A review on cyclone resistant plants found in cyclone prone odisha, India

The cyclone resistant plant are those who can resist heavy wind flow and the review aims on the list of some cyclone resistant plant.  this review is based on the major cyclonic storms
hitted to Odisha coast and cyclone resistant plants found in Odisha. In this review it was found that the cyclone resistant trees like Azedirachta indica,
Millettia pinnata (L.) Panigrahi, Mimusops elengi L., Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels, Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br., Senegalia catechu var. (L.F.) P. J. H.
Hurter & Mabb., Terminalia arjuna, Saraca asoca, Terminalia chebula Retz., Terminalia bellirica, Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. ex DC. Magnolia champaca,
Ficus racemosa L. can be planted for getting protection from damage.

A Study on Diversity of Lichen in the North-West Transitional Zone of Mayurbhanj District of Odisha, India

The present field study in transitional zone of Similipal Biosphere Reserve in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha revealed a total 32 numbers species belongs to 24 genus and 11 families.

Floral Waste Management and Production of Incense Sticks from Waste Marigold Flowers in Jaleswar Area of Balasore District, Odisha, India

wastes of marigold flowers along with cow dung, rosin, cotton,
water, knife, dust of marigold flowers, flour, bamboo sticks, and perfume ingredients have been
employed to produce pure homemade incense sticks.

Diversity and Distribution of Fructicose Lichen in Puri District of Odisha, India

Rocella is a lichenized genus
of fungi in the family of Roccellaceae and has some antimicrobial and anticancer properties. Sakhigopal is
the most dominated place of lichen with more no. of patches on trees per square meter.

A Study on Diversity of Lichen in Jashipur and It’s Adjoining Area of Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India

The present field study in Jashipur and their adjoining areas which reveal a total of 19 species belongs to
15 genera and 7 family collected from 4 locations near Jashipur.

Revisionary Study on the Lichens Diversity of Khandagiri and Udayagiri

This study reports the diversity, distribution and colonization of lichen thallus growing on historical monuments and caves of Khandagiri and Udayagiri hills.

Lichen: A Potential Source of Phytotherapeutic Agent

Lichens produce many unique extracellular secondary metabolites, which are the resultant of symbiosis process. These metabolites are important due to their uniqueness and various pharmaceutical applications.

Diversity and Medicinal Properties of Fabaceous Herbs by Tribes of Karanjia and Its Adjoining Area of Mayurbhanj District, Odisha, India

The present study was done in Karanjia and its adjoining areas, to collect the information of the diversity
of edible herbaceous plant and documentation of indigenous knowledge of medicinal use of herbs
belonging to Fabaceae family used by different tribes in various forest pockets of Mayurbhanj districts.

Nanocatalyst in remediating environmental pollutants

The gradual increase of population and residues excreted from advance industries disturbs our ecological balance. The report of change in climate and environmental pollution is most hot topic around the world. Environmental pollution has become a threat to our life as it may be the root causes of different unwanted diseases. Hence, the degradation of this pollutants are required immediately. However, there are some pollutants which are very hard to degrade and needs more time for remediation. In this process, the novel work of nanotechnology can be applied and the pollutants can be transformed into a harmless one or can be properly remediate. It is possible because of their large surface area, active sites and sufficient functional groups. Besides these, it could transform strong surface complexes with various kinds of pollutants and thereby could efficiently eliminate the pollutants from the aqueous solutions. As a result, nanocatalyst and nanomaterials are generally used for the remediation process. Different kind of nanomaterials including inorganic, carbon materials and polymeric based materials are used in remediation of environment contaminants. Utilizing these novel materials can successfully purified pollutants like heavy metals, dyes, chlorinated organic compounds, organophosphorus compounds, volatile organic compounds, and halogenated herbicides. Furthermore, process like adsorption and photocatalytic reduction of organic pollutants and the adsorption or reduction process of heavy metal ions are usually considered as the one of the major methods to reduce the concentration of pollutants in the surroundings. In context to this, the present review writes up more on enhancement work of nanocatalyst in remediation of environment pollutants and there need for future to bring a clean safety environment.

Pharmacological activities of limonin from Khasi Mandarin as therapeutic applications

Khasi Mandarin (Citrus reticulata) is a unique fruit usually cultivated in high terrains regions of North-East India. They are different from ordinary orange in terms of its biochemical content (limonin, secondary metabolites), pharmacological activities, and physicochemical appearance (bright orange in color, hard peel, sweet aromatic juice). It has high nutritional values (NV) by enriching beta carotene as powerful antioxidant for scavenging free radicals, magnesium for blood pressure regulation, potassium for healthy cardio vascular functions, thiamin for energy conversion from food and vitamin C as immune enhancer. Despite its NV, limonin an aglycones and glycosides are largely available in Khasi Mandarin. Presence of this compound in Khasi Mandarin display numerous pharmacological activities like antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antibacterial, anti-virus, liver protection and pesticidal. In this review, we discussed not only about the morphological aspects but detailed focused has been given on the nutritional value of Khasi mandarin, post-harvest disease and its management, metabolism and bioactive functions of the limonin as therapeutic applications.

