Distribution and Resources of Medicinal Plants (Aconitum
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Seufferheld M, Alvarez H, Farias ME (2008). Role of Voigt B, Schweder T, Sibbald MJJB, Albrecht D, Ehrenreich DISTRIBUTION AND RESOURCES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS (ACONITUM VIOLACEUM, polyphosphates in microbial adaptation to extreme A, Bernhardt J, Feesche J, Maurer K, Gottschalk G, Dijl ANGELICA GLAUCA, ALYSICARPUS VAGINALIS AND PERISTROPHE BICALYCULATA) environments. Applied and Environmental JMV, Hecker M (2006). The extracellular proteome of IN GARHWAL HIMALAYA Microbiology, 74: 5867–5874. Bacillus licheniformis grown in different media and under different nutrient starvation conditions. P. Arya* and J. P. Mehta Saini VP, Jayasree S (2016). Isolation and characterization Proteomics, 6 (1): 268-281. of lipase producing bacteria from Windrow Compost. Department of Botany and Microbiology, H.N.B. Garhwal University Srinagar, Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India International Journal of Current Microbiology and Wang H, Zeng C, Liu Q, Liu D, Qui X, Gong L (2010). Applied Science, 5(5): 926-933. 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Peristrophe bicalyculata belongs to the family Acanthaceae is an erect, herbs distributed in Srinagar, Srikot and Pauri Garhwal.Angelica glaucabelongs family Apiaceae, locally called as Choru, fund in Chandrashilla and way of Rudaranath in Uttarakhand.Alysicarpus vaginalisbelongs to family Papilionaceae, mainly found in Chauras and Kirtinagar. The results of antibacterial activity showed that the methanol extract were more active than other extracts. The zone of inhibition exhibited by methanol extract against tested microorganisms ranged between 20.6±1.28mm to 26.6±0.46mm, respectively. This investigation supports a good response to the use of A. vaginalis in herbal medicine as a base for the development of new drugs and phytomedicine in rationale for its use in treatment of respiratory infectious diseases. Keywords: Respiratory tract infections, Himalayan Medicinal Plants, Traditional Knowledge Systems, Aconitum violaceum, Angelica glauca, Peristrophe bicalyculata, Alysicarpus vaginalis, Phytoconstituents. INTRODUCTION vascular plants, 1748 spp. species are medicinal. So we can say the Uttarakhand is a store house of a rich variety herbs Our earth is full of medicinal plants. These medicinal plants and medicinal and aromatic plant species. having therapeutical properties these properties are very useful in curing various diseases. Almost all our present Medicinal plants produce a wide variety of compounds medicines exhaled from medicinal plants. Approximately, which in addition to give them characteristic pigments, 8000 species of medicinal plants are used as different odour and flavor characteristics may also have antimicrobial systems of medicines in India (Planning Commission 2000). properties (Cowan 1999). For thousands of years, traditional The Indian state of Uttarakhand, located in central plant derived medicines have been used in most parts of the Himalayan region, is richly gifted with a large variety of world and their use in fighting microbial disease is becoming plant species, many of which have medicinal properties. the focus on study (Bhavnani et al., 2000; Chariandy et al., These medicinal plants play an important role in the lives of 1999). The various parts of such plants like root, tubers, bark, people in Uttarakhand by providing basic health care and flowers, leaves and seeds are used for several medicinal employment to the farmers (Alam et al., 2005). The Central purposes. More so, many of these plants have been known to Himalayan Region covers the new state of India, provides synthesize active secondary metabolites such as phenolic excellent opportunities for studying the Traditional compound found in essential oils with established potent Knowledge Systems (TKS). The Indian Himalayan region insecticidal (Kambu et al., 1982) and antimicrobial activities, alone supports about 18,440 species of plants (Angiosperms: which indeed has formed the basis for their applications in 8000 spp., Gymnosperm: 44 spp., Pteridophytes: 600 spp., some pharmaceuticals, alternative medicines and natural Bryophytes: 1736 spp., Lichens: 1159 spp. and Fungi: 6900 therapies (Rios et al., 2005; Lis-Balchin et al., 1997; spp.) of which about 45% are having medicinal