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FLYTRAP NEWS NEWSLETTER OF THE CARNIVOROUS PLANT SOCIETY OF New South Wales (Sydney, AUSTRALIA) tssN t3?3 - 8159 Volume 12 ltlumber 3 PRTCE 13.00 January/FebrurrylMarch 1999 Fre€ with membeEhip 1998 / 1999 oFFICE BE Ollice Name Auslralian Teleohone l,lo E-nall addt€g Chat Corner Jessica Biddlecombe PRESIDENT Danis Dalv rc219526 1212 [email protected] VICE PRESIDEI{T Petar Blddlecombe r02) 9554 3678 Hi CPeis SECRETARY Weslev Faifiail (02) 9546 5556 TREASURER Joan Fairhall {02} 9546 5556 February brought a very lively meeting. W$ a large crowd, everyone voicing their opinions, we had enthusiastic SEED BA}IK MANAGER Denis Dalv 10219526 1212 [email protected] discussions on various subjects. The adrenaline was good and I consider this meeting was one ofthe best Things EDITOR Denis Dalv n2\s526 1212 dalvmob@biooond,com are moving at last LIBRARI,AN Denis Dalv (02t9526 1212 [email protected] lnstead of one person having to do most of the duties (by Denis Daly), the offces of the Society hopefully will be POSTAL ADDRESS at annual general meeting. The onus of duty is not on one person. Tha C.P.S. of N.S.W. spread around the next P.O Box 9 prize Kingsway West N.s.W It was decided to have a $2 donation tin atfie door b cover supper. You get a ticket for the door and fte rest of Australia 2208 Nots changed postal addess the money will go to the cofiers of the Society. [email protected] Spacial functjons suoh as the Annual Sooial and Cfuisfnas Swap meat a|ts lFld on tre second Saturday A motion to raise the annual subscription to $20 was put forward and agreed to. This increase was needed to covet and Sunday of he month rsspectivoly. Field Trips are as advertiE€d flom time to lime. printing newsletter. As our Society grows so d0 the cosb. Meeting3 ars regularly held on the second Friday ol ths month as shown below. mailing cosb as well as the of our TIME: 7.30- 10.00pm VENUE: Woodstock Community C€ntrc, Church St, Bunrood. A door prize (to be donated by any member) was fun. The prize need not be a carnivorous plant but anyhing at all. jar For Maich, Helmut Kibellis don#d a boHe of wine and a Pinguicula, while Chris Schell donahd a of Aldrovanda. Mmtino Dates for 1999 These were won by Wesley Fairhall. We hope he gave us a thought while sipping he wine. 9lh Julv 12rn Februarv 13rn Auoust (Scotfs beter hatf) has volunbered to be our new "supper ladyr ...., Thank you. Besides thelea, 12lh March 1olh Seotember Toni Sullivan were cakes, sandwiches fiom Damon, home baked bread and Jam from glh April 8tn Oclober cofiee, cordial and biscuits other donalions Thank you to all. j4h Mav 'l2tn November Chris & Leah. Qur suppers are becoming quite gourmet and we had better watch the waisfline. 1 th June AGM 12rd December Christnas Svap ltmt Thanks to Joan Fakhall fur her past endeavors in providing supper. CURRENT MEMBERSHIP RATES Single Membership within fustralia $A20 Our Post Office Box has been changed so please take note ofthe new address' Famlly membenhip within Auslralla lA20 Overceas Memberchip lA20 Nichols place in Blaxland. lf Please make chequesrmoney orderc payable to lhe Camivoroui Plant Soclety of ilSW As of this minub our Christnas swap meet has been suggested to be held d Terry we can groom anything changes we will let you know. Suggeslions on categodes for this day must be discussed so Paoe it was middle CONTENTS oui ptanre. Thi last Chrisma! meet at Kirstie Wulfs (lower blue mountains) was a great success and Biddlecombs Photooraoh bv D6nis DalY Cover Nepenths thorelii x funcaCa from tho collection of Peter ground tur people b favel h, so Blaxland looks good for this year. Chat Comer Jessica Biddlscombe -4 The Biooer Picture Jassica Biddlecombe 4-5 want show Greg Burke (no relation to Don ... see labr article) has suggesbd a winter meet for all those who lo A Carnivorous Plant Field Dav at Picnic Point Svdnev Robsrt Gibson 5-6 drosera, so all those interested let it be known' A Carnivorous Plant Tour of Tasmania Kirstie Wull 6-8 tuberous Drosera at Dunedoo Rob€rt Gibson I Nmenlhx vilhicra x nffle$,iana cultivated out ol dooB in SvdEv PhotooraDh by Dsnis Daly 10 To Noel Pearce who has not been well again - get better and come back to us. Bowral Update Nathan J. Clemens 11-12 your T.e€s lor lhe Forest Jessica Biddlscofib€ t2- 13 Many more people are again bringing plants br sale. lf you wish to add to your collection or to sell some of 13 FlwraD Ouostion Cornet Nathan J. Clemsns excess stock you had beter come along. The Wde-leaf formlgl ol Drosen indica Robort Gibson 13-18 A y{amlng about the prulile ol some pob Philime RqnBr 1E planb and Ken Harper was manied this March. Congratulations. Lets hope that lhis mystery lady likes carnivorous A pox on Banks Denis Dalv 19 getto her soon Advsrtis€ments and noticss 20 we meel Vier,rs published in tris ne{€lstt€r are not nsc€ssarily $oso ol ihe Camivo.ous Plant Society of NSW. Tho sdibr rowes he rigit lo reiecl wi$out please BEWAREII A member of our Society has had plants stolen ftom his place recenfly. The, as yet unknown notice. any inappropriate article or olher cornrnuniGtion, including bose exe{cising $e 'dght of r€pr, b atridge or Publish in two or mrye patb any you your yard and thief knew what he was taking. I hope it was not someone we know. Be on guard with who let into lilgfiy article, and to publish 'Wihout Prejudice'. Each arlicle, photogEph or trawing rsnains Ule copyright of lhe Aufior. lt may not be reP.0duced just been a house wilhout acknowlBdging $e author and his/her