Artemisinin Based Nanomedicine for Therapeutic Applications: Recent Advances and Challenges

Malaria and cancers still existed as a prevalent life-threatening ailment lacking vaccine owing to numerous pharmacological drawbacks such as high toxicity, low solubility and low efficiency. Artemisinin is a semisynthate derived from Artemisia annua an herb with immense therapeutic potential most commonly employed for treating malaria, renal ailments and cancer. The poor solubility of this bioactives makes it less efficient in therapeutic applications. However, the advancement of nanotechnological interventions like nano drug delivery/carrier system improves therapeutic efficiency via target site delivery, precision in dosage, slow release of nanobioactives, and reduced toxicity optimally. Artemisinin drug compounds possess the ability to control immunity response and such capability has beneficial impacts in treating cancer and malaria. In recent years, nanostructures like liposomes, carbon nano tubes (CNTs), Polymeric nanoparticles improves drug efficiency and known to exploit in treating parasitic effect of malaria in humans. Consequently, nanobioformulations are novel and innovative strategy for significant therapeutic approach towards life threatening human ailments. However, there is still a need for researchers to refine the study towards nullifying the direct and indirect toxicity of nanodrugs to human body.

Biosensors in diagnosing COVID-19 and recent development

The outbreak of Coronavirus was first reported from Wuhan, Hubei, China on the end month of 2019. Due to its rapid outbreak and quick transmission, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it as an ongoing pandemic. The available viral influenza medicines are found to be ineffective to treat COVID-19,so there is a need of strong technology to detect and monitor public health. Early notification on symptoms of the disease is necessary and can be control up to some extent from this dreadful disease. If monitored in early stage, the infected person can undergo different therapeutic approaches. In order to scan the early symptoms of COVID-19, different techniques has been applied. Use of sensor is considered as one of the method. Sensors when combine with a systematic device, it is utilized to detect the chemical compound and further combines with a biological component with a physicochemical detector. This biosensing system can be included in smart band, optical sensor, plasmonic photothermal sensor, wearable sensor, cell-based sensors, and nano-sensor which can be used to diagnose the COVID-19. Therefore, it is discussed thoroughly in this review with its recent development and future scope on detecting COVID-19.

Antimicrobial, anticancer, and antioxidant potential of two dominant macro-lichen Dirinaria aegialita and Parmotrema praesorediosum collected from Similipal Biosphere Reserve of Odisha, India

The present study was undertaken to evaluate the antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anticancer activity of Dirinaria aegialita (Afzel. ex Ach.) B.J. Moore and Parmotrema praesorediosum (Nyl.) Hale, the two dominant macrolichens taxa from the Similipal Biosphere Reserve of Odisha. Both the lichens were evaluated for their efficacy against three bacterial species such as Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Bacillus subtilis, and three fungal species such as Aspergillus niger, Trichoderma harzianum, and Candida albicans. The D. aegialita and P. praesorediosum showed higher inhibitory effect against Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus, respectively. D. aegialita also showed the higher inhibitory activity against MCF-7 and MDA MB-231 breast cancer cell line as compared to P. praesorediosum. Besides, D. aegialita was found to have better antioxidant activity than P. praesorediosum in scavenging assay. Thus, the results of the above study confirmed that D. aegialita species is having better potential in its antibacterial, antioxidant, and anticancer activity as compared to P. praesorediosum

Predicting Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in Cancer

The identification of specific patient therapeutic strategies, drug reactions, and efficacy of the management during the early period of cancer may help in guiding the medical oncologists in the selection of anti-cancer treatment for a person suffering from cancer. Also, it helps in calculating the improvable of the toxicity to benefit ratio. The success of this treatment is due to the emergence of predictive biomarkers. A predictive biomarker is a simple tool usually measured before treatment and provides information on the probability of response to a particular therapy. Several beneficial reports and appropriate evidence-based on the roles of prognostic and predictive biomarkers of known therapeutic targets in different cancer types including breast, colorectal, and non-small cell lung cancers in adults are also observed from different reviews. However, it is found that the utilization of predictive biomarkers incorporating with some drugs derived from natural sources such as trabectedin, cabazitaxel, and alvocidib is a bit slower than usual. Thus, this review paper covers the recent advances of cancer biomarkers which are used to forecast the effectiveness of selected natural compounds focusing on human clinical studies.

The identification of specific patient therapeutic strategies, drug reactions, and efficacy of the management during the early period of cancer may help in guiding the medical oncologists in the selection of anti-cancer treatment for a person suffering from cancer. Also, it helps in calculating the improvable of the toxicity to benefit ratio. The success of this treatment is due to the emergence of predictive biomarkers. A predictive biomarker is a simple tool usually measured before treatment and provides information on the probability of response to a particular therapy. Several beneficial reports and appropriate evidence-based on the roles of prognostic and predictive biomarkers of known therapeutic targets in different cancer types including breast, colorectal, and non-small cell lung cancers in adults are also observed from different reviews. However, it is found that the utilization of predictive biomarkers incorporating with some drugs derived from natural sources such as trabectedin, cabazitaxel, and alvocidib is a bit slower than usual. Thus, this review paper covers the recent advances of cancer biomarkers which are used to forecast the effectiveness of selected natural compounds focusing on human clinical studies.