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HD Nursery lab on market

BY Nick Dalton

WC 428 words

PD 27 March 2013

SN The Cairns Post

SC CAIRPO

ED 1 - MAIN

PG 35

LA English

LP A HIGHLY specialised horticultural business on the Atherton Tableland is being sold due to its owners Peter and Ann Radke retiring.

Clonal Solutions Australia and the aligned Yuruga Native Plant Nursery are being offered for sale by expression of interest.

TD Colliers International Cairns managing director Stacey Quaid said the state-of-the-art, climate- controlled, tissue-culture laboratory could produce one million plants a year, and its cutting house and nursery more than 10 million plants, both of which could be expanded.

``The developing plant cloning industry has shown strong commercial growth in recent years as growers have seen benefit in superior and more reliable plants developed from proven stock to create uniformity of crops with consistency in production, as well as a reduction in the cost associated with plant failures,'' he said.

``The development of new elite genetics for various agricultural and forestry crops drives the growth and sustainability of farming globally, through increased productivity, yields, profitability and competitiveness.''

Mr Quaid said Clonal Solutions had created base stocks of high-quality gene plants for agriculture, including papaya, avocados, custard apples, coffee, spotted gum, pongamia, ornamental eucalypts, mahogany and teak, with production and propagation rights to those plants.

Mr Quaid said in forestry, superior timber properties, trunk straightness, disease and drought resistance, and tolerance of salinity were criteria becoming more important to producers.

``Clonal Solutions Australia are one of the leading clonal nurseries in the field with an established and growing client base throughout Australia as well as worldwide,'' he said.

``Clonal Solutions is unique in that we are unaware of any other similar business in Australia,

that has capabilities across such a large range of agricultural and forestry crops.

``This strong focus in research and development has seen success for Clonal Solutions Australia and is important for the future growth of the company.

``An R&D program commenced in 2006 with the aim to expand the variety of clones available for sale and to discover new superior hybrids for commercialisation.''

Mr Quaid said Clonal Solutions Australia incorporating Yuruga Native Plant Nursery represented ``a truly unique opportunity'' for an agricultural enterprise or investor to capitalise on the production and supply of elite genetic plants across a multitude of industry sectors.

``Even at this pre-marketing stage, we have seen interest from large specialist growers in the business's acquisition, looking to secure on-demand supply of superior plant stocks for use within their own plantations,'' he said.

Contact Mr Quaid on 0418 773 258.

[email protected]

CO colrsi : Colliers International Property Consultants Inc | firsrv : FirstService Corporation

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HD Wealth from waste

WC 1,112 words

PD 18 March 2013

SN Deccan Herald

SC DECHER

LA English

LP Anitha Pailoor, March 19, 2013, DHNS:

From effective waste management to terrace gardening, women in Bangalore's Malleswaram show the way. Anitha Pailoor meets them to understand the importance of sustainable living.

TD "I haven't bought a single tomato in the last four months. There is a considerable drop when it comes to buying other vegetables also," says Nagamani S Rao with a sense of contentment. Her spacious terrace has a variety of vegetables, greens, flowers and herbs grown in 150 pots. She gets tomatoes and greens from the garden on a daily basis while brinjal, ridge gourd, cluster beans, beans, double beans, carrot, radish, capsicum, and chayote are available at regular intervals.

Nagamani Rao, a resident of Malleswaram in Bangalore, has become a successful terrace gardener thanks to her sheer passion and dedication. She has developed the garden by trial and error method. When she started, she was clear about two aspects — chemical-free gardening and judicious use of water. The family, which has consciously stayed away from digging a borewell, makes use of rainwater to a certain extent. Nagamani also takes enough care to reclaim and reuse water whenever possible.

Marigold plants placed at different places act as pest repellents. She is happy that her plants attract honeybees and birds; pests have kept away from her garden so far. If there is an indication of some pests taking shelter in her plants, she sprays water on the plant so that the insects get washed off. The pots contain one layer of coco peat, one layer of manure and one layer of soil. She rarely buys seeds from outside. Some of the vegetables like beans are left in the vine to mature, and dried seeds are then preserved. Certain varieties like tomato seeds

Nagamani feels that the terrace is the best place for gardening because plants get sufficient sunlight. She is in touch with the Organic Terrace Gardening Group which facilitates her to get new ideas and share her experiences.

Reduce, reuse and recycle

Terrace gardening didn't happen by accident to Nagamani. Vegetable cultivation in the terrace was a sequel to her efforts in waste management which she started a year ago.

She was introduced to the concept of 'wealth from waste' from Dr Meenakshi Bharath who has been championing the cause since the last four years. It was a revelation for Nagamani when she realised that garbage, which otherwise is considered to be a nuisance, could do wonders when given a place in the backyard. It takes just a couple of minutes for any person to segregate waste into wet waste and dry waste. It is this wet waste that gets composted and turns into fertile manure. Dry waste is again separated into paper, plastic, glass, metal etc. Different organisations and companies collect dry waste at regular intervals.

Nagamani takes a wet cardboard sheet on which she spreads a layer of wet waste. She then sprinkles sour buttermilk which facilitates microbial activity.

Cow dung can also be used. It takes six weeks for the waste to get converted into manure. Dry leaves are added to absorb moisture.

The pioneer

Dr Meenakshi, a gynaecologist, gave much thought to the problem of dealing with garbage when her daughter had dengue. It didn't take her too long to understand that her daughter's illness was linked to improper garbage management.

She contacted experts and learnt methods to manage garbage effectively. She started the experiment at home. A biogas plant and a compost pile in her compound along with wet waste composting containers are indicators of her commitment. Twelve papaya trees, an avocado tree, pongamia and several other trees and plants yield well as they get manure prepared from their shredded leaves.

Dr Meenakshi feels that garbage management should be decentralised. She feels that every household should take care of its own garbage; dry waste should be recycled and wet waste

Page 5 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. composted. Dry waste collection centres should be set up in every ward. Only a small part of the waste that cannot be recycled should be treated by the authority concerned. It is beneficial to both the local administration and the community.

An active member of 'Malleswaram Swabhimana Initiative', a Resident Welfare Association, she spread the message of waste management to likeminded people. A network of enthusiasts was formed and they lead the way under the banner of 'We Care for Malleswaram'. In these two years of formation, they have made an impact not just in Malleswaram but throughout the City and in other cities like Tumkur and Mysore.

Members of the team meet every Monday in the group's founder member Vani Murthy's house and strategise their action plan. One gets an indication of her zeal in the e-waste box placed right at the entrance of the apartment facing the footpath creating awareness as well as providing a point for the general public to dump their electronic and electric waste.

Compost containers have replaced dust bins in different parts of Vani's house, right from the balcony to the terrace. A partitioned container for vermicomposting, 'daily dump kambha' and 'bokashi method' are the three different methods adopted by Vani to decompose her waste. While the first two are aerobic modes of composting third is anaerobic.

These passionate campaigners are also members of Solid Waste Management Roundtable (SWMRT), a Bangalore initiative to build awareness and adopt best practices in waste management at different levels.

A long way to go

Consequences of dumping garbage without segregation are fatal. Bangalore realised it when people of Mavallipura and Mandur refused to become the City's dump yards. 'We Care for Malleswaram' has taken up the challenge of sensitising public and transform their notions about garbage. Inspired by the campaign, many apartments, individual houses and institutions have made conscious efforts to segregate and manage solid waste. Meenakshi has motivated and trained employees of Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bangalore to take up composting in its campus.

Such activities have ignited a sense of responsibility in the locality for the waste generated in the house there is a long way to go in terms of creating a sustainable system for waste management. Through SWMRT they have also worked at the policy level and conceived the concept of local dry waste collection centres.

Inspired by their activities, residents of Jayanagar have formed a similar group under the

AN Document DECHER0020130318e93i0001u

HD Sandalwood pays ryots high dividends

WC 805 words

PD 18 March 2013

SN Deccan Herald

SC DECHER

LA English

LP Mysore, T R Sathish Kumar, March 17, 2013, DH News Service:

At a time when farmers are at crossroads, abandoning agriculture, turning their lands into residential or industrial plots, the forest department is doing its bit to encourage them towards reaping higher dividends.

TD The department has been providing saplings of various kinds to farmers for many decades. However, it is now encouraging them to take up cultivation of sandalwood (Santalum album) in a big way, by promising to buy the wood when it matures.

Saplings are being raised in nurseries under Mysore, Hunsur and Mandya divisions under Mysore circle over the past four years on a large scale, depending upon the demand.

Sandalwood handicrafts and sandal oil are in much demand across the globe and have the potential to earn huge foreign exchange. So, the state government is encouraging cultivation on private lands. Certain amendments have also been made in State policy for this purpose.

Encouraging response

According to K B Markandeya, Chief conservator of forests, Mysore circle, the overall response from farmers was encouraging, thanks to liberalisation in the policy.

Now, farmers can sell sandalwood either to the forest department — ie is Government Sandalwood Depot — or directly to Karnataka State Soaps and Detergent Limited (Sandalwood Oil Factory division) and Karnataka Handicrafts Development Corporation.

"The State government is taking steps to promote growing of sandalwood on priority. Siri Chandanavana, a new project for protection of existing trees and raising of new ones, has found a place in the State budget (2013-14)," he said.

In 2010-11, 1.5 lakh saplings have been raised; in 2011-12, 10,000 and in 2012-13, one lakh under Mysore division. Under Hunsur division, in 2010-11, 1.245 lakh saplings; in 2101-12, 10,000 and in 2012-13, 50,000 saplings has been raised. In 2010-11, one lakh saplings; in 2011-12, 10,000 and in 2012-13, 50,000 under Mandya division.

As the response during the first year was yet to be assessed, saplings were raised to the maximum capacity of the respective divisions in 2009-10 and 2010-11.

The unsold saplings are being carried forward for next planting seasons. For example, 53,000 saplings (grown in 2009-10) were sold to farmers during 2010-11 and 44,000 planted on government and forest land by the department itself under Hunsur division.

In 2011-12, 37,500 saplings were sold. There are more than one lakh saplings waiting to be availed by farmers this year (June to August, 2013).

Incentives

The farmers also get incentives under Karnataka Krushi Aranya Prothsaha Yojane for raising forestry species, including sandalwood. For sustaining 400 saplings on one acre of land, during the first year of planting, farmers get Rs 10, Rs 15 for second year and Rs 20 for third year for each sapling.

Farmer S R S Gowda of Sulugodu in Periyapatna, who has lost almost 90 per cent of the 7,000 saplings planted on 24 acres of his land due to drought this year, has made arrangements to plant almost the same number of saplings coming monsoon.

He said, now he has sunk bore wells and has made arrangements to provide water to sustain saplings even if the monsoon fails. However, some farmers are still averse to the idea of nurturing the most expensive wood on earth.

V Mahesh, an organic farmer from Ramehalli in H D Kote taluk, said he was growing other forestry species like teakwood and silverwood in his herbal medicines farm. "However, I am still not prepared to plant sandalwood. Already, I am facing problems in selling timber in my farm due to red-tapism and indifference of officials in the forest department. I fear what would happen if I were to sell sandalwood," he said.

Sandal is parasitic!

Sandalwood is tropical in nature and grows from Indonesia in the East to Juan Fernanez Island (Africa) in the West. In India it is found almost everywhere, but 90 per cent of it is concentrated in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu (8,300 sq km). In Karnataka, sandalwood is grown on 5,000 sq km of land and found predominantly in Mysore region.

Sandalwood can be grown on sandy, clayey red soil, lateritic, loamy and black soils, but those grown on stony or gravelly soils are known to have more of highly scented wood. It grows well under partial shade in early stages but shows intolerance to overhead shade at middle and later stages.

On farmlands, multi-cropping is best suited for sandalwood as it is parasitic in nature. In the early stages, bengal gram can be sown and in the middle stage 'honge' (pongamia) saplings can be grown along with sandalwood saplings. Early monsoon is the right time for transplanting saplings.

AN Document DECHER0020130317e93i0000j

PD 18 March 2013

SN Diabetes Week

SC DBWK

PG 64

LA English

LP 2013 MAR 18 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Diabetes Week -- Fresh data on Diabetes are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating from Omaha, Nebraska, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "In previous study, we have reported cycloart-23-ene-3 beta, 25-diol is an active antidiabetic constituent isolated from stem bark of Pongamia pinnata (Linn.) Pierre. The objective of the present investigation was to evaluate cydoart-23-ene-3 beta, 25-diol stimulates glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) (7-36) amide secretion in streptozotocin-nicotinamide induced diabetic Sprague Dawley rats."

TD Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of Nebraska, "Molecular docking studies were performed to elucidate the molecular basis for GLP-1 receptor agonistic activity. Type 2 diabetes was induced in overnight fasted Sprague Dawley rats pre-treated with nicotinamide (100 mg/kg, i.p.) followed by administration of streptozotocin (55 mg/kg, i.p.) 20 min after. The rats were divided into following groups; I- non-diabetic, II- diabetic control, III- sitagliptin (5 mg/kg, p.o.), IV- cycloart-23-ene-3 beta, 25- diol (1 mg/kg, p.o.). The cycloart-23-ene-3 beta, 25-diol and sitagliptin treatment was 8 week. Plasma glucose was estimated every week (week 0 to week 8). Body weight, food and water intake were recorded daily. Glycosylated haemoglobin, lipid profile, plasma and colonic active (GLP-1) (7-36) amide, mRNA expression of proglucagnon GLP-1, plasma and pancreatic insulin, histology of pancreata as well as biomarkers of oxidative stress (superoxidase dismutase, reduced glutathione, malondialdehyde, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione S transferase) were measured after 8th week treatment. In acute study, active GLP-1 (7-36) amide release, plasma glucose and insulin were measured during oral glucose tolerance test. The docking data clearly indicated cydoart-23-ene-3 beta, 25-diol bind to the GLP-1 receptor."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "It decreased plasma glucose level,

Page 11 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. increased plasma and pancreatic insulin level as well as increased plasma and colonic active GLP-1 (7-36) amide secretion in streptozotocin-nicotinamide induced diabetic Sprague Dawley rats."

For more information on this research see: Cycloart-23-ene-3 beta,25-diol stimulates GLP-1 (7-36) amide secretion in streptozotocin-nicotinamide induced diabetic Sprague Dawley rats: A mechanistic approach. European Journal of Pharmacology, 2013;698(1-3):470-479. European Journal of Pharmacology can be contacted at: Elsevier Science Bv, PO Box 211, 1000 Ae Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; European Journal of Pharmacology - www.elsevier.com/wps/product/cws_home/506087)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting S.L. Badole, Univ Nebraska Med Center, Omaha, NE 68131, United States.

