Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Editorial Board

Dr Antony Taubman Dr Shakeel Bhatti Prof P C Trivedi Assistant Director and Head Head, Genetic Resources, Biotechnology & Division of Ethnobiology Traditional Knowledge Division Associated Traditional Knowledge Div Department of Botany World Intellectual Property Organization World Intellectual Property Organization University of Rajasthan Geneva 20 Geneva 20 Jaipur 302 004 Switzerland Switzerland Rajasthan

Prof Anil Gupta Prof. Louis Forline Dr AV Balasubramanian Kasturbhai Lalbhai Chair in University of Nevada-Reno Director Entrepreneurship Dept. of Anthropology Centre For Indian Knowledge Systems Co-ordinator, SRISTI & Honey Bee 1664 North Virginia Street 30 (47C) Gandhi Mandapam Road Network, and Executive Vice Chair Reno, Nevada 89557 Kotturpuram National Innovation Foundation USA Chennai 600 085 Indian Institute of Management Tamil Nadu Vastrapur Prof Madhav Gadgil Ahmedabad 380 015 Centre for Ecological Sciences Dr Kuldip Raj Kohli Gujarat Indian Institute of Science Director, Ayurveda Research Bangalore 560012 Dabur Research Foundation Prof N R Farnsworth Karnataka 22, Site IV, Sahibabad Research Professor and Director Ghaziabad 201 010 Program for Collaborative Research Dr P K Mukherjee Uttar Pradesh in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Joint Director College of Pharmacy School of Natural Product Studies Dr P S Ahuja University of Illinois at Chicago Jadavpur University Director Chicago, IL 60612 Kolkata 700 032 Institute of Himalayan USA West Bengal Bioresource Technology (CSIR) Palampur 176 061 Dr M H Emadi, PhD Dr S K Jain Himachal Pradesh Deputy of Research Former Director Rural Research Center / RRC, Deputy of Botanical Survey of India Dr P Pushpangadan Extension and People’s Participation A-26, Avas Vikas Colony Ex-Director Ministry of Jihad for Agriculture Mall Avenue National Botanical Research Institute P.O. Box 14155-6585 Lucknow 226 001 Lucknow 226 001 Tehran IR, Iran Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh

Director, NISCAIR (Ex-Officio)

Editor: Dr T K Mukherjee ([email protected]); Associate Editor: Dr K P Singh ([email protected])

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The Papers published in Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge are covered by  CAB International, UK  NAPRALERT, USA  MANTIS Database, USA  Food Science and Technology Abstracts, UK  Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Abstracts, India  Indian Science Abstracts, India