properties. Reynolds 1996). The major aim of present study was to According to Samant et al., 1998 out of the total species of explore the distribution of some medicinal plants in Garhwal Himalaya and perform antibacterial activity of medicinal 135 ENVIS Centre on Himalayan Ecology ENVIS Bulletin Himalayan Ecology, Vol 25, 2017 136 plant Alysicarpus vaginalis against respiratory tract Angelica glauca Test microorganisms inhibition against some common bacterial pathogens, but pathogens. have not investigated the zone of inhibition (Silva et al., The genus Angelica (family: Apiaceae) is recognized The five bacterial strains causing respiratory infections used 2015). This study investigated in vitro antibacterial activity Distribution of some medicinal plants in Garhwal globally for its uses in traditional and modern system of in this study were Klebsiella pneumoniae MTCC 4030, of crude root extract of A. vaginalis from four different Himalaya medicine. The estimated 110–115 species of the genus Pseudomonas aeruginosa MTCC 2474, Staphylococcus solvents. worldwide, 87 species occur in Asia (Pimenov et al., 2004). aureus MTCC 1144, Streptococcus pneumoniae MTCC 655, Aconitum violaceum Three species namely Angelica glauca Edgew, A. Streptococcus pyogenes MTCC 442. These bacteria strains This data characterizing the antibacterial activity of crude were procured from Institute of Microbial Technology extract of Alysicarpus vaginalis Root (Table 2). The study Aconitum is the Botanical name of genus commonly known archangelica L. and A. nubigena Cl. are reported from the (IMTECH), Chandigarh. showed that the crude extract of A. vaginalis was found as Aconite, etc. locally called as Bhauea and Atees, The Indian Himalaya (Samant et al., 1998). A. glauca locally active and exhibited moderate antibacterial activities against genus Aconitum belonging to the family Ranunculaceae is called as Choru being native and endemic of the Himalayan Preparation of inoculums test bacterial organisms. The maximum inhibition by MH widely distributed in alpine and sub alpine regions of tropical region is distributed along 2000 to 3,800m mainly in (methanol) extract was found against Streptococcus aureus parts of Northern hemisphere. There are over 250 species Tungnath, Chandrashilla way of Rudranaths and Valley of Stock cultures were maintained at 4°C on slopes of nutrient (26.6±0.46 mm), Streptococcus pneumoniae (23.6±0.57 that have been reported in this genus (Lane 2004). These are Flowers Uttarakhand Jammu Kashmir and Himachal agar. Active cultures for experiment were prepared by mm), Staphylococcus pyogenes (21.6±0.59) mm), Klebsiella herbaceous perennial plants growing in moisture retentive Pradesh (Butola et al., 2004) (Fig. 1). The species is well transferring a loopful of cells from stock cultures to test tubes of Mueller-Hinton broth (MHB) for bacteria that were pneumoniae (21.3±0.28 mm) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa but well draining soils of mountain meadows at an altitude of known for its aromatic as well as medicinal values. Choru incubated without agitation for 24 h at 37°C. (20.6±1.28 mm) respectively. The minimum activity was 1,800-3,800m amsl. They are mainly found in Hemkund also used as spices in Uttarakhand. found against Klebsiella pneumoniae (9.3±0.45 mm) Region (Atalakoti), valley of flowers and the way of Antibacterial testing followed by CH, WT and PT extract. On the basis of results, it Rudaranath in Garhwal region (Fig. 1). Aconite produced Chemical constitutions of Angelica glauca is concluded that root of A. vaginalishas good antimicrobial from the tubers, a number of different species of Aconitum is The antibacterial activity of different extracts was Some of the chemicals which have been isolated from potential against selected respiratory tract pathogens. This used in curing wide range of diseases. “Aconite” has a bitter determined by agar well-diffusion method (Ahmed et al., Angelica's leaves and roots include alpha-phellandrene, study supports the traditional use of A. vaginalis and taste and a cooling tendency. It is anti-inflammatory and 1998). 0.1 ml of 12-16 h incubated cultures of bacterial trans-carveol, beta-pinene, thujene, beta-caryophyllene indicated that it contains some major bioactive compounds febrifuge. It is also used in the treatment of snake and species were mixed in molten Mueller Hinton Agar medium oxide, beta-caryophyllene,