Keywords for this news article include: Omaha, Nebraska, Diabetes, Proinsulin, Glutathione, United States, Endocrinology, Oligopeptides, Peptide Hormones, North and Central America

NS gdias : Diabetes | gcat : Political/General News | ghea : Health | gmed : Medical Conditions

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PD 15 March 2013

SN Science Letter

SC SCLT

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LP 2013 MAR 15 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Science Letter -- A new study on Earth Science is now available. According to news originating from Uttar Pradesh, India, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "Eleven fossil woods belonging to seven families are described from a petrified wood forest of Mizoram. This fossil assemblage is derived from sediments belonging to the Tipam Group considered to be Late Miocene-Early Pliocene in age."

TD Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, "The modern counterparts of the identified taxa are: Gluta L, Mangifera L (Anacardiaceae), Bursera Jacq. ex L. (Burseraceae), Terminalia L. (Combretaceae), Shorea Roxb. (Dipterocarpaceae), Cynometra Linn., Dalbergia L. f., Millettia Wight et Arn.-Pongamia Vent, Ormosia Jacks. (Fabaceae), Artocarpus Forst. (Moraceae) and Madhuca Gmelin. (Sapotaceae). The genus Dalbergia is described for the first time from India. The modern environmental tolerances of the above taxa indicate the existence of a tropical warm and humid climate in Mizoram during the depositional period. The reconstructed climate data using Coexistence Approach (CoA) based on palaeoflora database of Mosbrugger and Utescher, along with other published data sets indicates an MAT (mean annual temperature) of 26.1-27.7 degrees C, a mean temperature of the warmest month (WMT) of 25.4-28.1 degrees C, a mean temperature of the coldest month (CMT) of 25.6-26 degrees C, and a mean annual precipitation (MAP) of 3180-3263 mm. These climatic interpretations are congruent with the data obtained from the anatomical features of all the fossil taxa. As all the fossil taxa possess diffuse porous wood, they further indicate a tropical climate with little seasonality. The majority of the taxa in the fossil assemblage generally have large vessels and simple perforation plates which indicate high precipitation."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "The present study provides vital evidence of floral exchange or migration between India and southeast Asia."

For more information on this research see: The vegetation and climate of a Neogene petrified wood forest of Mizoram, India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2012;61():143-165. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences can be contacted at: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Journal of Asian Earth Sciences - www.elsevier.com/wps/product/cws_home/235)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from R.P. Tiwari, Birbal Sahni Inst Paleobot, Lucknow 226007, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Keywords for this news article include: Asia, India, Uttar Pradesh, Earth Science

CO bshnpy : Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany

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AN Document SCLT000020130308e93f000pr

HD Biofuel marts to come up in all dists

WC 202 words

PD 14 March 2013

SN Deccan Herald

SC DECHER

LA English

LP Bangalore, Mar 13, 2013, DHNS :

Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Wednesday launched two new biofuel schemes, 'Hombelaku' and Hongirana, at an event organised by Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board.

TD Under 'Hongirana,' biofuel marts will be set up in all districts. Managed by NGOs, these marts will sell biofuel seedlings, seeds, oil, bio-diesel, de-oiled cakes, soaps, and other products. These marts will also back up as information and facilitation centres.

'Hombelaku' scheme mainly aims at decentralised value addition of producing and utilising non-edible oil and de-oiled cake as manure. Mini oil expellers are provided to women self help groups under this scheme. A budgetary allocation of Rs 15 lakh is provided for setting up 60 such units to benefit self help groups.

The community driven, pro-agricultural scheme helps in development of rural economy and empowerment of women.

'Hombelaku' was launched by providing the first oil expelling unit to a women's organisation of Chikkaballapur.

In the past four-and-a-half-years, the Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board has planted 542 lakh bio-fuel seedlings such as Pongamia, Neem, Mahua Simarouba under Hasiru Honnu, Baradu Bangara and Suvarna Bhoomi schemes.

AN Document DECHER0020130313e93e0001j

HD Wet Earth & sprouting greens

BY Sunory Dutt

WC 533 words

PD 10 March 2013

SN Postnoon

SC HTPOSN

LA English

LP India, March 10 -- Vinod's first book Let's Plant Trees came with a simple message as evident in its title. But lest the idea slipped children's limited attention span, he presented them with real seeds (of the Pongamia tree) incorporated in the book, goading them into action. His most recent book Let's Catch The Rain encourages kids to play with monsoon clouds and in the process learn a thing or two about rainwater harvesting. Harking back to a time when getting your hands and feet muddy and wet was fun, Vinod's books have kids hooked onto doable environmental projects.

TD Interestingly, Vinod is both the author and illustrator of his books. A polymer engineer by training, but an award-winning advertising creative director by profession, he is also a garden store entrepreneur, furniture designer and obsessive tree planter. If you're wondering what inspires him to write, Vinod says, "I love nature. Specifically, I love trees and water - two absolute essentials for our existence. As an advertising creative person, I've created many campaigns asking people to plant trees and other eco-messages. But then I found that so much goes into making an ad, and once the reader turns the page, the ad gets buried in a paper pile. It was much ado about nothing much. A message has to endure and inspire. A simple, fun book for children meets both criteria beautifully. The adult and the child read a book. It endures and gets passed on from kid to kid. So kids books it was. I wanted the books to be more than sources of inspiration. I wanted them to lead to action. So Let's Plant Trees was the first book that came with real seeds that can be planted by the kids and grown in any region or climate. The moral/message of the book was the action of planting and raising the trees."

Page 17 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. He goes on to share that Let's Catch The Rain was adapted into an app game (It is 'A for app' these days) that can be played on all mobile devices, the computer and on Facebook. The idea of the game is to catch the rain using various objects. If rain goes down the drain, your points go with it. He's also illustrated an animated film that explains why we need to catch the rain.

When asked why his books are specifically targeted at kids instead of adults, Vinod says, "This is a no brainer, really. You can't teach an old dog a new trick. Truly. Adults are so set in their ways that it is really hard to get them to do something new, even if it is the right thing to do. Kids on the other hand, are so impressionable and pliable. They have fertile minds. I think of these books as wholesome seeds sown in fertile young minds. When the time ripens, they will yield good fruits. I am sure."Published by HT Syndication with permission from Postnoon.

CT For any query with respect to this article or any other content requirement, please contact Editor at [email protected] NS gbook : Books | gcat : Political/General News | gent : Arts/Entertainment

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HD Reliance Life Sciences Pvt Ltd Files Patent Application for Butanol Fermentation Using Acid Pretreated Biomass CR Distributed by Contify.com

WC 212 words

PD 9 March 2013

SN Indian Patent News

SC ATPATN

LA English

LP New Delhi, March 9 -- India based Reliance Life Sciences Pvt Ltd filed patent application for butanol fermentation using acid pretreated biomass. The inventors are Vidhya Rangaswamy, Jasmine Isar and Harshvardhan Joshi.

Reliance Life Sciences Pvt Ltd filed the patent application on Aug. 1, 2011. The patent application number is 2181/MUM/2011 A. The international classification number is C12P 5/00.

TD According to the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks, "The present invention provides the use of acid pretreated biomass such as jatropha seed cake, pongamia seed cake and banana stems as renewable feedstock for butanol production by the mutant Clostridium acetobutylicum MTCC 587. Chemical mutagenesis was carried out for improvisation of the strain for better butanol tolerance and production. This present invention for the first time has reported an efficient process for high yield of butanol obtained in single batch fermentation using acid pretreated jatropha seed cake."

About the Company

Reliance Life Sciences is a diversified and integrated biotechnology initiative of the Reliance group companies, India's largest private sector companies. Reliance Life Sciences was initiated in order to develop business opportunities on the medical, plant and industrial biotechnology front.

IN i2569 : Biotechnology

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HD Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Butanol Fermentation Using Acid Pretreated Biomass' Filed by Reliance Life Sciences WC 189 words

PD 8 March 2013

SN Indian Government News

SC HTINGN

LA English

LP MUMBAI, India, March 8 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (2181/MUM/2011 A) filed by Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Maharashtra, on Aug. 1, 2011 for a 'butanol fermentation using acid pretreated biomass.'

The application for the patent - which was invented by Vidhya Rangaswamy, Jasmine Isar and Harshvardhan Joshi - was published on Feb. 8 under issue no. 06/2013. According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides the use of acid pretreated biomass such as jatropha seed cake, pongamia seed cake and banana stems as renewable feedstock for butanol production by the mutant Clostridium acetobutylicum MTCC 587. Chemical mutagenesis was carried out for improvisation of the strain for better butanol tolerance and production. This present invention for the first time has reported an efficient process for high yield of butanol obtained in single batch fermentation using acid pretreated jatropha seed cake."

CT For any query with respect to this article or any other content requirement, please contact Editor at [email protected] CO rlspvl : Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. | rti : Reliance Industries Ltd

IN i2569 : Biotechnology

AN Document HTINGN0020130308e938000aa

WC 397 words

PD 6 March 2013

SN Biotech Week

SC BIWK

PG 445

LA English

LP 2013 MAR 6 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Biotech Week -- Investigators publish new report on Energy Research. According to news reporting out of Tamil Nadu, India, by NewsRx editors, research stated, "The rapid depletion of fossil fuels and environmental concerns make alternative fuels such as biodiesel more attractive. Biodiesel has properties comparable to ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD), however certain properties of biodiesel such as viscosity, calorific value, density and volatility differ from ULSD."

TD Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Anna University, "These properties strongly affect injection, air-fuel mixing and thereby combustion and performance characteristics of biodiesel in a diesel engine. In order to realize the full potential of biodiesel use in diesel engine certain modifications to engine design and injection system are required. This experimental study aims to optimize the combination of injection timing and combustion chamber geometry to achieve higher performance and lower emissions from biodiesel fueled diesel engine. Experiments were performed using a blend of 20% Pongamia Oil Methyl Ester (POME) by volume in ULSD (B20), in a single cylinder Direct Injection (DI) diesel engine equipped with pistons having Hemispherical and Toroidal Reentrant Combustion Chamber (TRCC) geometries."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "The test results showed an improvement of 5.64% in brake thermal efficiency, a reduction of 4.6% in brake specific fuel consumption and a 11% increase of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) level for TRCC compared to baseline engine operated with ULSD due to better air-fuel mixing and retarded injection timing."

For more information on this research see: Combined effect of injection timing and

Page 23 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. combustion chamber geometry on the performance of a biodiesel fueled diesel engine. Energy, 2012;47(1):388-394. Energy can be contacted at: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Energy - www.elsevier.com/wps/product/cws_home/483)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting S. Jaichandar, Anna University, Madras Inst Technol, Dept. of Automobile Engn, Madras 600044, Tamil Nadu, India.

Keywords for this news article include: Asia, Biotechnology, India, Biodiesel, Tamil Nadu, Oil and Gas, Bioengineering, Energy Research

CO anunch : Anna University Chennai

NS gbiot : Biotechnology | gsci : Sciences/Technologies | gcat : Political/General News

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HD Indian Applicant Files Patent Application for Herbal Formulation for Prevention and Treatment of Diastema and Process of Preparation Thereof CR Distributed by Contify.com

WC 159 words

PD 20 February 2013

SN Indian Patent News

SC ATPATN

LA English

LP New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Manisha Naval Singh Jamra of Jhabua, India filed patent application for herbal formulation for prevention and treatment of diastema and process of preparation thereof. The inventor is Manisha Naval Singh Jamra.

Manisha Naval Singh Jamrafiled the patent application on April 25, 2011. The patent application number is 1308/MUM/2011 A. The international classification number is A61C 5/00.

TD According to the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks, "The invention provides a formulation for the prevention/curing/treatment of diastema in mammals and animals by administering an effective amount of a composition comprising of an extract from at least one plant selected from Jatropha spp., Azadirachta indica, Acacia nelotica, Achyranthus aspera, Commiphora myrrha and Pongamia pinnata and a combination thereof. The invention also provides a process for preparing the same."

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HD Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions Files Patent Application for Herbal Formulation for Fruit Ripening and Process for Preparation Thereof CR Distributed by Contify.com

WC 247 words

PD 18 February 2013

SN Indian Patent News

SC ATPATN

LA English

LP New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- India based Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI) filed patent application for herbal formulation for fruit ripening and process for preparation thereof. The inventors are Dabhi Anaduben Chandubhai, Patel Mavsingbhai Maganbhai, Vankar Valiben Bhagabhai and Sahu Budhdeb.

Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI) filed the patent application on April 5, 2011. The patent application number is 1138/MUM/2011 A. The international classification number is A61K36/19.

TD According to the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks, "The invention provides an herbal formulation for the ripening of fruits such as mango by administering an effective amount of the composition comprising of an extract of one or more plants selected from Pongamia pinnata, Butea monosperma, Salvadora persica, Cassia tora, Vitex negundo, Elettaria cardamom, Tamarindus indica, Shorea robusta, Cassia tora, Pongamia pinnata, Salvadora persica, Butea monosperma, Musa paradisiaca, Butea monosperma, Shorea robusta, Tectona grandis, Azadirachta indica or combination thereof. The invention also

About the Applicant

Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI) is a non-governmental organization set up to strengthen the creativity of grassroots inventors, innovators and ecopreneurs engaged in conserving biodiversity and developing eco-friendly solutions to local problems.

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LP BANGALORE, February 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

EEP-SEA Selects VayuSap™ Among 168 Other Projects for a Grant of Over $1 Million

TD India-based VayuGrid and Zambia-based BetterWorld Energy have inked an agreement to partner on VayuSap™ biofuel development zones in Zambia.The development zones, based on Elite VayuSap™ trees, will produce sustainable energy, local jobs, and reforest and rehabilitate degraded lands which will, in turn, raise living standards for the local communities and replace imports of petroleum fuels across the country.

The Energy and Environment Partnership in Southern and Eastern Africa (EEP-SEA), funded by the governments of Finland, Austria, UK, and hosted by the Development Bank of Southern Africa, recently selected the VayuSap™ project for a phase 1 grant as the only project out of 168 projects submitted in this sector in Zambia. The VayuSap™ project is based on a sustainable networked model to enable rural communities to plant VayuSap™ trees on degraded and deforested land, and to link these plantations to central commercial plantations and processing hubs.

"Over 70% of Zambia's energy needs currently come from forest biomass," said Dr. Benjamin Warr, Founder and Managing Director of BetterWorld Energy."The VayuSap™ tree together with our development zone business model are excellent solutions to drastically turn-around the environmental degradation while reducing poverty and increasing energy access."

"Zambia is going through a dramatic transformation as the country looks at economic

Page 29 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. diversification," said Doug Peterson, CEO of VayuGrid."Our partnership with BetterWorld Energy will address the needs of sustainable energy in an ROI based model to benefit all players in the value chain, including the rural communities, the energy consumers, and the government."

