Rutaceae

Citrus is an important horticultural plant in theworld, member of family Rutaceae refers to all edible and rootstock species and a few closely related genera. India in the world is fifth largest nations of citrus fruit producer 3. Citrus is native to India and is used as a rootstock to commercially important citrus cultivars of Citrus reticulata and Citrus sinensis Singh et al.10. Citrus fruits are grown throughout the world and are known for their fine flavor and quality.Citrus is the number one fruit of the worldwide due to its high nutritional value, considerable production of fruit, fruit products and the citrus industry is considered to be major fruit industry. Citrus varieties are propagated by both sexual and asexual methods. Generally,…

Introduction Essential oils (EOs) are aromatic volatile liquids obtained from plant materials whether they are vascular plant or nonvascular plants including; buds, flowers, fruits, seeds, leaves, twigs, bark, wood ,roots and herbs. Citrus plants constitute one of the main essential oils sources (Burt, 2004; Hammer, 1999). They belong to Rutaceae family, which originated from tropical and subtropical south-eastern parts of the world (Sawamura, 2010). Citrus species were cultivated in China long…

cardiovascular diseases. Over the last two decades there had been an increasing emphasis placed on screening for high cholesterol and adopting interventions to reduce cholesterol levels in order to reduce the risk of heart disease. The high costs and side effects of hyperlipidemic drugs have made many people to turn for alternate treatments. Green leafy vegetables are less expensive and easily available source of micronutrients. India has variety of climates and seasons and has a number of…

Citrus is the general term for plants belonging to the family Rutaceae (Fejzic and Cavar, 2014). Citrus fruits are one of the important horticultural crops, with worldwide agricultural production of over 80 million tons per year. Brazil, China, United States, Mexico, India and Spain are the leading producers (Karoui, I. J and Marzouk, B, 2013, Marti et al., 2009). The most common citrus fruits are sweet orange (C. sinensis Osbeck), mandarin (C. reticulata Blanco), lime (C. aurantifolia Christm),…

22 Benefits of Lime For Health and Beauty - The article this time I will discuss about the good benefits of lime for health or beauty, let's see. Lime is a family of Rutaceae plants such as oranges which we often consume. Lime often serve as a very refreshing drink. However, the benefits of which were once very much lime for health, and beauty. Let's discuss the benefits of lime. The Nutrition Content Of Lime In the lime, there is a lot of benefits, including: 1. Macronutrients, Fiber, and…

2.1 Test materials: The essential oils of Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae) rhizomes, Pogostemon heyneanus (Lamiaceae) leaves and Zanthoxylum limonella (Rutaceae) fruits were obtained from a commercial oil extraction plant in Assam, India. DMP was supplied by High Purity chemicals, New Delhi, India while DEPA was obtained from Defence Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior, India. Four concentrations (5, 10, 20 and 30%) of the essential oils, their mixtures, DEPA and DMP were prepared in…

[7] Even the WHO has recommendedthe evaluation of the plants effectiveness in condition where we lake safe modern drugs. This has ledan increase in demand of research on anticonvulsant natural product that produce minimal or no sideeffect. There are many synthetic drugs to treat convulsion but due to their side effects, thereis a need to find a herbal drug which cures the convulsion producing less side effects. Caffeineis reported to have anti-convulsant activity[8]. Hence the present study, an…