SCIENCE AND AGRO STUDIES

1. Foxglove:- Botanical Name:-  Digitalis purpurea Family:-  Plantaginaceae Economic Importance:- >  Nicholas Culpeper included Foxglove in his 1652 herbal medicine guide, The English Physician. He cited its use for healing wounds (both fresh and old), as a purgative, for "the King's Evil" ( mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis), for "the falling sickness" (epilepsy), and for "a scabby head". > Digitalis has long been used as a treatment for heart failure in addition to a range of other traditional uses. Digitoxin is a cardiac glycoside used for the treatment of heart failure and certain kinds of heart arrhythmia. It is a phytosteroid and is similar in structure and effects to digoxin, though the effects are longer-lasting. > Digoxigenin (DIG) is a steroid found in the flowers and leaves of Digitalis species, and is extracted from D. lanata. Digoxigenin can be used as a molecular probe to detect mRNA in situ and label DNA, RNA, and oligonucleo...

1. P eriwinkle :- Botanical Name:-  Catharanthus roseus Family:-  Apocynaceae Economic Importance:- >  Plant is used in cancer and diabetes; root paste is used in septic wounds. > Root decoction is used in fever. > Leaves are used in menorrhagia. > Leaf juice is used in blood dysentery.  > The decoction of leaf is used for babies in gripping pain while the latex is useful in scabies. 2. Aloe:- Botanical Name:-  Aloe vera Family:-  Liliaceae Economic Importance:- > Two substances from Aloe vera – a clear gel and its yellow latex – are used to manufacture commercial products. > Aloe gel typically is used to make topical medications for skin conditions, such as burns, wounds, frostbite, rashes, psoriasis, cold sores, or dry skin. > Aloe latex is used individually or manufactured as a product with other ingredients to be ingested for relief of constipation. > Aloe latex may be obtained in a dried form called resin or as "aloe dried ...