The phase 1 grant will lead to over $1M in grant funding, and serve as a pilot for expected over 20,000 acres of VayuSap™ biofuel development zones over the next 5 years.

About VayuGrid:

VayuGrid Marketplace Services Pvt. Ltd. is a Bangalore, India-based company focused on building biofuel supply chains around Elite Pongamia to address the challenge of predictability in the renewable fuel supply chain, from upstream plantation to midstream processing t o downstream markets. Its elite Pongamia planting material branded VayuSap™ is superior to "ordinary" Pongamia in precocity, yield, disease resistance and specific biochemical products of industrial value.

VayuGrid is focusing its efforts on building BioEnergy Plantations around VayuSap™ in markets such as Asia, Africa and the Middle East. www.vayugrid.com

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BetterWorld Energy is a for-profit social enterprise working to develop context-dependent sustainable bioenergy business innovations that will:

*provide sustainable renewable bioenergy to rural and peri-urban communities

*rehabilitate and protect fragile, degraded and polluted soils

*generate competitive ROI for socially responsible investors

*increase income and the quality of life for producer-consumer communities

BetterWorld works to assist both business and communities to secure reliable access to domestically produced energy, to reduce GHG emissions, to reduce long-term energy costs and generate significant social capital value. The companies networked business is based on the principles of social value innovation (SVI) - where increased value to clients (private benefits) such as reduced costs and improvements in product-service quality are intimately and unavoidably linked to societal and environmental improvements (public benefits). The solutions involve multiple stakeholders and bring together partners from around the World to

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LP an arrangement with PR Newswire. PTI takes no editorial responsibility for the same.) VayuGrid Signs MoU to Establish Green Mine Zones in India , Green Mine Zones Will Lead the Way Towards Socially Inclusive and Responsible Mining

BANGALORE, February 7, 2013/PRNewswire/ --India will soon see Green Coal, thanks to the MoU signed between Bangalore based VayuGrid and BVM Minerals to establish "Green Mine Zones" in all mining areas across the country. BVM Minerals, an established and reputed mine developer and operator based in Ranchi, Jharkhand, and led by J P Singh, has over four decades of experience in the mining sector.

TD In a first-of-its-kind association, these "Green Mine Zones" will enable mining companies to take their first sure step towards Responsible Mining, which will ensure environment protection by way of improved air, water and soil quality over a period of time while developing sustainable livelihood and employment for the locals.

"The Green Mine Zones will drive compliance with policy documents framed for mandatory conservation of the environment," said J P Singh, Chairman of BVM Minerals.

According to him, "VayuGrid's VayuSap(TM) based Zones have the potential to create a fundamental shift in the way mining and environment will be perceived in future. Most importantly, its Return on Investment (ROI)-based approach makes the Green Mine Zones economically sustainable while being socially relevant."

"J P Singh and BVM's long history in the natural resources sector, and the corporate

Page 32 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. philosophy for safety, quality and value make it the right company for VayuGrid to partner with for this sector," said Doug Peterson, CEO of VayuGrid. "In addition, BVM's deep experience in mining, trading and minerals processing make this an excellent combination for providing green mining solutions across India," added Peterson.

The first 500-acre or 2 sq.km. stretch of Green Mine Zone is expected to come up within the next six months. The next 24 months is expected to see this expand to over 5,000 acres or 20 sq.km. For mining companies, besieged by the need to be environmentally compliant, socially relevant and economically sustainable, Green Mine Zones is a means of creating value on lands that would otherwise be nothing but barren wasteland.

About VayuGrid- VayuGrid Marketplace Services Pvt. Ltd. is a Bangalore-based company focused on building biofuel supply chains around Elite Pongamia to address the challenge of Predictability in the renewable fuel supply chain, from upstream plantation to midstream processing to downstream markets. Its elite pongamia planting material branded VayuSap(TM) is more superior to "ordinary" Pongamia in precocity, yield, disease resistance and specific biochemical products of industrial value.

VayuGrid is focusing its efforts on building BioEnergy Plantations around VayuSap(TM) in markets such as Asia, Africa and the Middle East. www.vayugrid.com [http://www.vayugrid.com ]

About BVM Minerals- Headquartered in Ranchi and led by a former Coal India Director, BVM Minerals provides end-to-end solutions in Mining consultancy, Mining Exploration, Mine Plan development apart from the core business of Global Mining Operations. BVM Minerals and its team members in various capacities have been involved in the business of Mine development and Operations Management for reputed corporates like JSW, Arcellor Mittal and government enterprises like JSMDC.

BVM believes in balancing of forces, which reflects in its Philosophy of "Giving Back to Mother Earth what we take away from Her". BVM strongly endorses efforts of VayuGrid in this regard, which also synergises very well with its own core values.

Primary Media Contact: Ms. Latha Chandradeep, [email protected], 91- 9886392770. Source: VayuGrid Marketplace Services Pvt. Ltd. PRN VSS

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Green Mine Zones Will Lead the Way Towards Socially Inclusive and Responsible Mining

TD India will soon see Green Coal, thanks to the MoU signed between Bangalore based VayuGrid and BVM Minerals to establish "Green Mine Zones" in all mining areas across the country. BVM Minerals, an established and reputed mine developer and operator based in Ranchi, Jharkhand, and led by J P Singh, has over four decades ofexperience in the mining sector.

In a first-of-its-kind association, these "Green Mine Zones" will enable mining companies to take their first sure step towards Responsible Mining, which will ensure environment protection by way of improved air, water and soil quality over a period of time while developing sustainable livelihood and employment for the locals.

"The Green Mine Zones will drive compliance with policy documents framed for mandatory conservation of the environment," said J P Singh, Chairman of BVM Minerals. According to him, "VayuGrid's VayuSap™ based Zones have the potential to create a fundamental shift in the way mining and environment will be perceived in future. Most importantly, its Return on Investment (ROI)-based approach makes the Green Mine Zones economically sustainable while being socially relevant."

"J P Singh and BVM's long history in the natural resources sector, and the corporate philosophy for safety, quality and value make it the right company for VayuGrid to partner with

Page 35 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. for this sector," said Doug Peterson, CEO of VayuGrid."In addition, BVM's deep experience in mining, trading and minerals processing make this an excellent combination for providing green mining solutions across India," added Peterson.

About VayuGrid

VayuGrid Marketplace Services Pvt. Ltd. is a Bangalore-based company focused on building biofuel supply chains around Elite Pongamia to address the challenge of Predictability in the renewable fuel supply chain, from upstream plantation to midstream processing to downstream markets. Its elite pongamia planting material branded VayuSap™ is more superior to "ordinary" Pongamia in precocity, yield, disease resistance and specific biochemical products of industrial value.

VayuGrid is focusing its efforts on building BioEnergy Plantations around VayuSap™ in markets such as Asia, Africa and the Middle East. www.vayugrid.com

About BVM Minerals

Headquartered in Ranchi and led by a former Coal India Director, BVM Minerals provides end-to-end solutions in Mining consultancy, Mining Exploration, Mine Plan development apart from the core business of Global Mining Operations. BVM Minerals and its team members in various capacities have been involved in the business of Mine development and Operations Management for reputed corporates like JSW, Arcellor Mittal and government enterprises like JSMDC.

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LP 2013 JAN 30 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Biotech Week -- Unigen, Inc. has been issued patent application serial number 493820, according to news reporting originating out of Washington, D.C., by NewsRx editors.

The patent's inventors are Jia, Qi (Superior, CO); Nichols, Timothy C. (San Diego, CA); Rhoden, Eric E. (Duluth, GA); Waite, Scott (Long Beach, CA).

TD This patent application was filed on June 11, 2012 and was cleared for further review on January 17, 2013.

From the background information supplied by the inventors, news correspondents obtained the following quote: "The liberation and metabolism of arachidonic acid (AA) from the cell membrane, results in the generation of pro-inflammatory metabolites by several different pathways. Arguably, the two most important pathways to inflammation are mediated by the enzymes 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) and cyclooxygenase (COX). These are parallel pathways that result in the generation of leukotrienes and prostaglandins, respectively, which play important roles in the initiation and progression of the inflammatory response. These vasoactive compounds are chemotaxins, which both promote infiltration of inflammatory cells into tissues and serve to prolong the inflammatory response. Consequently, the enzymes responsible for generating these mediators of inflammation have become the targets for many new anti-inflammatory drugs.

"Inhibition of the enzyme cyclooxygenase (COX) is the mechanism of action attributed to most nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS). There are two distinct isoforms of the COX enzyme (COX-1 and COX-2) that share approximately 60% sequence homology, but differ in

Page 38 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. expression profiles and function. COX-1 is a constitutive form of the enzyme that has been linked to the production of physiologically important prostaglandins, which help regulate normal physiological functions, such as platelet aggregation, protection of cell function in the stomach and maintenance of normal kidney function. (Dannhardt and Kiefer (2001) Eur. J. Med. Chem. 36:109-26). The second isoform, COX-2, is a form of the enzyme that is inducible by pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin-1.beta. (IL-.beta.) and other growth factors. (Herschmann (1994) Cancer Metastasis Rev. 134:241-56; Xie et al. (1992) Drugs Dev. Res. 25:249-65). This isoform catalyzes the production of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) from arachidonic acid (AA). Inhibition of COX-2 is responsible for the anti- inflammatory activities of conventional NSAIDs.

"Because the mechanism of action of COX-2 inhibitors overlaps with that of most conventional NSAID's, COX-2 inhibitors are used to treat many of the same symptoms, including pain and swelling associated with inflammation in transient conditions and chronic diseases in which inflammation plays a critical role. Transient conditions include treatment of inflammation associated with minor abrasions, sunburn or contact dermatitis, as well as, the relief of pain associated with tension and migraine headaches and menstrual cramps. Applications to chronic conditions include arthritic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Although, rheumatoid arthritis is largely an autoimmune disease and osteoarthritis is caused by the degradation of cartilage in joints, reducing the inflammation associated with each provides a significant increase in the quality of life for those suffering from these diseases. (Wienberg (2001) Immunol. Res. 22:319-41; Wollhiem (2000) Curr. Opin. Rheum. 13:193- 201). In addition to rheumatoid arthritis, inflammation is a component of rheumatic diseases in general. Therefore, the use of COX inhibitors has been expanded to include diseases, such as systemic lupus erythromatosus (SLE) (Goebel et al. (1999) Chem. Res. Tox. 12:488-500; Patrono et al. (1985) J. Clin. Invest. 76:1011-1018), as well as, rheumatic skin conditions, such as scleroderma. COX inhibitors are also used for the relief of inflammatory skin conditions that are not of rheumatic origin, such as psoriasis, in which reducing the inflammation resulting from the over production of prostaglandins could provide a direct benefit. (Fogh et al. (1993) Acta Derm Venerologica 73:191-3). Simply stated COX inhibitors are useful for the treatment of symptoms of chronic inflammatory diseases, as well as, the occasional ache and pain resulting from transient inflammation.

"In addition to their use as anti-inflammatory agents, another potential role for COX inhibitors is in the treatment of cancer. Over expression of COX-2 has been demonstrated in various human malignancies and inhibitors of COX-2 have been shown to be efficacious in the treatment of animals with skin, breast and bladder tumors. While the mechanism of action is not completely defined, the over expression of COX-2 has been shown to inhibit apoptosis and increase the invasiveness of tumorgenic cell types. (Dempke et al. (2001) J. Can. Res. Clin. Oncol. 127:411-17; Moore and Simmons (2000) Current Med. Chem. 7:1131-44). It is

Page 39 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. possible that enhanced production of prostaglandins resulting from the over expression of COX-2 promotes cellular proliferation and consequently, increases angiogenesis. (Moore and Simmons (2000) Current Med. Chem. 7:1131-44; Fenton et al. (2001) Am. J. Clin. Oncol. 24:453-57).

"There have been a number of clinical studies evaluating COX-2 inhibitors for potential use in the prevention and treatment of different type of cancers. Aspirin, a non-specific NSAID, for example, has been found to reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer by 40-50% (Giovannucci et al. (1995) N Engl J Med. 333:609-614) and mortality by 50% (Smalley et al. (1999) Arch Intern Med. 159:161-166). In 1999, the FDA approved the COX-2 inhibitor CeleCOXib for use in FAP (Familial Ademonatous Polyposis) to reduce colorectal cancer mortality. It is believed that other cancers, with evidence of COX-2 involvement, may be successfully prevented and/or treated with COX-2 inhibitors including, but not limited to esophageal cancer, head and neck cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma and non-small cell lung cancer. (Jaeckel et al. (2001) Arch. Otolarnygol. 127:1253-59; Kirschenbaum et al. (2001) Urology 58:127-31; Dannhardt and Kiefer (2001) Eur. J. Med. Chem. 36:109-26). COX-2 inhibitors may also prove successful in preventing colon cancer in high-risk patients. There is also evidence that COX-2 inhibitors can prevent or even reverse several types of life-threatening cancers. To date, as many as fifty studies show that COX-2 inhibitors can prevent premalignant and malignant tumors in animals, and possibly prevent bladder, esophageal and skin cancers as well.

"Recent scientific progress has identified correlations between COX-2 expression, general inflammation and the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease (AD). (Ho et al. (2001) Arch. Neurol. 58:487-92). In animal models, transgenic mice that over express the COX-2 enzyme have neurons that are more susceptible to damage. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is launching a clinical trial to determine whether NSAIDs can slow the progression of Alzheimer's Disease. Naproxen (a non-selective NSAID) and rofeCOXib (Vioxx, a COX-2 specific selective NSAID) will be evaluated. Previous evidence has indicated inflammation contributes to Alzheimer's Disease. According to the Alzheimer's Association and the NIA, about 4 million people suffer from AD in the U.S.; and this is expected to increase to 14 million by mid-century.

"The COX enzyme (also known as prostaglandin H2 synthase) catalyzes two separate reactions. In the first reaction, arachidonic acid is metabolized to form the unstable prostaglandin G2 (PGG2), a cyclooxygenase reaction. In the second reaction, PGG2 is converted to the endoperoxide PGH2, a peroxidase reaction. The short-lived PGH2 non- enzymatically degrades to PGE2. The compounds described herein are the result of a discovery strategy that combined an assay focused on the inhibition of COX-1 and COX-2

"Flavonoids are a widely distributed group of natural products. The intake of flavonoids has been demonstrated to be inversely related to the risk of incident dementia. The mechanism of action, while not known, has been speculated as being due to the anti-oxidative effects of flavonoids. (Commenges et al. (2000) Eur. J. Epidemiol 16:357-363). Polyphenol flavones induce programmed cell death, differentiation, and growth inhibition in transformed colonocytes by acting at the mRNA level on genes including COX-2, Nf kappaB and bcl-X(L). (Wenzel et al. (2000) Cancer Res. 60:3823-3831). It has been reported that the number of hydroxyl groups on the B ring is important in the suppression of COX-2 transcriptional activity. (Mutoh et al. (2000) Jnp. J. Cancer Res. 91:686-691).

