important green leafy vegetables found commonly in the tropical regions of the world. The plant is used as a substitute for true spinach (i. e. Spinacea oleracea L.) and also has great ethnomedicinal importance. Different studies have proved that the plant is rich in vitamin A and vitamin C along with flavonoids, saponins, car...

The accumulation of free radicals in the body result in oxidative stress related diseases in humans. Recent era is directed towards finding natural antioxidants of plants origins. Present study was aimed to evaluate in vitro antioxidant activities, phytochemical constituents and antimicrobial activity of essential oil of Colubrina asiatica Brong [F...

Basella alba L. is one of the important green leafy vegetables with great medicinal potential, commonly known as Indian Spinach and found commonly throughout the Asia continent. The plant is perennial twining herb and prefers specific environmental conditions, water quantity, soil pH along with certain other additional factors for the proper growth...

Objective To study the influence of aqueous extracts of Morinda pubescens Smith. (M. pubescens) on the germination (%) and seedling growth (fresh and dry weight) of wheat and fenugreek. Methods The various concentrations (0.05%, 0.1%, 0.15%, 0.25%, 0.50%, 1%, 1.25% and 2.5%) of these AE were prepared and used for the germination trials. Distilled...

From Kolhapur district six Caesalpinia L. species were morphometrically analyzed with the help of PCA, cluster analysis and CD. The study revealed that Caesalpinia cucullata Roxb. is closely related with Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth.) Alst. and Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw. is closely related with Caesalpinia sappan L. while Caesalpinia mimosoid...

On the basis of cluster analysis and principal component analysis five Terminalia species were morphometrically analyzed depending upon their leaf characters. The quantitative characters like leaf length and leaf width have great significance in bringing together all the species within a genus while lateral nerve number, petiole length significantl...

Antimicrobial effect of the extract of three Indian mangrove plants of Avicennia officinalis (stem) Fam. Avicennaceae, Rhizophora mucronata, pior (root and stem) Fam. Rhizophoraceae and Sonneratia alba J Smith (stem) Fam. Sonneratiaceae bark were investigated. The crude extracts from dried barks of mangroves were extracted in methanol and obtained...

Six Clerodendrum L. species from Kolhapur district were morphometrically analyzed with the help of PCA, cluster analysis and CD. It was observed that the quantitative characters viz. petiole length, leaf length and leaf width have great significance in delimitation of all the species and corolla tube length, leaf width, gynoecium length and leaf le...

Oxidative stress and antioxidant defence systems were assessed in a marine red alga Porphyra vietnamensis Tanaka et Pham-Hoang Ho, from India. Lipid peroxidation (LPX) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) were measured as oxidative stress markers. Antioxidant defences were measured as catalase (CAT), glutathione S-transferase (GST) and ascorbic acid (AsA),...

Anogeissus latifolia is used in various cases of Heart troubles. Present study deals with the investigation of different bark samples (Apical bark, middle bark and mature inner bark) of Anogeissus latifolia for inorganic nutrients. All the bark samples contain appreciable amount of key elements Nitrogen (0.69-1.77%), Phosphorus (0.031-0.103%), Calc...

In vitro antifungal potential of the methanolic extract of bark of seven mangroves was assayed by employing the food poisoning method against plant pathogenic fungi Alternaria alternata and Fusarium moniliforme. Among these barks the methanol extract of Agiceras corniculatum showed maximum inhibition (56%) of Alternaria alternata and extract of Bru...

Simarouba glauca has a long history in herbal medicine in many countries. Simarouba glauca is one of the important herbal drug used against dysentery hence its bark is also known as dysentery bark. The bark and leaf extract of Simarouba is well known for its different types of pharmacological properties such as haemostatic, antihelmenthic, antipara...

A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of different salt concentrations on growth features, photosynthetic pigments and nutrient status in two species of Morinda-Morinda citrfolia and Morinda pubescens seedlings. Increased salinity had significantly altered the qualitative growth parameters measured in terms of height and average...

