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S. P. Banerjee , K. C. Mathur , S. D. Sharma

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Eight different soils were recognized in South Kheri forests on the basis of diffence in their characteristics. The soils are developed on alluvial sediments and are more or less young with marks of pedogenesis either faint or lacking. Sand constitutes the bulk of the solum invariably with varying amounts of silt and clay in the pedons and manifest their properties accordingly. Grasses appear to be the initial colonizers of the depositional surfaces and with advancement in pedogenesis woodland replaced grasslands in the process or ecological succession. They do not appear to have atained equilibrium with their environments so far and are still in dynamic state.

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S. P. Banerjee , K. C. Mathur , K. G. Prasad , A. K. Raina

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X-ray diffraction of selected soil clay of South Kheri forests of Uttar Pradesh brings out kaolinite as the dominant silicate mineral, both at the surface as well as the subsurface of all the pedons. In addition, small amounts of goethite, gibbsite and integrated micaceous minerals are also identified in the clay fractions. An occurrence of some vermiculite only in the three pedons under natural sal (Shorea robusta), which decreased at the subsurface, may perhaps be a peculiar coincidence only as no tangible explanation exists.

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S. P. Banerjee , A. K. Raina , K. C. Mathur

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Mineralogical study of the fine sand fraction of ten typical soils of 'South Kheri forests of Uttar Pradesh brings out that quartz is the preponderant detrital mineral in all these alluvial soils followed by mica which is higher in lower depths' especially the muscovite type. The heavy minerals which are present in small quantities' include mainly chlorite' iron-ores and tourmaline' and in very small quantities zircon' sphene' staurolite' apatite' garnet' bornblende' kyanite and epidote. Petrographic examination revealed that excepting quartz' which is in abundance throughout the depth of the pedons' no other mineral' light or heavy' shows any definite trend of distribution along the depths of the pedons. No definite relationship appears to exist between the nature of these skeletal minerals and growth' development and distribution of the vegetation of the area.

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P. P. Jain , R. K. Suri , S. K. Deshmukh , K. C. Mathur

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Fatty oils extracted from seed of Cassia tora Linn., Wrightia tomentosa Roem &Schult., Viburnum coriaceum Blume, Michelia champaca Linn., Pongamia pinnato and Azadirachta indica A Juss., have been tested in vitro against five species of bacteria i.e. Bacillus pumilus Gottheil, Bacillus subtilis Cohn, Salmonella typhosa (Zopf) white syn. Salmonella typhi Warren and Scott., S paratyphi (Kayer) Casteliani and Chalmers and Micrococcus pyogens var. albus (Rosenbach, Schroeten) Syn. Staphylococcus albus Rosenbach. Present investigations reveal that all the above mentioned fatty oils have potent antibacterial efficay against Bacillus subtilis, Salmonella typhosa and S paratyphi.

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D. K. Devra , K. C. Mathur , R. P. Agrawal , Indra Bhadu , Shekhar Goyal , Vivek Agarwal

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Metabolic syndrome can be defined as a set of symptoms, associated with a risk of coronary artery disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia and obesity. Eugenol is a phenolic compound and major constituent of essential oils extracted from different parts of Tulsi plant. Its therapeutic use has been established on the basis of several pharmacological studies related with hyperglycemia, hypertension and dyslipidemia. To investigate the effect of Tulsi on clinical and biochemical parameters of metabolic syndrome. Hundred patients randomly selected for this study, further categorized in 2 groups, control group and study group. Patients were asked to take 5ml of Tulsi extract two times a day for three months. Baseline parameters were taken for every patient i.e. BMI, W/H Ratio fasting blood sugar, blood pressure, HbA1c, lipid profile. Biochemical and anthropometric data were also recorded at the end of the study. On comparing control and study population for effect of Tulsi therapy, an improving trend was observed in study group.BMI (27.00±3.23 to 27.10±8.64 kg/m², p<0.9), SBP (151.30±8.48 to 138.68±9.84 mmHg, p<0.001), DBP (95.76±3.63 to 87.12±8.81 mmHg, p<0.001), glycemic control - FBS (209.26±40.15 to 155.28±20.70 mg/dl, p<0.001), HbA1c (8.82±1.25 to 7.34±0.89%, p<0.001). Lipid profile-total cholesterol (244.04±26.30 to 209.28±29.03mg/dl, p<0.001), triglyceride (176.48±16.75 to 138.32±15.17mg/dl, p<0.001), HDL (33.58±3.47 to 39.36±4.25mg/dl, p<0.001), LDL (174.9±26.82 to 142.11±27.50mg/dl, p<0.001), VLDL (35.37±3.84 to 27.66±3.03mg/dl, p<0.001). In metabolic syndrome, Tulsi therapy significantly reduces blood glucose, blood pressure and lipid profile. It shows the therapeutic effect of Tulsi and it may be used as an adjunct with diet and drugs in management of metabolic syndrome.

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