"Free-B-Ring flavones and flavonols are a specific class of flavonoids, which have no substituent groups on the aromatic B ring, as illustrated by the following general structure:

"##STR00001##

"wherein

"R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, and R.sub.5 are independently selected from the group consisting of --H, --OH, --SH, OR, --SR, --NH.sub.2, --NHR, --NR.sub.2, -- NR.sub.3.sup.+X.sup.-, a carbon, oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur, glycoside of a single or a combination of multiple sugars including, but not limited to aldopentoses, methyl-aldopentose, aldohexoses, ketohexose and their chemical derivatives thereof;

"wherein

"R is an alkyl group having between 1-10 carbon atoms; and

"X is selected from the group of pharmaceutically acceptable counter anions including, but not limited to hydroxyl, chloride, iodide, sulfate, phosphate, acetate, fluoride, carbonate, etc. Free- B-Ring flavonoids are relatively rare. Out of a total 9396 flavonoids synthesized or isolated from natural sources, only 231 Free-B-Ring flavonoids are known. (The Combined Chemical Dictionary, Chapman & Hall/CRC, Version 5:1 Jun. 2001).

"The Chinese medicinal plant, Scutellaria baicalensis contains significant amounts of Free-B- Ring flavonoids, including baicalein, baicalin, wogonin and baicalenoside. Traditionally, this plant has been used to treat a number of conditions including clearing away heat, purging fire, dampness-warm and summer fever syndromes; polydipsia resulting from high fever;

Page 41 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. carbuncle, sores and other pyogenic skin infections; upper respiratory infections, such as acute tonsillitis, laryngopharyngitis and scarlet fever; viral hepatitis; nephritis; pelvitis; dysentery; hematemesis and epistaxis. This plant has also traditionally been used to prevent miscarriage. (See Encyclopedia of Chinese Traditional Medicine, ShangHai Science and Technology Press, ShangHai, China, 1998). Clinically Scutellaria is now used to treat conditions such as pediatric pneumonia, pediatric bacterial diarrhea, viral hepatitis, acute gallbladder inflammation, hypertension, topical acute inflammation, resulting from cuts and surgery, bronchial asthma and upper respiratory infections (Encyclopedian of Chinese Traditional Medicine, ShangHai Science and Technology Press, ShangHai, China, 1998). The pharmacological efficacy of Scutellaria roots for treating bronchial asthma is reportedly related to the presence of Free-B-Ring flavonoids and their suppression of eotaxin associated recruitment of eosinophils. (Nakajima et al. (2001) Planta Med. 67(2):132-135).

"Free-B-Ring flavonoids have been reported to have diverse biological activity. For example, galangin (3,5,7-trihydroxyflavone) acts as anti-oxidant and free radical scavenger and is believed to be a promising candidate for anti-genotoxicity and cancer chemoprevention. (Heo et al. (2001) Mutat. Res. 488(2):135-150). It is an inhibitor of tyrosinase monophenolase (Kubo et al. (2000) Bioorg. Med. Chem. 8(7):1749-1755), an inhibitor of rabbit heart carbonyl reductase (Imamura et al. (2000) J. Biochem. 127(4):653-658), has antimicrobial activity (Afolayan and Meyer (1997) Ethnopharmacol. 57(3):177-181) and antiviral activity (Meyer et al. (1997) J. Ethnopharmacol. 56(2):165-169). Baicalein and galangin, two other Free-B-Ring flavonoids, have antiproliferative activity against human breast cancer cells. (So et al. (1997) Cancer Lett. 112(2):127-133).

"Typically, flavonoids have been tested for activity randomly based upon their availability. Occasionally, the requirement of substitution on the B-ring has been emphasized for specific biological activity, such as the B-ring substitution required for high affinity binding to p- glycoprotein (Boumendjel et al. (2001) Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 11(1):75-77); cardiotonic effect (Itoigawa et al. (1999) J. Ethnopharmacol. 65(3): 267-272), protective effect on endothelial cells against linoleic acid hydroperoxide-induced toxicity (Kaneko and Baba (1999) Biosci Biotechnol. Biochem 63(2):323-328), COX-1 inhibitory activity (Wang (2000) Phytomedicine 7:15-19) and prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase (Kalkbrenner et al. (1992) Pharmacology 44(1):1-12). Only a few publications have mentioned the significance of the unsubstituted B ring of the Free-B-Ring flavonoids. One example, is the use of 2-phenyl flavones, which inhibit NAD(P)H quinone acceptor oxidoreductase, as potential anticoagulants. (Chen et al. (2001) Biochem. Pharmacol. 61(11):1417-1427).

"The reported mechanism of action related to the anti-inflammatory activity of various Free-B- Ring flavonoids has been controversial. The anti-inflammatory activity of the Free-B-Ring flavonoids, chrysin (Liang et al. (2001) FEBS Lett. 496(1):12-18), wogonin (Chi et al. (2001)

Page 42 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. Biochem. Pharmacol. 61:1195-1203) and halangin (Raso et al. (2001) Life Sci. 68(8):921- 931), has been associated with the suppression of inducible cyclooxygenase and nitric oxide synthase via activation of peroxisome-proliferator activated receptor gamma and influence on degranulation and AA release. (Tordera et al. (1994) Z. Naturforsch [C]49:235-240). It has been reported that oroxylin, baicalein and wogonin inhibit 12-lipoxygenase activity without affecting cyclooxygenase. (You et al. (1999) Arch. Pharm. Res. 22(1):18-24). More recently, the anti-inflammatory activity of wogonin, baicalin and baicalein has been reported as occurring through inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase and COX-2 gene expression induced by nitric oxide inhibitors and lipopolysaccharide. (Chen et al. (2001) Biochem. Pharmacol. 61(11):1417-1427). It has also been reported that oroxylin acts via suppression of nuclear factor-kappa B activation. (Chen et al. (2001) Biochem. Pharmacol. 61(11):1417- 1427). Finally, wogonin reportedly inhibits inducible PGE2 production in macrophages. (Wakabayashi and Yasui (2000) Eur. J. Pharmacol. 406(3):477-481). Inhibition of the phosphorylation of mitrogen-activated protein kinase and inhibition of Ca.sup.2+ ionophore A23187 induced prostaglandin E2 release by baicalein has been reported as the mechanism of anti-inflammatory activity of Scutellariae Radix. (Nakahata et al. (1999) Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi, 114, Supp. 11:215P-219P; Nakahata et al. (1998) Am. J, Chin Med. 26:311-323). Baicalin from Sculettaria baicalensis, reportedly inhibits superantigenic staphylococcal exotoxins stimulated T-cell proliferation and production of IL-1.beta., interleukin 6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-.alpha. (TNF-.alpha.), and interferon-.gamma. (IFN-.gamma.). (Krakauer et al. (2001) FEBS Lett. 500:52-55). Thus, the anti-inflammatory activity of baicalin has been associated with inhibiting the proinflammatory cytokines mediated signaling pathways activated by superantigens. However, it has also been proposed that the anti-inflammatory activity of baicalin is due to the binding of a variety of chemokines, which limits their biological activity. (Li et al. (2000) Immunopharmacology 49:295-306). Recently, the effects of baicalin on adhesion molecule expression induced by thrombin and thrombin receptor agonist peptide (Kimura et al. (2001) Planta Med. 67:331-334), as well as, the inhibition of mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade (MAPK) (Nakahata et al. (1999) Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi, 114, Supp 11:215P-219P; Nakahata et al. (1998) Am. J. Chin Med. 26:311-323) have been reported. To date there have been no reports that link Free-B-Ring flavonoids with COX-2 inhibitory activity.

"To date, a number of naturally occurring Free-B-Ring flavonoids have been commercialized for varying uses. For example, liposome formulations of Scutellaria extracts have been utilized for skin care (U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,643,598; 5,443,983). Baicalin has been used for preventing cancer, due to its inhibitory effects on oncogenes (U.S. Pat. No. 6,290,995). Baicalin and other compounds have been used as antiviral, antibacterial and immunomodulating agents (U.S. Pat. No. 6,083,921) and as natural anti-oxidants (Poland Pub. No. 9,849,256). Chrysin has been used for its anxiety reducing properties (U.S. Pat. No. 5,756,538). Anti-inflammatory flavonoids are used for the control and treatment of anorectal

Page 43 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. and colonic diseases (U.S. Pat. No. 5,858,371), and inhibition of lipoxygenase (U.S. Pat. No. 6,217,875). Flavonoid esters constitute active ingredients for cosmetic compositions (U.S. Pat. No. 6,235,294).

"Japanese Patent No. 63027435, describes the extraction, and enrichment of baicalein and Japanese Patent No. 61050921 describes the purification of baicalin."

Supplementing the background information on this patent application, NewsRx reporters also obtained the inventors' summary information for this patent: "The present invention includes methods that are effective in inhibiting the cyclooxygenase enzyme COX-2. The method for inhibiting the cyclooxygenase enzyme COX-2 is comprised of administering a composition comprising a Free-B-Ring flavonoid or a composition containing a mixture of Free-B-Ring flavonoids to a host in need thereof.

"The present also includes methods for the prevention and treatment of COX-2 mediated diseases and conditions. The method for preventing and treating COX-2 mediated diseases and conditions is comprised of administering to a host in need thereof an effective amount of a composition comprising a Free-B-Ring flavonoid or a composition containing a mixture of Free-B-Ring flavonoids and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

"The Free-B-Ring flavonoids that can be used in accordance with the following include compounds illustrated by the following general structure:

"##STR00002##

"wherein

"R is an alkyl group having between 1-10 carbon atoms; and

"X is selected from the group of pharmaceutically acceptable counter anions including, but not limited to hydroxyl, chloride, iodide, sulfate, phosphate, acetate, fluoride, carbonate, etc.

Page 44 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. "The method of this invention can be used to treat and prevent a number of COX-2 mediated diseases and conditions including, but not limited to, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, menstrual cramps, systemic lupus erythromatosus, psoriasis, chronic tension headaches, migraine headaches, topical wound and minor inflammatory conditions, inflammatory bowel disease and solid cancers.

"The Free-B-Ring flavonoids of this invention may be obtained by synthetic methods or extracted from the family of plants including, but not limited to Annonaceae, Asteraceae, Bignoniaceae, Combretaceae, Compositae, Euphorbiaceae, Labiatae, Lauranceae, Leguminosae, Moraceae, Pinaceae, Pteridaceae, Sinopteridaceae, Ulmaceae and Zingiberacea. The Free-B-Ring flavonoids can be extracted, concentrated, and purified from the following genus of high plants, including but not limited to Desmos, Achyrocline, Oroxylum, Buchenavia, Anaphalis, Cotula, Gnaphalium, Helichrysum, Centaurea, Eupatorium, Baccharis, Sapium, Scutellaria, Molsa, Colebrookea, Stachys, Origanum, Ziziphora, Lindera, Actinodaphne, Acacia, Derris, Glycyrrhiza, Millettia, Pongamia, Tephrosia, Artocarpus, Ficus, Pityrogramma, Notholaena, Pinus, Ulmus and Alpinia.

"The compositions of this invention can be administered by any method known to one of ordinary skill in the art. The modes of administration include, but are not limited to, enteral (oral) administration, parenteral (intravenous, subcutaneous, and intramuscular) administration and topical application. The method of treatment according to this invention comprises administering internally or topically to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of the individual and/or a mixture of multiple Free-B-Ring flavonoids from a single source or multiple sources that include, but not limited to, synthetically obtained, naturally occurring, or any combination thereof.

"This invention includes an improved method for isolating and purifying Free-B-Ring flavonoids from plants containing these compounds. The method of the present invention comprises: a) extracting the ground biomass of a plant containing Free-B-Ring flavonoids; b) neutralizing and concentrating said extract; and c) purifying said neutralized and concentrated extract. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the extract is purified using a method selected from the group consisting of recrystallization, precipitation, solvent partition and/or chromatographic separation. The present invention provides a commercially viable process for the isolation and purification of Free-B-Ring flavonoids having desirable physiological activity.

"The present invention implements a strategy that combines a series of biomolecular screens with a chemical dereplication process to identify active plant extracts and the particular compounds within those extracts that specifically inhibit COX-2 enzymatic activity and inflammation. A total of 1230 plant extracts were screened for their ability to inhibit the

Page 45 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. peroxidase activity associated with recombinant COX-2. This primary screen identified 22 plant extracts that were further studied for their ability to specifically and selectively inhibit COX-2 in vitro in both cell based and whole blood assays. Those extracts that were efficacious in vitro were then tested for their ability to inhibit inflammation in vivo using a both air pouch and topical ear-swelling models of inflammation when administered by multiple routes (IP and oral). These studies resulted in the discovery of botanical extracts that inhibited COX-2 activity and were efficacious both in vitro and in vivo. These studies also resulted in the identification of specific Free-B-Ring flavonoids associated with COX-2 inhibition in each of these extracts. Applicant believes that this is first report of a correlation between Free-B- Ring flavonoid structure and COX-2 inhibitory activity.

"It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention as claimed."

For the URL and additional information on this patent application, see: Jia, Qi; Nichols, Timothy C.; Rhoden, Eric E.; Waite, Scott. Identification of Free-B-Ring Flavonoids as Potent Cox-2 Inhibitors. U.S. Patent Serial Number 493820, filed June 11, 2012, and posted January 17, 2013. Patent URL: http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph- Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch- adv.html&r=1842&p=37&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=20130110.PD.&OS=PD/20130110&RS=PD /20130110

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LP 2013 JAN 25 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Chemicals & Chemistry -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/jp6zgc/bioactive_food_as) has announced the addition of Elsevier Science and Technology's new book "Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for the Aging Population" to their offering.

Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for the Aging Population presents scientific evidence of the impact bioactive foods can have in the prevention and mediation of age related diseases. Written by experts from around the world, this volume provides important information that will not only assist in treatment therapies, but inspire research and new work related to this area.