Thin layer Chromatographic analysis of bark of Anogeissus latifolia, Crataeva religiosa, Pterocarpus marsupium and Terminalia arjuna was carried with respect to the terpenoid pool of the plants. The three bark samples (Apical bark, middle bark and mature inner bark on main trunk) of each plant were analyzed and maximum terpenoids were recorded in t...

Fruits of Morinda citrifolia, a coastal medicinal plant were screened for their antioxidant potential at developmental stages. Free radical Scavenging activity of methanolic, ethanolic and water extracts of the young, mature and ripened fruits of Indian noni were evaluated. The highest activity of FRAP, DPPH and reducing power were recorded in the...

Antibacterial activity of methanolic extract of Terminalia arjuna stem bark samples (Apical bark, middle bark and Mature inner bark) was studied with respect to different pathogenic bacteria species Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoneae, Salmonella typhii, Proteus mirabilis and Mic...

Arjuna is potent cardiotonic in the Ayurveda. The bark was analyzed with respect to reducing sugars, total sugars, amylose, amylopectin, starch, crude fibers, and crude protein, total ash value, total polyphenols, water soluble tannins, total flavonoids, total alkaloids, nitrates, and total oxalate. The concentration of phytoconstituents except oxa...

Crataeva religiosa (Hook and Frost) is one of the herbal drug in urolithiasis, belongs to the family capparidaceae. The drug is well known for its various pharmacological properties like diuretic, antiinflammatory, laxative, antioxidant, antioxaluric, hepatoprotectant, lithonotriptic, antirehumatic, antiperiodic, antimycotic, contraceptive, antipyr...

Bactericidal potential of methanolic extract of stem bark (Apical bark, middle bark and Mature bark) of Pterocarpus marsupium was evaluated with respect to pathogenic bacteria Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoneae, Salmonella typhi, Proteus mirabilis and Micrococcus sp. The methano...

Anogeissus latifolia one of the important medicinal plant as since Ayurveda in cardiac disorder. The plant is useful in UTI infections, skin diseases, liver complaints, fever, epileptic fits etc. The plant is rich in pharmacologically active phenolic phytoconstituent-ellagic acid. It posses healing potential, microbicidal activities, antiulcer pote...

In- vitro antibacterial potential of Apical, meddle and mature stem bark was assayed by employing the agar-well diffusion method against three Gram ‘+’ve bacteria Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Micrococcus sp. and five Gram ‘−’ve bacteria Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoneae, Salmonella typhi, and Proteus m...

The methanolic extract of young and mature leaves of nine coastal plants from West coast of Maharshtra were analysed to evaluate free radical scavenging activity. The antioxidant activity was evaluated using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl radical (DPPH) and the reductive potential of the methanolic extract. The highest antioxidant activity was reco...

The present investigation was aimed to assess the nutritional value of ripened fruits of most popularly known medicinal plant Morinda by analyzing their proximate nutritional parameters as well as physio-chemical properties. The result showed that Morinda citrifolia had higher amount of proximate content than Morinda pubescens fruit pulp.

Inorganic elements, organic composition and antioxidant properties of P. indica and P. veiatnamensis, were investigated. Heavy metals were found below toxic level and protein and ash contents were found to be the most abundent components. Antioxidant potentials of algae was assessed through phenolic content, 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) ac...

Anogeissus latifolia (Roxb.) is an important medicinal plant used as herbal drug in the cardiac diseases management. In the present investigation seasonal variations in the stem bark samples (Apical bark, Middle bark and Mature inner bark) with respect to total reducing sugars, total sugars, amylose, amylopectin, starch, crude fibers, crude protein...

Inorganic elements, organic composition and antioxidant properties of Porphyra indica and P. veiatnamensis, were investigated. Heavy metals were found below toxic level, protein and ash contents were found to be the most abundant components. Antioxidant potentials of algae were assessed through phenolic content, 2, 2-diphenyl-1- picrylhydrazyl (DPP...