World Literature on Medicinal Plants from Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database -51

World Literature on Medicinal Plants from Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database -51

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Oudhia, P. and Tripathi, R.S. (2000).Allelopathic effects of an obnoxious weed Parthenium hysterophorus on germination and seedling vigour of rice var. Mahamaya. Research on Crops.1 (1):111-115.

Oudhia, P. (2000).Positive (inhibitory) allelopathic effects of some obnoxious weeds on germination and seedling vigour of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.).Research on Crops1 (1):116-118.

Oudhia, P. and Tripathi, R.S.(2000).Allelopathic effects of some plant extracts on rice var.Mahamaya. Research on Crops.1 (1):119-121.

Oudhia, P. and Tripathi, R.S.(2000).Medicinal weed flora of brinjal(Solanum melongena L.) fields in Chhattisgarh (India).Crop Research 20(3):482-488.

Oudhia, P. (2000).Evaluation of some botanicals against orange banded blister beetle (Zonabris pustulata Thunb.).Crop Research 20(3):558-559

Oudhia, P. (2000).Positive (inhibitory) allelopathic effects of Parthenium hysterophorus leaves on germination and seedling vigour of sunflower. Crop Research 20(3):560-562.

Oudhia, P. (2000).Allelopathic effects of Parthenium hysterophorus and Ageratum conyzoides on wheat var.Sujata. Crop Research 20(3):563-566.

Gupta, A., Thakur, M. P. and Oudhia, P. (2000).Effects of different Homoeopathic drugs prepared from common weeds on radial growth of Oyster mushroom(Pleurotus membranaceus) under in vitro condition. Research on Crops 1(2):255-257.

Oudhia, P. (2000) Record of Orange Banded Blister Beetle Zonabris pustulata Thunb.(Coleoptera: Meloidae) on Safed Moosli (Chlorophytum borivilianum). Insect Environment.6(3):138

Oudhia, P. and Tripathi, R.S.(2000).Allelopathic research on rice seeds in Chhattisgarh(India):An overview. Special Volume -II on Rice Research and Management in India .Advances in Agricultural Research in India, International Book Depot, Dehradun, India ,XIV:69-80.

Oudhia, P. (2001). Problems perceived by safed moosli (Chlorophytum borivilianum) growers of Chhattisgarh(India) region: A study. Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Sciences. 22/4A and 23/1A:396-399.

Oudhia, P. and Pal, A. R. (2001). Rainy season medicinal weed flora in wastelands of Chamra nallah watershed area at Bagbahera. Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Sciences.22/4A and 23/1A:444-449.

Oudhia, P. (2001). Allelopathic effects of root leachates of some obnoxious weeds on germination and seedling vigour of wheat. Ecol. Env. and Cons.7(1):111-113.

Oudhia, P. (2001).Allelopathic research on chickpea seeds in Chattisgarh (India) region: An overview. Ecol. Env. and Cons.7(1):31-34.
Hu, C.Y. and P.J. Wang. 1983. Meristem, shoot-tip and bud culture.  Handbook of Plant Cell

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Levins, G., A. Valcina and D. Ozola. 1995. Induction of ascorbate peroxidase activity in stressed

pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) needles: a putative role for ethylene. Plant Sci., 112: 167-173.

Murashige, T and F. Skoog. 1962. A revised medium for rapid growth and bioassay with tobacco

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Nalawade, S.M., P.S. Abhay, L. Chen-Yue, K.  Chao-Lin and T. Hsin-Sheng. 2002. Studies on

tissue culture of Chinese medicinal plant resources in Taiwan and their sustainable utilization.

Bot. Bull Acad. Sin., 44: 79-98.

Nuutila, A.M., C. Villiger and K.M. Oksman-Caldentey. 2002. Embryogenesis and regeneration of

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sugar and auxin. Plant Cell Rep., 20: 1156-1161.

Sandal, I., A. Bhattacharya and A.S. Ahuja. 2001. An efficient liquid culture system for tea shoot

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Savita, S.M., K. Sheela, A.G.S. Sharan Sunanda and P. Ramakrishna. 2004. Stevia rebaudiana – A

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Sivaram, L and U. Mukhundan. 2003.  In vitro culture studies on  Stevia rebaudiana.  In Vitro

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Slavova, Y., D. Nenkova and I. Ivanova. 2003. Study on the influence of the substance of benzymidazol

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Smitha, P.S., P.A. Nazeem, J. Thomas, R. Keshavachandran and D. Girija. 2005. Micropropagation

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Tadhani, M.B., V.H. Patel and R. Subhash. 2006.  In vitro antioxidant activities of  Stevia

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Turhan, H. 2004. Callus induction and growth in transgenic potato genotypes. Afri. J. of Biotech.,

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Yasukawa, K., S. Kitanaka and S. Seo. 2002. Inhibitory effect of stevioside on tumor promotion by

12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate in two-stage carcinogenesis in mouse skin.  Biol.