TD - Focuses on the role of bioactive foods in addressing chronic conditions associated with aging and senescence

- Important information for developing research on this rapidly growing population representing an increasingly significant financial burden

- Documents foods that can affect metabolic syndrome and ways the associated information could be used to understand other diseases, which share common etiological pathways. Main Key Topics Covered: Antioxidant supplementation in health promotion and modulation of aging: An overview

Dietary effects on epigenetics with aging Bioactive foods in Aging: role in cancer prevention and treatment Micronutrients and Older Adults Food and longevity genes Dietary Patterns/Diet and Health of Adults in Economically Developing Countries Diet and Aging: Role

Page 48 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. in Prevention of muscle mass loss Dietary calories on cardiovascular function in older adults Mediterranean lifestyle and diet: Deconstructing mechanisms of health benefits Creatine and Exercise: A role in prevention of muscle loss in Elderly Exercise in maintenance of muscle mass: effects of exercise on apoptosis in aging skeletal muscle Preventing the mental ill health epidemic: An overview Energy metabolism and diet: Effects on healthspan Ayurvedic Rasayana drugs and plants in preventing aging and senescence Selenium, selenoprotein and age-related disorders Antioxidants and aging in ANIMALS Medicinal Prairie Plants and Aging Adults: Role in Health & Disease Ginseng and Micronutrients Asian Medicinal Remedies for Alleviating Aging Effects Minerals and Older Adults Bioactive foods and nutrients: Role on inflammation and arthritis in athletes Effects of beef on inflammation affecting arthritis Soy studies Mechanisms Aging, zinc and bone health Dietary antioxidants and rheumatoid arthritis Zingiber officinale (Ginger) a traditional anti-inflammatory and antiarthritic agent: A systematic review of recent literature Mechanisms of fish oil modulated inflammation and health Flavonoids and immunomodulation Anti-inflammatory properties of genetically modified lactic acid bacteria Medicinal Efficacy of Indian Herbal Remedies for the Treatment of Arthritis Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory actions of Passion fruit peel extract in modify arthritis, hypertension, and asthma Bioactive foods and their emerging role in immunomodulation, inflammation and arthritis General beneficial effects on health of Pongamia Pinnata (L.) Pierre Anti-atherogenic effects of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.): Scientific observations and ethnomedicinal validation For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/jp6zgc/bioactive_food_as Source: Elsevier Science and Technology

Keywords for this news article include: Antioxidants, Protective Agents, Research and Markets, Science And Technology.

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CY 2013 Content Enterprises, Inc.

LP Fortaleza, Brazil, January 10, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The project involves the cultivation of 350 hectares on land on which 196.000 Pongamia Millettia Pinnata trees will be planted. The project is located in Fazenda Garca Branca - Trairi, Northeast Brazil.

This is a high yield Pongamia tree plantation scheme, benefitting from medium and long-term profits secured with freehold land ownership. The professional plantation management team is lead by the project manager Carlos Duarte, along with highly skilled forestry engineer Raimundo Goncalves.

TD Verde Vida, a specialist environmental company which takes care of forestry permits, carries out all the environmental studies needed for the project and assists in obtaining the required general permits needed for planting.

All plots within the farm have direct road access and the farm itself is on the border of a new asphalted road. Flecheiras Beach, rated one of the top beaches in Brazil, is only 6 km away.

Pongamia Millettia Pinnata:

This is a tree which stands to become an important second generation biofuels crop. Pongamia is capable of producing inedible oil (biodiesel), starch (ethanol) and the production of biogas is enabled by fermenting the pressed cake from the tree. The tree itself can be used as wood fuel and thus serves to prevent soil erosion by replacing wood cutting in the wild. It can be grown sustainably on marginal lands and does not need to compete with food production.

Millettia Pinnata, instead of wearing out soils, contributes to their recovery and enrichment:

Its dense network of lateral roots and its thick, long taproot make for heightened drought- resistance and it is well-suited to the intense heat and sunlight.

Pongamia gives high profit yields by way of the following products:

* Bio-Oil

* Bio-Ethanol

* Livestock Feed

* Soil Recovery

* Carbon credits

Its Resumed Key advantages are:

* Drought resistant (500-2500mm rainfall per year)

* Heat resistant (-1 to 50 degrees Celsius)

* Modern fully mechanical harvest

* Synchronized flowering and harvesting

* Tolerates saline conditions

* Timber producing

* Produces wood suitable for burning as a fuel

* Particularly ornamental

* Tolerates alkaline soils

* Legume (nitrogen fixing tree) soil fertilizer

* High oil yields per tree: up to 2 tonnes/hectare/year

* High oleic acid content (C18:1) of the extracted oil

* CO2 sequestrating of the perennial tree (up to 30 ton/hectare/year)

* Tolerant to water logging

* Seed cake as livestock nourishment

Advanced company know- how and technology:

Energy Crops Brazil is focusing its efforts on two complementary areas of research and operation:

a) The production of high performance energy crops, combined with

b) Cost efficient industrial processing of energy crops.

For this purpose, direct and extensive cooperation on technological research is being developed with relevant research institutions including:

* EMBRAPA (the worldwide operating Brazilian Research Company on Agriculture and Livestock)

* UECE (Ceara State University)

* FAEC (Federation of Agriculture in Ceara State)

* UFP (Piaui Federal University)

* IFCE (Federal Institute of Ceara, linked with agriculture know-how within Russas Irrigated District)

* IPT (Institute for Technological Research, from Vicente Mazzarella, in Sao Paulo).

* Verde Vida (environmental engineering)

Page 53 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. Energy Crops Brazil (ECB) is a Brazilian company dedicated to the production of high performance biomass crops, operating on both the agricultural, industrial and services sides of the business. The directors have more than 17 years of experience in the agribusiness and renewable energy sector in Brazil. Various large scale projects have been implemented including coconut, neem, sugar cane and African elephant grass (also known as Napier or Uganda grass).

The agricultural production is focused on professional farms located in Trairi and in the Russas Irrigated District, in the state of Ceara, Northeast Brazil.

Energy Crops Brazil is a multilingual company with offices in Brazil (Fortaleza, Ceara state capital), Portugal (Lisbon) and, as of April 2013, in Spain.

Contact Information:

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HD Dorekere lake wantonly polluted, say workers

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PD 10 January 2013

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LP Bangalore, Jan 9, 2013, DHNS:

Covered in rashes all over his body, Narayanappa resembles a man recovering from burns. He developed the rashes following de-weeding work at Dorekere lake in ttarahalli.

TD This despite having applied mixture of pongamia and neem oil to protect himself from leeches infesting the highly contaminated lake. "The oil mixture lasts only for an hour but burns my skin. Once the oil layer is gone, leeches cling to my skin and suck my blood," says Narayanappa.

One among a dozen labourers from Mandya assigned the task to de-weed the lake, Narayanappa has been into de-weeding water bodies for many years. It takes a month to clean a water body.

The Palike carried out its rejuvenation spending Rs 5 crore, by diverting all sewage pouring into the lake to a tertiary-level sewage treatment plant (STP), to pump in fully treated water into the lake. However, the mechanism is such that following heavy rains, excess water flowing through the storm water drain gushes into the lake polluting it and leading to the growth of water hyacinth.

However, according to those working at the lake, the STP operator releases untreated water into it during night. BBMP Chief Engineer (Lakes) B V Sathish, is aware of it, but quips: "You are the second person to tell me that untreated water from STP is let into the lake. I will check it out."

Page 55 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. Even as he wonders why would anyone pollute the lake, the labourers allege that with the water hyacinth spreading rapidly, it takes about three months to de-weed it. So the work would take six months, fetching the contractor not less than Rs 27 lakh.

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HD Research and Markets: Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for the Aging Population

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LP DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 09, 2013--

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/jp6zgc/bioactive_food_as) has announced the addition of Elsevier Science and Technology's new book "Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for the Aging Population" to their offering.

TD Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for the Aging Population presents scientific evidence of the impact bioactive foods can have in the prevention and mediation of age related diseases. Written by experts from around the world, this volume provides important information that will not only assist in treatment therapies, but inspire research and new work related to this area.

- Focuses on the role of bioactive foods in addressing chronic conditions associated with aging and senescence

- Important information for developing research on this rapidly growing population representing an increasingly significant financial burden

- Documents foods that can affect metabolic syndrome and ways the associated information could be used to understand other diseases, which share common etiological pathways.

Main Key Topics Covered:

1. Antioxidant supplementation in health promotion and modulation of aging: An overview

2. Dietary effects on epigenetics with aging Bioactive foods in Aging: role in cancer prevention and treatment

3. Micronutrients and Older Adults Food and longevity genes

4. Dietary Patterns/Diet and Health of Adults in Economically Developing Countries

5. Diet and Aging: Role in Prevention of muscle mass loss

6. Dietary calories on cardiovascular function in older adults

7. Mediterranean lifestyle and diet: Deconstructing mechanisms of health benefits

8. Creatine and Exercise: A role in prevention of muscle loss in

9. Elderly Exercise in maintenance of muscle mass: effects of exercise on apoptosis in aging skeletal muscle

10. Preventing the mental ill health epidemic: An overview

11. Energy metabolism and diet: Effects on healthspan

12. Ayurvedic Rasayana drugs and plants in preventing aging and senescence

13. Selenium, selenoprotein and age-related disorders

14. Antioxidants and aging in ANIMALS

15. Medicinal Prairie Plants and Aging Adults: Role in Health & Disease

16. Ginseng and Micronutrients Asian Medicinal Remedies for Alleviating Aging Effects

17. Minerals and Older Adults Bioactive foods and nutrients: Role on inflammation and arthritis in athletes

18. Effects of beef on inflammation affecting arthritis

19. Soy studies

20. Mechanisms Aging, zinc and bone health

21. Dietary antioxidants and rheumatoid arthritis

22. Zingiber officinale (Ginger) a traditional anti-inflammatory

23. Mechanisms of fish oil modulated inflammation and health

24. Flavonoids and immunomodulation

25. Anti-inflammatory properties of genetically modified lactic acid bacteria

26. Medicinal Efficacy of Indian Herbal Remedies for the Treatment of Arthritis

27. Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory actions of Passion fruit peel extract in modify arthritis, hypertension, and asthma

28. Bioactive foods and their emerging role in immunomodulation, inflammation and arthritis

29. General beneficial effects on health of Pongamia Pinnata (L.) Pierre

30. Anti-atherogenic effects of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.): Scientific observations and ethnomedicinal validation

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/jp6zgc/bioactive_food_as

Source: Elsevier Science and Technology

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LP 2013 JAN 4 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Energy Weekly News -- Investigators publish new report on Oil and Gas Research. According to news originating from Karnataka, India, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "Oil content, fatty acid composition and karanjin content were studied in developing pongamia seeds, at intervals of 3 weeks from 30 weeks after flowering up to 42 weeks. Three marked stages in seed development were observed at the early green pod stage, the middle half brown stage and the late dark brown stage."

TD Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Kuvempu University, "Significant variation in seed biomass, pod and seed characteristics were observed. A significant (P < 0.01) decrease in the moisture content of the seeds was observed during seed development. The oil content gradually increased from 32.06 to 36.53 % as the seed matured. A significant variation in fatty acid composition was detected across all stages of seed development. Palmitic acid (16:0) content marginally decreased from 11.81 to 10.18 %, while stearic acid (18:0) and linolenic acid (18:3) remained constant at all stages of seed maturity. A steady increase in oleic acid (18:1) content from 38.11 to 49.11 % was observed, while the linoleic acid (18:2) content decreased from 30.14 to 18.85 %. The iodine value increased, while the saponification number of oil decreased during seed development. The increase in karanjin content was steady."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Seeds harvested after 42 week after flowering yielded the maximum oil with high oleic acid content which could be suitable for biodiesel production."

For more information on this research see: Oil, Fatty Acid Profile and Karanjin Content in

Page 61 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. Developing Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre Seeds. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society, 2012;89(12):2237-2244. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society can be contacted at: Springer, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013, USA.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from H.R. Pavithra, Kuvempu Univ, Dept. of Appl Bot, Shimoga 577451, Karnataka, India.

Keywords for this news article include: Asia, India, Karnataka, Oil and Gas Research

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HD Spiders of the Genus Neoscona (Araneae: Araneidae) From Punjab, Pakistan

BY Muhammad Khalid Mukhtar

WC 5,780 words

PD 31 December 2012

SN Pakistan Journal of Zoology

SC ASZOOG

VOL 44

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LP Abstract

Spider fauna of the genus Neoscona Simon, 1864 was surveyed from 1996 through 1998 and in 2000. The spiders were collected from 48 localities in 28 districts of the Province of Punjab, Pakistan by jerking the plants and hand picking. A total of 380 spiders were captured from 64 different plants, of these, 203 specimens were females, 33 males and 144 specimens were immatures/subadults. In the present study of the genus, 10 species including one new species and one new record to Pakistan are reported, whereas four species are first time reported from Punjab but they have already been reported from other parts of the country. Key to the Pakistani species of the Neoscona genus is also presented in this paper.

TD Key words: Spiders, Araneae, Araneidae, Neoscona huzaifi new species, new record.

INTRODUCTION

Neoscona Simon, 1864 was listed by Roewer as a synonym of Araneus Clerck, 1757 but accepted as a separate genus by all recent authors. The genus is widely distributed and represented by 93 described species in the world (Platnick, 2012). The genus has been studied in Asia by many workers, from India (Tikader and Bal, 1981; Tikader and Biswas, 1981; Tikader, 1982; Biswas, 1987; Reddy and Patel, 1992; Biswas and Biswas, 1992, 1996, 2003, 2006; Biswas and Majumder, 1995, 2000; Gajbe and Gajbe, 2000; Patel and Vyas,

Page 63 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. 2001; Bhandari and Gajbe, 2001; Patel, 2003a, b; Gajbe, 2004, 2007; Sebastian and Peter 2009; Sen et al., 2011), China (Yin et al., 1997; Song et al., 1999, 2001; Hu, 2001; Zhang and Zhang, 2011), Philippines (Barrion and Litsinger, 1995; Barrion- Dupo, 2008), Korea (Yoo and Kim, 2002; Kim and Kim, 2002; Namkung, 2002, 2003) and from Japan (Tanikawa, 1998, 2007, 2009).

Recently, the spider fauna of the genus Neoscona has been studied by some other workers in the various parts of the world (Levi, 2002; Dondale et al., 2003; Almquist, 2005; Levy, 2007; Ledoux, 2008; Dierkens and Charlat, 2011; Álvarez-Padilla and Hormiga, 2011).

From Pakistan, few workers studied the genus only from localized areas. Simon (1907) recorded one species from Karachi, Sindh. Dyal (1935), Arshad et al. (1984), and Khatoon (1986) recorded three species of the genus Neoscona from Pakistan and placed them in genus Araneus which were later on transferred to genus Neoscona. Qadir (1997), Ghafoor (2002), Parveen (2003) and Butt and Siraj (2006) also repoted the genus from Punjab, Pakistan. Razzaq (2002) reported the genus from Northern Areas of Pakistan.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Spider fauna of the genus Neoscona was surveyed from 1996 through 1998 and in 2000. Sampling was done from 48 localities in 28 districts of the province of Punjab including federal capital, Islamabad. The longitudes and latitudes of the localities of the study area are given in Table I. The spiders were mostly collected by jerking the plants on a cloth sheet; some specimens were also collected by hand from the webs in the morning or other suitable time. The specimens were transferred into a container having 70% ethyl alcohol, before being brought to the laboratory. As the author did all the collection, so to avoid the repetition the collector’s name is not mentioned in the material examined. Collected specimens were washed with xylene and each specimen was preserved in a separate vial in 95% ethyl alcohol with little glycerine.

