In the modern world of therapy, medicines are in major short of new treatments. It can take many years for a new drug to get through the research and development pipeline to be available in the market and the cost is enormous. And the growing drug resistance caused by the misuse of medications, has rendered several antibiotics and other life-saving drugs useless. Both these trends mean that scientists and pharmaceutical companies are urgently looking for new drug sources and are increasingly turning their eyes to traditional medicine. Major population (80%) in countries of Africa and Asia depends on traditional herbal treatments for their primary health care needs. When adopted outside of its traditional culture, traditional medicine is often called alternative medicine. Artemisia nilagirica which is locally known as 'Indian wormwood' belongs to the Asteraceae family and is considered against many ailments as it is possessed to have high content of biologically active molecules and essential oils. The plant has been used since centuries in antimicrobial, antifungal, antibacterial, antifilarial, insecticidal, antiulcer, anticancer, antioxidant and anti-asthmatic activity. This review indicates the collected information on the description of in vitro cultivation, phytochemical constituents and therapeutic potential of A. nilagirica. The pharmacological studies reported in the present review confirms the therapeutic value of A. nilagirica. Presences of wide range of chemical compounds indicate that the plant could serve as a potent material for the development of novel agents having good efficacy in various disorders in the coming years.

Petroleum and other fossil fuel has been the main energy source for a long period of time in human life. Through these energy sources, the world has been a developing and industrializing entity. However, it is agreed that these traditional sources of energy cannot remain forever as they are non-renewable. Many experts predicted that oil production will keep on decreasing, as the present oil wells keep on decreasing and fewer oil reserves are discovered. This led to increasing price of the minerals and eventually makes them economically unsustainable. As such, renewable source of energy has to be sourced. Bioethanol; a renewable energy source is being produced from food materials such as sugar cane, maize etc. However, if these are to be used for energy production, the world will be entering into another crisis as they will be competed for food and energy. Lignocellulosic wastes such as Rice straw, Wheat straw, Corn straw and Bagasse contain same sugar molecules for bioethanol production as such can be used to generate renewable energy using appropriate physical, chemical and biological techniques. This paper aims at exploring the process of bioethanol production from lignocellulosic wastes.

Peroxidases are extensively found in plants, microorganisms and animals and are resourceful biocatalysts with a wide number of applications in biomedicine as well as biotechnology. The enzyme peroxidase was isolated from the leaves of Brassica oleracea using 0.2 M phosphate buffer at pH 7.0. Different dilutions of this crude enzyme were then examined for peroxidase activity assay. The substrate 4-aminoantipyrine-phenol was used to determine peroxidase activity. The effect of enzyme concentration, substrate concentration as well as temperature and pH on enzyme activity was then determined. The kinetic constants K m and V max were also determined. Based on Lineweaver-Burk plot with substrate concentration in the range of 4.25 × 10 -4 M to 16.15 × 10 -4 M the K m was found to be 7.14 mM and V max was found to be 0.1 mole/min. The optimum temperature was 50°C and the optimum pH was 8.0 for the peroxidase enzyme. These optimum conditions were used to determine enzyme activities in the cabbage sample.

Dementia is a clinical situation that requires novel practical dependence based on the dynamic memory failure and subjective loss, as its Latin source proposes: an exit from past mental functioning. The occurrence of dementia ascends with age, making it an undeniably common subject among the matured populace. The nature of manifestations among individuals with dementia is more dependent and helpless, both socially and regarding physical and psychological wellness, introducing advancing difficulties to society and to our medical services and hospitals. In spite of the apparently straightforward premise, the clinical analysis of dementia can be troublesome with de novo functional disability frequently clouded by physical weakness and misery. Clinical and neurotic basis for the fundamental dementia causing illnesses overlaps remarkably. The development of symptoms takes us into the patho-physiological procedure hamper focused on disorder treatment. An incredible number of research activities are in progress to distinguish potential biomarkers of disease prior its occurrence.

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