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Nakamura S, Tamura Y (1985). Variation in the main glycosides of

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Nepovim A, Vanek T, (1998). In vitro propagation of Stevia rebaudiana

plants using multiple shoot culture. Planta Medica 64(8): 589-593.

Patil V, Ashwini KS, Reddy PC, Purushotham MG, Prasad TG,

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Sikach VO (1998). Effect of nutrient media on physiological peculiarities

of Stevia rebaudiana plants cultivated in vitro. Fiziologiya Bikhimiya

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Sivaram L, Mukundan U, (2003). In vitro culture studies on stevia

rebaudiana. In vitro cell. Dev. Biol. 39 (5): 520-523.

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Planas, G. M. and Kuc, J. 1968. Contraceptive properties of Stevia rebaudiana. Science 162: 1007.

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Shiotsu, S. 1996. Fertility study of Stevia decoction in rats. Tech. J. Food Chem. 4: 108-113.

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Geuns, J.M.C. 2004. The safety of stevioside used as a sweetener. In: Geuns J.M.C. and Buyse J. (eds.). Proceedings of the first symposium

“Safety of stevioside” Leuven, April 16, 2004. ISBN: Euprint Ed., Parkbosstraat 3, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium.

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Melis, M.S. 1999. Effects of chronic administration of Stevia rebaudiana on fertility in rats. J. Ethnopharmacology 167: 157-161.

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Toyada, K., Matsui, H., Shoda, T., Uneyama, C., Takada, K. and Takahashi, M. 1997. Assessment of the carcinogenicity of stevioside in F344

Rats. Food Chem. Toxicol. 35: 597-603.

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Nakajima, M. 2000. Experiment number 5001 (079-085) of the Biosafety Research Center, Foods, Drugs and Pesticides, Experimental

Toxicology Department, National Institute of Health Sciences, Japan.

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Nakajima, M. 2000. Micronucleus test of Rebaudioside A in Mice. Experiment number 5002 (079-086) of the Biosafety Research Center, Foods,

Drugs and Pesticides, Experimental Toxicology Department, National Institute of Health Sciences, Japan.

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Sekihashi, K., Saitoh, H. and Sasaki, Y.F. 2002. Genotoxicity studies of Stevia extract and steviol by the comet assay. J. Toxicol. Sci. 27 suppl

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Yasukawa, K., Kitanaka, S. and Seo, S. 2002. Inhibitory effect of stevioside on tumor promotion by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate in

two-stage carcinogenesis in mouse skin. Biol. Pharm. Bull. 25: 1488-1490.

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Konishima, T., Takasaki, M. 2002. Cancer-chemopreventive effects of natural sweeteners and related compounds. Pure Appl. Chem.

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Pezzuto, J.M., Compadre, C.M., Swanson, S.M., Nanayakkara, N.P.D. and Kinghorn, A.D. 1985. Metabolically activated steviol, the aglycone

of stevioside, is mutagenic. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 82: 2478-2482.

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Matsui, M., Matsui, K., Kawasaki, Y., Oda, Y., Noguchi, T., Kitagawa, Y., Sawada M., Hayashi, M., Nohmi, T., Yoshihira, K., Ishidate, M. and

Sofuni, T. 1996. Evaluation of the Genotoxicity of Stevioside and Steviol using six in vitro and one in vivo Mutagenicity Assays. Mutagenesis

11: 573-579.

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Matsui, M., Sofuni, T. and Nohmi, T. 1996. Regionally-targeted mutagenesis by metabolically-activated steviol: DNA sequence analysis of

steviol-induced mutants of guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (gpt) gene of Salmonella typhimurium TM677. Mutagenesis 11: 565-572.

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Procinska E., Bridges, B.A. and Hanson, J.R. 1991. Interpretation of results with 8-azaguanine resistance system in Salmonella typhimurium:

no evidence for direct acting mutagenesis by 15-oxosteviol, a possible metabolite of steviol. Mutagenesis 6: 165-167.

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Terai, T., Ren, H., Mori, G., Yamaguchi, Y. and Hayashi, T. 2002. Mutagenicity of steviol and its oxidative derivatives in Salmonella typhimurium

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Compadre, C.M., Hussain, R.A., Nanayakkara, N.P.D., Pezzuto, J.M. and Kinghorn, A.D. 1988. Mass spectral analysis of some derivatives

and in vitro metabolites of steviol, the aglycone of the natural sweeteners, stevioside, rebaudioside A and rubusoside. Biomed. Environ. Mass

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Geuns, J.M.C., Augustijns, P., Mols, R., Buyse, J.G. and Driessen, B. 2003. Metabolism of stevioside in pigs and intestinal absorption

characteristics of Stevioside, Rebaudioside A and Steviol. Food Chem. Toxicol. 41: 1599-1607.

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Anwar, S.A., Abbas, S.F.Gill, M.M., Rauf, C.A., Mahmood, S. and Bhutta, A.R. 1995. Seed borne fungi of

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