Permanent slides of the genitalia were prepared. Epigyne and male palpi were removed by using insect needle. Epigynes were cleared by using KOH pellets for variable time (depending on the degree of sclerotization), dehydrated with ethyl alcohol, then placed in clove oil, xylene and finally

Table I.- Localities of the study area with their Latitudes (N) and Longitudes (E). Coordinates Locality District Lat. (N) Lon. (E) Attock Attock 33°54' 72°14' Bahawalpur Bahawalpur 29°23' 71°39' Bhakkar Bhakkar 31°37' 71°03' ChakJhumra Faisalabad 31°34' 73°10' Chakwal Chakwal 32°56' 72°52' ChangaManga Kasur 31°05' 73°59' Chiniot Chiniot 31°43' 72°59' DG Khan DG Khan 30°03' 70°38' Faisalabad Faisalabad 31°25' 73°07' Fazilpur Rajanpur 29°18'

Page 64 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. 70°29' Fort Munro DG Khan 29°54' 69°59' Gojra TTSingh 31°09' 72°41' Gujranwala Gujranwala 32°09' 74°12' Gujrat Gujrat 32°34' 74°04' Hafizabad Hafizabad 32°04' 73°41' Harappa Sahiwal 30°37' 72°52' Islamabad Islamabad 33°43' 73°04' Jaranwala Faisalabad 31°15' 73°26 Jehium Jelilum 32°57' 73°44' Jhang Jhang 31°16' 72°19' Joharabad Khushab 32°17' 72°21' Kallar Kahar Chakwal 32°47' 72°43' Kharaian Gujrat 32°46' 74°16' Kufri (Soan Valley) Khushab 32°34' 72°11' Kundian Mianwali 32°27' 71°29' Lal Sohanra Bahawalpur 29°21' 71°58' Layyah Layyah 30'57' 70°57' Maharanawala Mianwali 32°53' 71°83' Mailsi Vehari 29°42' 72°12' Margalla Hills Islamabad 33°48' 73°10' Mianwali Mianwali 32°13' 71°33' Multan Multan 30°11' 71°26' Murree Rawalpindi 33°54' 73°22' Muzaffargarh Muzaffargarh 30°04 71°12' Okara Okara 30°48' 73°27' Pakpattan Pakpattan 30°25' 73°27' Pattoki Kasur 31°02' 73.85' Rawal dam Islamabad 33°40' 73°06' Rawalpindi Rawalpindi 33°36' 73°03' Samundri Faisalabad 31°04' 72°58' Sargodha Sargodha 32°04' 72°41' Sheilthupura Sheikhupura 31°43' 73°59' Shorkot City Jhang 30°50' 72°04' Shorkot Plantation Jhang 30°45' 72°12' Sialkot Sialkot 32°30' 74°32'

mounted in canada balsam. Male palpi were washed with xylene and mounted in canada balsam.

Identification was done on the basis of morphometric characters of various body parts and genitalia. The help was mainly taken from the literature mentioned in the introduction and other relevant literature.

The new species was selected for detailed studies. Measurements (mm) of various body parts of the specimens were taken with the help of ocular micrometer. The legs measurements are given in the following sequence: total (femur, patella + tibia, metatarsus, tarsus). The spination on the legs is presented in this sequence: dorsal, ventral, prolateral, and retrolateral. Scientific drawings of important body parts were drawn with the help of ocular grid. Comprehensive description of only new species is given. However, the already known species are provided with previous locality record (with emphasis on Pakistan and India). Key to the Pakistani species of the genus Neoscona is developed on the basis of morphological characters.

All the specimens were labeled with family, scientific name, plant on which found, date of collection, locality and collector’s name. At the completion of study, all the specimens and slides were housed in the Museum, Department of Zoology and Fisheries, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.

The abbreviations used in this paper are given here: AER, anterior eye row; AL, abdomen length; AME, anterior median eyes; AW, abdomen width; CL, carapace length; CRH, canal rest house; CRS, cotton research station; CW, carapace width; DG Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan;

Page 65 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. FC, forest colony; FH, fish hatchery; FP, forest plantation; GC, Government College; GMC, Government Marry College; GPGC = Government Post Graduate College; GSS, Government Secondary School; GZScC, Government Zamindara Science College; Imm, immature; KPK, Khyber Pakhtoon Kha Province; LE, lateral eyes; LL, leg lengths; MOQ, median ocular quadrangle, NP, National Park, ODOAE, Office of District Officer Agricultural Extension; PE, posterior eyes; PER, posterior eye row; PME, posterior median eyes; PLE, posterior lateral eyes; TL, total Length; UAF, University of Agriculture Faisalabad; Univ., University.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

In the present study of the genus, survey was carried out from a large area of the Punjab. A total of 380 spiders were captured from 64 different plants, of these, 203 specimens were females, 33 males and 144 specimens were immatures/subadults. This paper presents 10 species, including one new species and one new record to Pakistan, whereas four species are first time reported from Punjab but they have already been reported from other parts of the country.

Genus NEOSCONA Simon, 1864

1864. Neoscona Simon, Hist. Nat. Araign., 1: 261.

1924. Chinestela Chamberlin, Proc. U.S. Natn. Mus., 63: 20.

1926. Cubanella Franganillo, Bol. Soc. Entom. España, 9: 69.

1940. Neoscona Comstock, The Spider Book: 509.

1951. Afraranea Archer, Am. Mus. Novit. 1487: 1-52.

1960. Neoscona Yaginuma, Spiders of Japan in Color: 56.

Diagnosis

Presence of longitudinal thoracic groove in females separates Neoscona from the members of Araneus. MOQ forming a trapezium, slightly longer than wide. AME largest or sub equal to PME, LE close to each other and not born on prominent tubercles, PLE smallest, both ER recurved. Coxa I of male with a ventral hook in distal rim. Tibia II with strong prolateral spines. Abdomen variable in shape i.e. ovoid, sub ovoid, triangular, or sub triangular. Epigyne simple and tongue like, scape completely fused to base and bears one or two pairs of lateral lobes; epigynal opening underneath scape. Pedipalp in male with two long and curved spines on

Type species

Neoscona arabesca (Walckenaer, 1841)

Distribution

Cosmopolitan.

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF GENUS NEOSCONA SIMON

FROM PAKISTAN

1. Abdomen triangular; epigynal scape short, broad and triangular ...... N. nautica (L. Koch) - Abdomen sub triangular; epigynal scape neither short nor broad ...... 2

2. Epigynal scape without constriction at bending point .. 3

- Epigynal scape with constriction either at bending point or middle of scape ...... 4

3. Epigynal scape right angle to base; lateral lobes inconspicuous ...... N. bengalensis Tikader and Bal

- Epigynal scape not at right angle to base; lateral lobes conspicuous and rounded ......

...... N. chrysanthusi Tikader and Bal

4. MOQ as long as wide; abdomen as long as wide

...... N. huzaifi new species

- MOQ longer than wide; abdomen longer than wide .... 5

5. Cephalic region with conspicuous dark brown ‘V’

shaped patch; epigynal scape with deep constriction ......

...... N. mukerjei Tikader

- Cephalic region without ‘V’ shaped patch; epigynal scape without deep constirtuion ...... 6

6. Thoracic region uniformly dark brown; lateral lobes of epigyne very distinct, horn like .. N. vigilans (Blackwall)

- Thoracic region otherwise; lateral lobes of epigyne distinct or indistinct, blunt, not horn like ...... 7

7. Epigynal scape with one pair of lateral lobes ...... 8

Epigynal scape with two pairs of lateral lobes ...... 9

8. Sternum uniformly black; epigynal scape with prominent wide rim, without constriction ......

...... N. sinhagadensis (Tikader)

- Sternum dark brown with longitudinal white band; epigynal scape with no prominent rim, constriction behind lateral lobes ...... N. theisi (Walckenaer)

9. Carapace with one median and two lateral longitudinal brown patches; abdomen dorsum with mid longitudinal pale patch; first pair of lateral epigynal lobe conspicuous ...... N. shillongensis (Tikader and Bal)

- Carapace with ‘V’ shaped brown mark; abdomen dorsum without mid longitudinal pale patch; lateral lobes of epigyne inconspicuous...... N. pavida (Simon) Neoscona nautica (L. Koch, 1875)

1875. Eperia nautica L. Koch, Aegypt. Abyssin. Arachn. Jickeli: 17.

1877. Eperia pullata Thorell, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 10: 385.

1885. Eperia volucripes Keyserling, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wein, Vienna, 34: 528.

1900. Araneus nauticus Pocock, Fauna of British India: Arachnida: 228.

Centrali- Americana, Araneidea 2: 473.

1907. Araneus nauticus Simon, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 3: 290.

1930. Neoscona nautica Petrunkevitch, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., 30: 320.

Previously, Simon (1907) reported its distribution in Karachi, Sindh. Later on, Arshad et al. (1984) recorded this species from Swabi, KPK. It is first time reported from Punjab in this study.

Material examined

3 ♀♀, 1 ♂, 2 Imm, Sorghum bicolor, 28 July

1998, Chak 145/9L, Harappa, Sahiwal.

Previous locality record

Cosmotropical. Pakistan: Karachi, Sindh; Swabi, KPK. India: Poona, East Khandesh, Maharashtra; Darjeeling, West Bengal, Rajkot, Gujarat; Rilbong, Shillong, Meghalaya.

Neoscona bengalensis Tikader and Bal, 1981

1981. Neoscona bengalensis Tikader and Bal, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occ. Pap., 24: 15.

This species was reported from Sialkot, Punjab (Qadir 1997), from Faisalabad (Ghafoor, 2002) and Kaghan, Northern Areas (Razzaq, 2002).

During present work, it is recorded from a number of plants from Southern, Central and Northern Punjab.

Material examined

2 ♀♀, Berberis lycium, 5 September 1996, FP Murree, Rawalpindi;1 ♀, Zizyphus Jujuba, 6

September 1996, NP Margalla Hills, Islamabad; 1

♂, Rosa webbiana, 29 July 1997, Murree, Rawalpindi; Imm, Zea mays, 5 September 1997,

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October 1998, GPGC Chakwal; 2 ♀♀, 1 Imm, Justicia adhatoda, 2 October 1998, Kallar Kahar, Chakwal; 1 ♀, 1 Imm, Callistemon lanceolatus, 3 October 1998, GC Joharabad, Khushab; 5 ♀♀, 3 Imm, Prunus armeniaca, 4 October 1998, Kufri, Soan Valley, Khushab; 5 ♀♀, 4 Imm, Prunus domestica, 9.10.98, Fort Munro, DG Khan; 2 ♀♀, Psidium guajava, 14 October 1998, ODOAE Attock; 6 ♀♀, 2 Imm, Cupressus sempervirens, 15

October 1998, GC Jehlum; 4 Imm, Morus alba, 15

October 1998, GZScC Gujrat; 1 ♀, Hibiscus rosa- sinensis, 16 October 1998, GMC Sialkot;1 ♀, 1

Imm, Zizyphus mauritiana, 17 October 1998, GC

Gujranwala;1 ♀, 1 Imm, Arundo donax, 24 October 1998, Univ. Sargodha; 8 ♀♀, 6 Imm, Pongamia glabra, 29 October 1998, GC Okara; 3 ♀♀, Bambusa hamiltoni, 30 October 1998, Pattoki, Kasur; 6 ♀♀, 10 Imm, Dalbergia sisso, 31 October 1998, FP Changa Manga Chunian, Kasur; 5 ♀♀, 8 Imm, Populus spp., 25 June 2000, Shorkot City, Jhang.

Previous locality record

Pakistan: Kaghan, Northern Areas; Sialkot, Punjab. India: Jadavpur, Calcutta, West Bengal; Shillong, Meghalaya.

Neoscona chrysanthusi Tikader and Bal, 1981

1981. Neoscona chrysanthusi Tikader and Bal, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occ. Pap., 24: 13.

There is no previous record of this species from Pakistan. Now it is reported from Gujranwala.

Material examined

1 ♀, Cestrum diurnum, 17 October 1998, GC

Gujranwala.

Previous locality record

India: Mangan, Singhik. Bhutan.

Neoscona huzaifi, new species

(Fig. 1)

Description

Female: TL 12.2, CL 4.9, CW 4.1, AL 7.7, AW 7.7. LL: I = 16.2 (4.8 + 6.3 + 3.6 + 1.5), II = 16.0 (4.6 + 6.1 + 3.6 + 1.7), III = 10.5 (3.5 + 3.5 + 2.2 + 1.3), IV = 14.8 (4.5 + 5.5 + 3.5 + 1.3). Male: TL 4.7, CL 2.3, CW 2.0, AL 2.6, AW, 2.6.

Cephalothorax longer than wide, narrower in front, clothed with hairs; cephalic region slightly elevated, orange brown; thoracic region separated by ‘V’ shaped groove, orange dark brown, with longitudinal groove. Ocular area with few yellow erect setae. Eyes with dark brown rings; AME largest, LE close and situated on small tubercles, PLE smallest. AER strongly recurved, medians close to each other than laterals. PER slightly recurved. Medians close to each other than laterals. MOQ as long as wide, wider in front than behind. Clypeus height, more than AME diameter. Chelicerae strong, stout, orange brown, clothed with hairs, broad basally, gradually narrow anteriorly; both margins with three dissimilar teeth, promargin with middle tooth larger and retromargin with lower tooth larger; fangs moderately long, strongly curved, dark brown.

Labium light brown basally and pale yellow apically, distinctly wider than long, with few brown and dark brown erect setae, pointed anteriorly, widest medially, truncate and narrow posteriorly. Maxillae with outer lateral side light brown and inner side pale yellow, distinctly longer than wide, with scattered brown erect setae and distinct black scopulae on whole inner side. Sternum yellowish brown with median longitudinal chalk white band, clothed with yellowish hairs, heart shaped, slightly depressed and broader anteriorly, gradually tapering posteriorly. Male palp yellowish brown with tegulum dark brown; cymbium longer than wide, with long yellowish hairs. Tegulum with three apophyses: terminal apophysis short, slightly curved directed upward; sub terminal apophysis short, blunt, straight, directed downward; median apophysis with broad base and a mid dorsal spine like spur.

