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APPENDICES Appendix - A Abbreviation and symbols used °C Degree centigrade NADPH Nicotinamide-adanine AHC Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering dinucleotide phosphate ALP Antilipid peroxidation NBT Nitroblue tetrazolium APG Angiosperm Phylogeny Group NBU North Bengal University BHT Butylated hydroxytoluene NO• Nitric oxide BR- Biosphere Reserve NP National Parks BTR Buxa Tiger Reserve ONOO- Peroxynitrite CAL Central National Herbariyum PAs Protected Areas conc. Concentrated PMN Phenazine methosulphate DMRT Duncan’s Multiple Range Test ROS reactive oxygen species DNA De-oxyribonucleic acid SEE standard error of estimates DPPH 2,2-diphenyl-1- picrylhydrazyl SI Stomatal index DPX Dibutyl Phathalate Xylene TBA Thiobarbituric acid F.E.Vs freely ending ultimate veins TCA Trichloroacetic acid FAA Formaldehyde: Acetic Acid: Alcohol TLC Thin layer chromatography Fe2+ Ferrous ions WLS Wildlife Sanctuaries FWT Fresh weight tissue GMP Garden of Medicinal Plant, University of North Bengal GNP Gorumara National Park h Hour H2SO4 Sulphuric acid hRf Retention factor IC50 50% Inhibitory Concentration IUCN The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources JNP Jaldapara National Park mg Milligram MWLS Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary Appendix-B List of publications I. Based on Thesis works Das, A.P.; Ghosh, C.; Sarkar, A.; Biswas, R.; Biswas, K.; Choudhury, D.; Lama, A.; Moktan, S. & Choudhury, A. 2010. Preliminary report on the Medicinal Plants from three MPCAs in Terai and Duars of West Bengal, India. Pleione. 4(1): 90 - 101. Choudhury, D.; Ghosal, M.; Das, A.P. & Mandal, P. 2013. In vitro antioxidant activity of methanolic leaves and barks extracts of four Litsea plants. Asian Journal of Plant Science and Research. 3(1): 99 - 107. Choudhury, D.; Biswas, R.; Mandal, P. & Das, A.P. 2013. Diversity of Cinnamomum Schaeffer (Lauraceae) in Terai and Duars region of West Bengal, India. Pleione. 7(2): 441 - 448. Choudhury, D.; Biswas, R.; Mandal, P. & Das, A.P. 2014. Diversity of Litsea Lamarck [Lauraceae] in Terai and Duars regions of West Bengal, India. Pleione. 8(1): 68 - 78. II. Other than Thesis works Mitra, P.K.; Mitra, P.; Das, A.P.; Ghosh, C.; Sarkar, A. &Choudhury, D. 2010. Screening the efficacy of some East Himalayan medicinal plants on ethanol induced gastric ulcer in albino rats.Pleione. 4(1): 69 - 75. Mitra, P.K.; Maitra, T.; Mitra, P.; Paul, B.; Ghosh, D.; Guria, M.; Choudhury, D. & Das, A.P. 2011. Antiulcer activity of an isolated compound (MK-1) from Murraya koenigii (Linnaeus) Sprengel leaf in rats. Pleione. 5(1): 49 - 55. Choudhury, D.; Ghosal, M.; Das, A.P. & Mandal, P. 2013. Development of single node cutting propagation techniques and evaluation of antioxidant activity ofcurcuma aeruginosa roxburgh rhizome. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 5(2): 227 - 234. Chowdhury, A.; Chowdhury, M.; Choudhury, D. & Das, A. P. 2013 Ludwigia peruviana (Linnaeus) H. Hara [Onagraceae]: a new record for West Bengal, India. Pleione. 7(1): 286 - 289. Gupta, S. K.; Ghosal, M.; Choudhury, D. & Mandal, P. 2014. Dynamic changes in antioxidant activity during floral development of Couroupita guianensis. British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 4(6): 676 - 694. Appendix 176 Gupta, S. K.; Ghosal, M.; Choudhury, D. & Mandal, P. 2014. Assessment of antioxidant activity and polyphenolic content ofCouroupita guianensis during flower and fruit maturation.International Journal of Recent Scientific Research. 5(5):940 – 947. Choudhury, D. & Das, A.P. 2014. Propagation of Ginkgo biloba Linnaeus through air-layering in tropical conditions of West Bengal, India. NBU Journal of Plant Science. 8(1): 1 - 4. Mukhia, S.; Mandal, P.; Singh, D.K.; Singh, D. &Choudhury, D. 2014. In-vitrofree-radical scavenging potential of three liverworts of Darjeeling Himalaya. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Research. 5(10): 4552 - 4561. III. Book Chapter Choudhury, D.; Ghosal, M.; Das, A.P. & Mandal, P. 2011. Improvement of propagation techniques and evaluation in vitro antioxidant activity of Curcuma aeruginosa Roxburgh. Recent Studies in Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge in India. Ed. Ghosh, C. & Das, A.P. 287 - 293. IV. Book Das, A.P.; Ghosh, C.; Sarkar, A. & Chouydhury, D. 2010. Hundred Medicinal Plants from North Bengal. University of North Bengal, India. Appendix-C Seminars and Workshops Participated Propagation & Cultivation of Medicinal Plants, NBU, West Bengal Biodiversity Showcasing Northern West Bengal, Siliguri, West Bengal Sustainable Utilization Of Plant & Microbial Resources, NBU, West Bengal Access to E-resources under UGC INFONET Digital Library Consortium, NBU, West Bengal Microbial Wealth- Plant Health, NBU, West Bengal Diversity conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant and Traditional Knowledge in Eastern Himalaya, Department of Botany, NBU, West Bengal The Exploration, Protection and Conservation of Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge, Gour Mahavidyalaya, Malda, West Bengal UGC sponsored Research Scholars’ training programme. Academic Staff College, NBU, West Bengal Workshop on Bioinformatics, Department of Botany, NBU, West Bengal Advances in Abiotic and Biotic Stress Management of Plants, DRS- Department of Botany, NBU, West Bengal User Awareness Programme on Access to E-resources under N-LIST Programme, NBU, West Bengal Biology and Bioinformatics of Economically Important Plants and Microbes. Department of Botany, NBU, West Bengal Recent trends in plant diversity study and conservation strategies, Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Lumami National seminar on Biotechnology for people: Applications and Awareness. Department of Botany, Prasannadeb Women’s College Jalpaiguri, West Bengal National Symposium on Recent Trends in Plants and Microbial Research. Department of Botany, NBU, West Bengal National Symposium on Advances in Plant and Microbial Research. Department of Botany, NBU, West Bengal Appendix-D Published Articles [Based on Thesis Works] Pleione 4(1): 90 - 101. 2010. ISSN 0973 - 9467 © East Himalayan Society for Spermatophyte Taxonomy Preliminary report on the Medicinal Plants from three MPCAs in Terai and Duars of West Bengal, India A.P. Das1, C. Ghosh, A. Sarker, R. Biswas, K. Biswas, D. Choudhury, A. Lama, S. Moktan and A. Choudhury Taxonomy & Environmental Biology Laboratory, Department of Botany, North Bengal University, Siliguri 743013, West Bengal, India 1 For correspondence: E-mail: [email protected] Abstract FRLHT in collaboration with the West Bengal Forest Department and scientists from Universities, Research Institutes and other organizations in a meeting at Kolkata during December 4 – 7, 2007 selected three Medicinal Plants Coservation Areas (MPCA) in Terai and Duars region of West Bengal [1. Rajavatkhaoa PMCA, 2. Lataguri MPCA and 3. North Sevoke Forest MPCA]. Four season floristic survey in these MPCAs resulted in the record of 309 species of potential Medicinal Plants. Out of these, 25 species are representing the list of 46 threatened species prepared in the meeting referred above. Key words: Medicinal Plants, Conservation, Terai, Duars INTRODUCTION The northernmost part of West Bengal touching the feet of Eastern Himalaya is generally referred as Terai and Duars (west and east of the river Tista, respectively). This forest clad region is quite rich in biodiversity and its vegetations are contiguous with the Eastern Himalaya. Also, this area is covered by the IUCN recognised Himalaya Hotspot for conservation (Conservation International 2005). Numerous rare and threatened species of plants are the inhabitants of these forests. The wide diversity in habitat structure helped numerous species of plants to settle in the area (Rai & Das 2008). The forests are mostly mixed-deciduous types and other prominent vegetations include riverine scrubs and forests, herblands, shrubby-scrubs, savannah type tall grasslands etc. In addition, wide areas in Terai and Duars are also covered with mono- or mixed-cultured plantation forests using both local and exotic species. However, with the rapid extension of civilisation, the exploitation and damage to the natural habitat by anthropogenic reasons is beyond any limit. This is certainly adversely affecting the biodiversity of this region. The collection of wide variety of medicinal and aromatic plants from different types of vegetation of this area is in practice since long and the control over such exploitation is negligible. There are regular collectors and vendors for this trade and huge quantity of plant materials, legally or illegally, are exported to long distant markets. The recent realisation about the need of conservation has forced the concerned agencies to take up some steps in this regard but there are numerous constrains. Whatever may be the situation, the biodiversity is being affected and the population of useful plants is now dwindling rapidly. Man is now realising the benefits of using plant-based medicines over the synthetic chemicals for the remedy of their various diseases. This has led to the unimaginable expansion of the market of medicinal plants round the world. Being a megadiversity country, India’s participation in this market should bein a big way. Exploitation of naturally growing plants for this market can not help us to do so. For this we need to do following two things: 1. In situ and ex situ conservation of medicinal plants over wide areas; and 2. The cultivation of medicinal plants for marketing. Realising the situation, different projects at the Government