rst€lsnc€ sowces, Ths infsmslion may not be sold or rqroduc€d tor conttnercial gain without $e conssnt stress again to neighbors to be vigilant of suspicious people around as it could have have easily of fie copyright hold€r, !ryit\out Prejudco artclss shall not b6 reproducsd, in pat or in full, other han Whout Prqudice. Oher organisalions are r€minded burglar. fiat, a matt€r ol court€sy, he p€nnission of he Carnivorous Plant Sociev of NSW and/s h€ euthor(s) should be sought bof(,B rep.inting any srlicl€ published in $ls Lett€rs to ths Editor will, in acctrdane with ft6 tsadlions applying to neunpaper edikrs in a de.noctacy, be leabd 6 Public ioumal. plant locked gates did not deter them so I really do not know what the answer is. dornain and lhus the auttor should b€ preparcd to have hsir commonts $Jbjectod to Ptblic scrutiny. I have also had a stolen and Our meetings have grown and more people have found lheir voice and add to the general melee. lf you are siting at you how quickly home think you won't be bothered coming, make the efiort and will be surprised at you will be WITHOUI PREJUDICE participating. From he feedback I have had the whole world musl walch Mr. Burke's program and he public believes he has just lt has made for very interesting nights. Thank you for all those that have contibuted. come down fom lhe mountain witr his every word chiseled in stone. There were tags on each of the planb he had which he should have read and as he tipped out the planb surely fie bel of $e different mixtures would have told Your Friendly ?? him something!! Cper What good could have been done for encouraging growing carnivorous plants if only the information had been my big dog. Edito/s notei I prefer to let plant thieves and burglars worry about conect? ln a later program Mr. Burke mentioned a Vhispering campaign' against him fom dog clubs. Well I would like to SHO|,JT that you are wrong, wrong, wrong about carnivorous plants. We have to continually coned the misinformation on carnivorous plants given out by this program and ifs a good bet that the dog clubs are similarly unimpressed witlr his inftrmation. The Bigger Picture Jessica Biddlecombe Whether ifs a publication or media, look at tre bigger picture, get out and work with the public then you will know you have your facb righl How I would like to write a book. lf only I could be sure of my facb. ln the early years Adrian Slacks book was our bible, it was all we had. Not all was suitable for down under Aussi conditions but then we did not have much choice. Editors Note: - Jessica I shall have to use the Wfrout Prejudice on this article. I know that much of $e information fiom tiese 'popular press'books and personalilies on most$ings is, to put it politely, inaccurate, However they do years Gradually more books came into being and we had more help. Then the drought came and for many there was have plenty of resources and incentive to seek b silence critics in order to maintain their income fom peddling hardly any writen information. The drought broke and proliferation of data was released. The only trouble is that they rubbish. must not proof read their own material or they have never worked with the public! Blanketing statements like "Sanacenia have a liquid in them ....'Not all Sanacenia do (the purpurea does); but the public will think something is wrong and fill their pitchers with water.
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  • Drosera Sp: a Critical Review on Phytochemical and Ethnomedicinal Aspect

    Drosera Sp: a Critical Review on Phytochemical and Ethnomedicinal Aspect

    International Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences-IJPBSTM (2019) 9 (1): 596-601 Online ISSN: 2230-7605, Print ISSN: 2321-3272 Research Article | Biological Sciences | Open Access | MCI Approved UGC Approved Journal Drosera Sp: A Critical Review on Phytochemical and Ethnomedicinal Aspect Rakesh Goswami1, Tanmoy Sinha2* and Kishore Ghosh3 1 Department of Bio-Chemistry, Vidyasagar University, Medinipur, West Bengal 721102. 2 Department of Botany, Cytogenetic and Molecular Biology Section, University of Burdwan. 3Department of Botany, University of Burdwan. Received: 10 Oct 2018/ Accepted: 8 Nov 2018/ Published online: 01Jan 2019 Corresponding Author Email: [email protected] Abstract Day by day medicinal plant research and their phytometabolites drawing interest in medical sciences due to loyal medicinal and pharmacological values. Drosera is a very well-known insectivorous plant and it is consists of near about 170 species throughout the world. Phytochemical profiling of this species has revealed the presence of highly valuable phytochemicals like Quercetin, Hyperoside, Isoquercitrin and Naphthoquinones etc. We utilized logical writing and scientific literature from electronic search engine such as Spinger link, science direct, Pub Med, Scopus and BioMed central as well as relevant books, websites, scientific publications and dissertation as a source of information. According to recent research information, these compounds are strongly associated with anti-cancerous, anti- microbial and also anti-inflammatory activities. This review intends to investigate the published report regarding phytochemicals, ethnomedicinal and pharmacological viewpoints and put forth the therapeutic potential of Drosera. Future research can be directed to extensive investigation about phytochemistry, clinical trials and pharmacokinetics acquiring safety data so as to add new dimensions to therapeutic utilization of Drosera.