Embolus long and coiled, conductor tube like with round tip; paracymbium small hook like; femur with short dorsodistal spine; patella with two long dorsodistal spines; tibia on lateral side of paracymbium, cup shaped, with long hairs. Legs long, yellowish except yellowish brown femora and dark brown tarsi, other segments with transverse yellowish brown distal bands. Spination on legs: femora I = 4 – 5 – 6 – 3, II = 4 – 9 – 7 – 3, III = 3 – 10 – 3 – 3, IV = 4

Abdomen sub triangular, as long as wide, overlapping on carapace, much wider before mid point, gradually narrows at both ends, clothed with both fine and spine like hairs. Dorsum decorated with minute chalk brown spots having dark brown partitions; six pairs of mid longitudinally arranged dark brown sigella; second pair of sigella with diagonal dark brown lines; median narrow longitudinal dark brown band with two pairs of lateral arms, start from level of third pair of sigella, lateral arms meet with last two pairs of sigella; few brown lines originate from lateral margins. Ventral side with broad median longitudinal calk white patch between epigastric furrow and spinnerets, five pairs of dark brown sigella on patch, lateral sides concolour with dorsum. Spinnerets brown with dark brown apical segment, converging, anteriors close, posteriors separated, lateral sides with two pairs of chalk white patches.

Epigynal scape moderately long and slightly narrow, constricted near base, broadest medially, slightly wide and rounded apically, bent at right angle to base of epigyne, with a pair of conspicuous horn like lateral lobes; spermathecal sacs elongated; spermathecal ducts long; epigynal orifices conspicuous, posteriolateral.

Etymology

Name is given after the name of my beloved son Ahmad Huzaifa Khalid.

Type material

Holotype ♀, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, 30 August 1997, CRH Nanuwana, Hafizabad, deposited in the Meuseum, Department of Zoology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad; 5 Imm, same data as holotype; paratype ♂, Tamarix aphylla, 5 August 1996, GC Shorkot, Jhang, deposited in the Meuseum, Department of Zoology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad; 6 Imm, same data as paratype; 3 Imm, Jasminum spp., 14 October 1998, ODAEO Attock.

Diagnosis

Neoscona huzaifi new species is somewhat similar to Neoscona bengalensis Tikader and Bal but can be distinguished from it on the basis of these characters. MOQ as long as wide; labium distinctly wider than long. Abdomen as long as wide, widest near mid length, tapering at both ends. Dorsum with six pairs of dark brown sigella; a median narrow longitudinal dark brown band with two pairs of lateral arms, starts near mid length (at level of third pair of sigella). Ventral side of abdomen with broad median longitudinal chalk white patch between epigastric furrow and spinnerets, five pairs of dark brown sigella on this patch. Epigynal scape

Neoscona mukerjei Tikader, 1980

1980. Neoscona mukerjei Tikader, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., 89: 247.

Previously this species was recorded from Sialkot, Punjab (Qadir 1997). In this study it is reported on many plants from large area of the Punjab.

Material examined

3 ♀♀, Punica granatum, 24 July 1996, Shorkot City, Jhang; 4 ♀♀, Dalbergia sisso, 25 July 1996, FP Shorkot, Jhang; 8 ♀♀, 1 ♂, Tamarix aphylla, 5 August 1996, GC Shorkot City, Jhang; 3 ♀♀, 2 Imm, Lantana spp., 4 September 1996, FP Shakarparian, Islamabad; 2 ♀♀, Gardenia florida, 20 July 1997, UAF, Faisalabad; 3 ♀♀, 2 Imm, Nerium spp., 1 August 1997, Rawal Dam,

Islamabad;1 ♀, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, 30 August 1997, CRH Nanuwana, Hafizabad; 2 ♀♀, Dalbergia sisso, 31 August 1997, CRH Jora, Chiniot; 2 ♀♀, 1

♂, Zea mays, 5 September 1997, Mianwali; 2 ♀♀, Aerva javanica, 19 December 1997, Desert Canal Bank, NP Lal Sohanra, Bahawalpur; 1 ♂, 2 Imm,

Acacia nilotica, 30 August 1997, FP Pabbi, Kharian,

Gujrat; 1 ♂, Gossypium hirsutum, 25 September 1998, Layyah; 2 ♀♀, 1 Imm, Nerium spp., 26 September 1998, FP Inayat, Layyah; 2 ♀♀, 2 Imm, Cyamopsis tetragonoloba, 27 September 1998, Khanpur Bagga Sher, Muzaffargarh; 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂, Prosopis cineraria, 27 September 1998, FP Khanpur Bagga Sher, Muzaffargarh;1 ♀, Albizia spp., 28 September 1998, FP Machu, Layyah;1 ♀, 2 Imm, Jasminum spp., 2 October 1998, GPGC Chakwal; 4 ♀♀, Prunus persica, 4 October 1998, Kufri, Soan Valley, Khushab; 2 ♀♀, Zizyphus nummularia, 4 October 1998, Kufri, Soan Valley, Khushab; 3 ♀♀, Mangifera indica, 8 October 1998, Fazilpur, Rajanpur;1 ♀, Grewia asiatica, 8 October 1998, FC, DG Khan; 2 Imm, Pyrus communis, 10 October 1998, Fort Munro, DG Khan;1 ♀, 22 Imm, Morus alba, 11 October 1998, ODAEO Attock; 5 ♀♀, 1 ♂, 4 Imm, Eucalyptus spp., 15 October 1998, GC Jehlum; 3 ♀♀, 2 Imm, M. alba, 15 October 1998, GZScC Gujrat; 3 ♀♀, 2 Imm, Broussonetia papyrifera, 17 October 1998, GC Gujranwala; 3 Imm,

Pennisetum typhoides, 23 October 1998, Bhakkar;1 ♀, D. Sisso, 24 October 1998, Uni.

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Previous locality record

Pakistan: Sialkot, Punjab. India: Poona, Maharashtra, West Bengal; Sikkim; Meghalaya; Tripura; Gujarat.

Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865)

1865. Epeira vigilans Blackwall, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 16: 342.

1878. Araneus rumpfi Thorell, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat.

Genova, 13, 296.

1884. Epeira rufo-femorata Simon, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat.

Genova, 20: 348.

1981. Neoscona rumpfi Tikader and Bal, Rec. Zool. Surv. India,

Occ. Pap., 24: 18.

1984. Araneus alternidens Hu, The Chinese Spiders collected from the Fields and the Forests: 88.

1986. Neoscona vigilans Grasshoff, Zool. Wetensch., 250: 95.

This species was previously reported from Karachi, Sindh (Simon, 1884), and Peshawar, KPK (Arshad et al., 1984). It is first time recorded from the Punjab province in the present study.

Material examined

1 ♂, 3 Imm, Dalbergia sisso, 26 September

1998, FP Inayat, Layyah.

Previous locality record

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Neoscona sinhagadensis (Tikader, 1975)

1975. Araneus sinhagadensis Tikader, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., 81: 146.

1981. Neoscona sinhagadensis Tikader and Bal, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occ. Pap., 24: 30.

Previous record of the species from Pakistan was only from Sialkot, Punjab (Qadir 1997). Now this species is recorded from Rawalpindi, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Faisalabad, Jhang, Multan, Layyah and Mianwali from diverse vegetation including vegetables, crops and trees.

Material examined

2 ♀♀, 1 Imm, Capsicum annum, 22 July 1996, Shorkot City, Jhang;1 ♀, ♂, Abelmoschus esculentus, 22 July 1996, Shorkot City, Jhang; 1 ♂,

2 Imm, Desmostachya bipinnata, 5 August 1996, GC Shorkot, Jhang; 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂, 2 Imm, Myrsine africanus, 5 September 1996, FP Murree, Rawalpindi; 4 ♀♀, 1 ♂, 2 Imm, Ervatamia coronaria, 29 July 1997, UAF; 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂, 1 Imm, Jasminum spp., 30 July 1997, Botanical Garden, UAF; 3 Imm, Cestrum nocturnum, 23 August 1997, CRH Chimbranwali, Jhang; 5 ♀♀, Sorghum bicolor, 23 August 1997, CRH Muradwala, Jhang; 3

Imm, Oryza sativa, 30 August 1997, CRH Mud

Baloochan, Sheikhupura; 2 ♀♀, S. bicolor, 5

September 1997, Mianwali; 3 ♀♀, Gossypium hirsutum, 6 September 1998, CRS Multan;1 ♀, 1 ♂, Albizia spp., 25 September 1998, FP Machu, Layyah; 3 ♀♀, 3 Imm, Dalbergia sisso, 31 October 1998, FP Changa Manga, Chunian, Kasur; 2 ♀♀, 1 Imm, Populus spp., 25 June 2000, Shorkot City, Jhang.

Previous locality record

Pakistan: Sialkot, Punjab. India: Sinhagad Fort, Poona, Maharashtra. China: Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Xizang etc.

Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1841)

1841. Epeira theis Walckenaer, Hist. Nat. Ins. Apt., 2: 53.

1847. Epeira mangareva Walckenaer, Hist. Nat. Ins. Apt., 4: 469.

1869. Epeira braminica Stoliczka, J. Asiat. Soc. Beng., 38: 238.

1877. Epeira theisii Thorell, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 10: 390.

1897. Epeira obscura Rainbow, Mem. Aust. Mus., 3: 116.

1904. Neoscona theisi F.O.P.-Cambridge, Biol. Cen.-Amer. Zool., 2: 470.

N. theisi was already reported from Sialkot, Punjab (Qadir, 1997), Lahore, Punjab (Butt and Siraj, 2006) and Kaghan, Northern Areas (Razzaq, 2002). This study reports its occurrence from large area of Punjab in good numbers on a variety of plants including vegetables, crops, fruit trees, ornamental and wild plants.

Material examined

2 ♀♀, 2 Imm, Cucumis spp., 29 July 1996, Shorkot City, Jhang; 2 ♀♀, 3 Imm, Abelmoschus esculentus, 23 July 1996, Shorkot City, Jhang;1 ♀, 1

Imm, Colocasia esculenta, 23 July 1996, Shorkot City, Jhang; 2 Imm, Suaeda fruticosa, 25 July 1996, FP Shorkot, Jhang; 1 ♂, Mangifera indica, 2 August

1996, Shorkot City, Jhang; 3 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂, 2 Imm, Zizyphus spina-cristae, 4 August 1996, Shorkot City, Jhang; 2 Imm, Tamarix aphylla, 5 August

1996, GC Shorkot City, Jhang; 2 Imm, Tamarix aphylla, 5 August 1996, Murree, Rawalpindi; 2

Imm, Carissa opaca, 6 September 1996, NP Margalla Hills Islamabad; 2 ♀♀, 2 Imm, Ervatamia coronaria, 26 July 1997, UAF; 2 ♀♀, Thuja

orientalis, 29 July 1997, FH Rawalpindi;1 ♀, 1 ♂,

Myrsine africanus, 29 July 1997, Murree, Rawalpindi; 2 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂, Pennisetum typhoides, 23

August 1997, CRH Muradwala, Jhang; 5 Imm,

24 August 1997, CRH Burala, Jaranwala, Faisalabad; 2 ♀♀, Callistemon lanceolatus, 24

August 1997, CRH Tirkhani, Samundri, Faisalabad;

2 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂, 3 Imm, Citrus aurantium, 24 August

1997, CRH Dhamma, Gojra, TT Sing; 2 Imm;

Citrus limonia, 30 August 1997, CRH Salarwala, Chak Jhumra, Faisalabad;1 ♀, 1 ♂, Gossypium hirsutum, 5 September 1998, Fadda, Mailsi, Vehari;1 ♀, 1 ♂, Zea mays, 6 September 1998, CRS Multan; 6 ♀♀, 5 Imm, Oryza sativa, 24 September

1998, Shorkot City, Jhang; 2 Imm, G. hirsutum, 27

September 1998, Khanpur Bagga Sher,

Muzaffargarh; 1 ♂, Saccharum munja, 27

September 1998, FP Khanpur Bagga Sher

Muzaffargarh; 2 ♀♀, P. Typhoides, 25 September

1998, N/B FP Inayat, Layyah; 4 ♀♀, 3 Imm, S.

munja, 25 September 1998, FP Machu, Layyah; 2

♀♀, 1 Imm, D. sisso, 26 September 1998, FP

Inayat, 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂, Cordia dichotoma, 3 October

1998, GC Joharabad, Khushab;1 ♀, 1 ♂, P. typhoides, 4 October 1998, Kufri. Soan Valley, Khushab; 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂, Z. mays, 8 October 1998, Fazilpur, Rajanpur; 2 ♀♀, Morus alba, 16 October

1998, GMC Sialkot; 3 ♀♀, Acacia nilotica, 23

October 1998, FP Kundian, Mianwali; 2 ♀♀, S.

officinarum, 23 October 1998, Muradwala, Mianwali; 2 ♀♀, Lagistomia spp., 29 October 1998, GSS Pakpattan; 4 ♀♀, Lagistomia spp., 30 October

1998, GC Okara; 3 ♀♀, Populus spp., 25 June

2000, Shorkot City Jhang.

Previous locality record

India, China to Pacific Is. Pakistan: Kaghan, Northern Areas, Sialkot, Punjab. India: Poona, Maharashtra; Orissa; Gujarat, West Bengal. China: Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Hebei etc.

Neoscona shillongensis Tikader and Bal, 1981

1981. Neoscona shillongensis Tikader and Bal, Rec. Zool. Surv.

India, Occ. Pap., 24: 34.

This species was previously recorded from

Kaghan, Northern Areas by Razzaq (2002). It is first time recorded from Punjab during the present study.

Material examined

2 ♀♀, 3 Imm, Aesculus hippocastanum, 29

July 1997, Murree, Rawalpindi.

Previous locality record

Pakistan: Kaghan, Northern Areas. India: Shillong, Meghalaya. China: Xizang, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau etc.

Neoscona pavida (Simon, 1906)

1906. Araneus pavidus Simon, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 75: 309.

1981. Neoscona pavida Tikader and Bal, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occ. Pap., 24: 38.

N. pavida (Simon) was recorded from Lahore by Dyal (1935), and Khatoon (1986). In this survey it is collected from Bahawalpur.

Material examined

2 ♀♀, 2 Imm, Tamarix dioica, 21 December 1997, FP Bahawalpur.

Previous locality record

Pakistan: Rawalpindi, Lahore, Punjab. India: Darjeeling, Pashok, West Bengal. China: Qighai- Tibet Plateau, Xizang etc.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I cannot forget the support extended by Dr. Anwar Hussain Gill (Assistant Director Wildlife) and Sh. Aziz-ur-Rehman (Late), Divisional Forest Officer in the collection of spiders. I am highly thankful to Dr. Biswas and Prof. Dr. B. H. Patel (India) and Prof. Dr. Yin (Late) from China for providing me literature.

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LP Bangalore-based VayuGrid Marketplace Services Pvt Ltd, a biofuel supply chain company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create a biofuel cluster around its VayuSapTM, a high-yield, genetically elite Pongamia (an oil-producing tree), in the African country of Ethiopia. The cluster will create a $2.5-million biofuel investment opportunity and is part of a larger government plan to develop a biofuel park in Ethiopia.

This park is a significant step towards reducing the country's commitment of 87 per cent of free cash on imported crude while at the same time creating local employment opportunities and an ecosystem of value-added businesses. Phase-1 is a 2,000-plus acre footprint under a collaborative model involving the participation of a local partner bringing in land and labour, investors putting the capital and VayuGrid providing the IP and downstream contracts, thereby creating a sustainable business model.

TD The long-term goal is to create biofuel cluster and replicate a certain scale of footprint in 100,000 acres. During a recently concluded road show in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dr Abera Deressa, former state minister for Agriculture, indicated that Pongamia tree products could be an important factor in community development and environmental protection. Ethiopia was chosen strategically, based on its economics and agriculture. Its large land bank of arid and unproductive land lends itself perfectly to creating a green energy supply base for local and global markets over the next 60 years.

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TD Legendary Investments PLC

20 December 2012

LEGENDARY INVESTMENTS PLC ("Legendary" or the "Company")

INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2012

HIGHLIGHTS

-- Terra Energy/Fastnet Oil and Gas lists generating realised return of over 4x in 17 months -- Medgold Resources lists (post period end) generating return of almost 3x in 16 months -- Sula Iron and Gold lists (post period end) generating return of almost 2x in 5 months -- Other investments continue to progress -- New investment in VirtualStock made (post period)

BOARD'S STATEMENT

Legendary continues to execute on its strategy. During the period, a number of new investments were made; existing investments progressed;

Page 87 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. and one investment listed generating a 4.3x return. After the period end, a further investment was made and two more investments listed, again generating substantial returns of 2.8x and 1.7x. These results validate Legendary's strategy. Progress continues at an increasing pace.

In May 2011, Legendary secured a EUR30,000 investment in the heavily oversubscribed Terra Energy Limited ("Terra") fund raise. In June 2012, Terra was renamed Fastnet Oil and Gas PLC ("Fastnet") and listed on AIM in London and ESM in Dublin. As at the period end, Legendary's stake in Fastnet was worth GBP76,000. Subsequent to the period end, Legendary exited this investment realising GBP119,000. This represented a realised return of 4.3x in 17 months.

In July 2011, Legendary invested GBP50,000 in Medgold Resources Limited ("Medgold"). Post the period end, in December 2012, Emerick Resources Corp. acquired Medgold, with the Medgold shareholders retaining 61.6 % of the enlarged company. The new company, Medgold Resources Corp., resumed trading on the TSX-V in Canada. Based on the closing price of Medgold Resources Corp. on 17 December 2012, Legendary's stake was worth GBP141,000. This represents an unrealised return of 2.8x in 16 months.

In July 2012, Legendary invested GBP50,000 in a convertible loan note in a pre-IPO funding round for Sula Iron and Gold PLC ("Sula"). As part of the convertible loan note, upon any listing of Sula, Legendary would receive warrants. Post the period end, in October 2012, Sula was admitted to trading on AIM. Based on the closing price of Sula on 17 December 2012, Legendary's 5 month unrealised return on this investment was 1.7x.

In July 2012 Legendary invested GBP50,000 in Regency Mines PLC ("Regency"). Regency is a mineral exploration and development company focusing on nickel and cobalt in Papua New Guinea and gold, flake graphite and base metals in Australia. Legendary believes Regency's multiple investments have the potential to generate significant returns.

Also in July 2012, Legendary invested GBP100,000 into Kyrgyzstan based Manas Minerals LLC ("Manas Minerals"). Manas Minerals owns the Padsha Ata Licence to mine for coal in the Asksy region of Jalal- Abad. Soviet surveys suggest that the region contains 182 million tonnes of coal reserves of which 116 million is of coking coal quality. Jalal-Abad is strategically located within 200 km of the Chinese border. Legendary's investment is by way of a convertible loan note which when converted is expected to result in Legendary having a 1.0% stake in Manas Minerals. Legendary also obtained a warrant which upon exercise is expected to result in Legendary having an additional 0.5% stake in Manas Minerals. Manas Minerals plans to list in the near term.

Post the period end, in October 2012, Legendary negotiated a small minority stake in VirtualStock Limited ("VS") for a consideration which included strategic, financial and business consultancy services and just over GBP50,000 in cash. In addition, Legendary negotiated a warrant to double its stake in VS at an increased valuation. VS is a cloud-based software service business which enables retailers to increase dramatically the range of products they sell online without

Page 88 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. the associated costs of and risks of holding stock. VS is revenue generating and profitable. Subsequent to the investment, VS reached a significant milestone in delivering service to its growing list of clients by implementing an "end-to-end turn-key solution" for the online branded product range of Bear Grylls Ventures LLP through its website, www.beargryllsstore.com.

Progress continues to be made at Bosques Energeticos EBE C.V. de S.A. ("BE"). The in the field R&D programme continues to generate positive results: the elite pongamia continues to flourish, with the first fruits reported recently (post the period end). The elite jatropha and elite castor are also doing well and intercropping is proving successful. With successful R&D, BE is now seeking to plant out approximately 1,000 ha in a commercial plantation, with the aim of going to several thousand ha in the medium-term.

Progress at Undrawn Reality ("UR") Limited slowed considerably during the period. From discussions with UR, it became evident that the timeframe to develop UR's game had extended significantly. Legendary concluded that it would not receive a return on UR in the foreseeable future and wrote its investment down to zero. While disappointing, the loss was minimal at GBP2,000. The write-down freed time for Legendary to focus on more promising investments.

For the period, Legendary made a net gain on investments of GBP35k (2011: GBP0). Administrative costs were in line with the prior period at GBP83,000 (2011: GBP82,000). Overall, net loss for the first half of the year was GBP48,000 (2011: loss of GBP82,000). Legendary ended the period with GBP378,000 (2011: GBP110,000) of investments, GBP237,000 (2011: GBP0) of cash, GBP574,000 (GBP94,000) of net assets and GBP634,000 (2011: GBP196,000) of total assets.

As at close 17 December 2012, Legendary had GBP538,000 of investments, GBP210,000 of cash, GBP707,000 of

net assets and GBP730,000 of total assets.

Legendary values its investments conservatively at historic price, unless a transaction has taken place or they are listed, in which case the transaction or market values are used.

Post the period end, at the start of November 2012, Zafar Karim, Non- Executive Director, was appointed the Executive Chairman. Zafar has been driving the rebuilding of Legendary. He is now devoting his time fully to Legendary. Also post the period end, in October 2012, Rajesh Kumar Rai resigned as an Executive Director of Legendary.

Legendary's progress continues. The listing of Fastnet, Sula and Medgold demonstrate Legendary's ability to source investments that offer substantial returns. Progress continues at BE, and shortly after Legendary's investment in VS, VS signed a significant milestone. Legendary has a conservative valuation policy and believes that its portfolio of investments is potentially worth a multiple of its book value. With several successful investments, increasing momentum and greater focus, the Board looks forward to accelerating Legendary's progress.

The Board

20 December 2012

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT

for the six months ended 30(th) September 2012

6m ended 6m ended Year ended 30/09/12 30/09/11 31/03/12 (GBP'000) Unaudited Unaudited Audited

Net gain on investments 35 0 0

Net administrative expenses before share option charge and exceptional items (83) (82) (170) Share option charge 0 0 (19) Net administrative expenses (83) (82) (189)

Operating (loss)/profit (48) (82) (189)

Finance charge 0 0 0

(Loss)/profit on ordinary activities before tax (48) (82) (189)

Taxation 0 0 0

(Loss)/profit on ordinary activities after tax (48) (82) (189) ------

(Loss) per share (basic and fully diluted) - pence (0.003) (0.01) (0.01) ------

BALANCE SHEET

as at 30(th) September 2012

(GBP'000s) As at As at As at 30/09/2012 30/09/2011 31/03/2012 Unaudited Unaudited Audited Fixed Assets Tangible assets 5 0 5 Investments 64 33 66

Current assets Current asset investments 314 77 77 Debtors due within one year 14 86* 6 Cash at bank and in hand 237** 0 534 ------565 163 617 Creditors Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (30) (72) (36) Creditors: amounts falling due after one year (30) (30) (30)

Net assets/(liabilities) 574** 94 622 ------

Capital and reserves Called up share capital 1,575 960 1,575 Share premium account 8,309 8,309 8,309 Share based payment reserve 156 137 156

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Profit and loss - deficit (9,466) (9,311) (9,418)

Equity shareholders' funds/(deficit) 574** 94 622 ------

* Debtors due within one year of GBP86,000 represent the cash balance held in the client account of the Company's accountants as at 30 September 2011. The balance is payable on demand. Due to its short term nature, carrying value approximates to fair value.

** As at close 17 December 2012, Legendary had GBP538,000 of investments, GBP210,000 of cash, GBP707,000 of net assets and GBP730,000 of total assets.

CASH FLOW STATEMENT

for the six months ended 30(th) September 2012

6m ended 6m ended Year ended 30/09/2012 30/09/2011 31/03/2012 (GBP'000) Unaudited Unaudited Audited

Net cash outflow from operating activities (98) 108 98

Purchase of office Equipment 0 0 (5) Payments to acquire investments (200) (108) (143)

Net cash outflow before financing (200) (108) (148)

Financing Issue of new ordinary shares 0 0 615 Increase in debt 0 0 0 Expenses paid in connection with share issue 0 0 (31) ------0 0 584

Increase/(decrease) in cash in the period / year (298) 0 534 ------

Notes to the Interim Results

1. Accounting Policies

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards under the historical cost accounting rules, modified by the revaluation of investments.

2. Basis of Preparation of Half Yearly Financial Information

These unaudited interim financial statements for the six months ended 30 September 2012 have been prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Standards. The financial information in this interim announcement does not constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006.

The comparative financial information for the year ended 31 March 2012 does not constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. The statutory accounts of Legendary Investments PLC for the year ended 31 March 2012 have been reported on by the Company's auditor and have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.

The current and comparative periods to September have been prepared using accounting policies and practices consistent with those adopted in the annual financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2012 and are also consistent with those which will be adopted in the 31 March 2013 financial statements.

The Company is not required to prepare financial statements in accordance with International Accounting Standards as it is not a parent company. The directors are of the opinion that the adoption of International Accounting Standards would have no material impact on the reported results and will therefore continue to apply UK Generally Accepted Accounting Standards, but will reconsider the position should the Company's activities lead to a material difference between the accounting bases.

3. Earnings Per Share

The calculation of earnings per share is based on the profit/ (loss) for the period divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period of 1,575,167,198 (2011: 960,167,198).

4. Half Yearly Report

The half yearly report, including the financial information contained herein, is the responsibility of, and was approved by the directors on 19 December 2012. The continuing obligations of the AIM Rules for

Page 93 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. Companies require that the accounting policies and presentation applied to the half yearly figures should be consistent with those applied in preparing preceding annual accounts except where any changes, and the reasons for them, are disclosed.

Copies of this report are available on the Company's website, www.legendaryinvestments.co.uk.

Contact: Legendary InvestmentsZafar Karim / Thomas PLC Reuner 020 8201 3536 Grant Thornton Corporate Colin Aaronson/ Melanie Finance Frean 020 7383 5100 Nick Emerson/ Andrew Simple Investments Thacker 01483 413500

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LP 2012 DEC 20 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Agriculture Week -- Current study results on Food Quality have been published. According to news reporting out of Karachi, Pakistan, by VerticalNews editors, research stated, "Determination of some of the important heavy metals like lead and cadmium was carried out in the city environment of Karachi. Foliage parts of two roadside trees, Pongamia pinnata (L.) Merrill and Peltophorum pterocarpum D.C. Backer ex K. were used to carry out such investigation."

TD Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Karachi, "Five roadside points were selected for the study in different parts of the city. The investigations showed that high level of lead and cadmium was found in the foliage of P pinnata and P pterocarpum, which were growing along the busy roads of the city. The level of Pb and Cd in the foliage of the above mentioned trees was quite high at M.A. Jinnah road as compared to Shahrah-e-Faisal, Nazimabad, Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Karachi University Campus. Low traffic activities at the University Campus showed lowest lead and cadmium levels in the foliage of both tree species than the other point of the city. In this study, P. pinnata showed more accumulations of lead and cadmium than P pterocarpum. This difference might be due to large surface area of the foliage in P pinnata that is available for exposure to any pollutants as compared to P pterocarpum. P pinnata is a useful plant species in removing different heavy metals from the urban environment of the city."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "It is therefore suggested, that P pinnata should be given more preference for future plantation in the areas, particularly along the busy roads and highways."

For more information on this research see: Biomonitoring of heavy metal contamination in

Page 95 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. Pongamia pinnata and Peltophorum pterocarpum growing in the polluted environment of Karachi, Pakistan. Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality-Angewandte Botanik, 2012;85(1):120-125. Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality-Angewandte Botanik can be contacted at: Druckerei Liddy Halm, Backhausstrasse 9B, 37081 Gottingen, Germany.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting M. Shafiq, Univ Karachi, Dept. of Bot, Karachi 75270, Pakistan.

Keywords for this news article include: Asia, Karachi, Pakistan, Food Quality

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LP 2012 DEC 18 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Life Science Weekly -- Investigators publish new report on Environmental Biology. According to news reporting from Shankaraghatta, India, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "Weaver ants, (Oecophylla smaragdina) have been found to predate on pentatomid bug (Cyclopelta siccifolia) infesting Pongamia pinnata tree in mid-western Ghat region of Shimoga district, Karnataka. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the potential of weaver ants, that are abundant on P pinnata trees, to control the pentatomid bugs."

TD The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Kuvempu University, "Consistent and systematic field surveillance was carried out for a period of two months, March and July 2010. This showed that the number of pentatomid bugs colony found on branches of tree was significantly lower in tree with abundant weaver ants (11.21-16.84%) than in trees with fewer weaver ants (26.51-38.24%), or in trees without ants (61.42-75.47%) similarly, the branches damaged by pentatomid bug (9.42-11.43%) their in trees with abundant weaver ants which was significantly lower than in trees with fewer weaver ants (16.13-23.24%) and without ants (38.42-51.47%) in March and July. The pentatomid bug colony and their damage was significantly low on trees with abundant weaver ants than with fewer ants, or without the ants."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Field observations regarding infestation of pentatomid bugs revealed that weaver ants are effective naturally occurring biological agents help in controlling damage caused by pentatomid bugs on Pongamia trees."

For more information on this research see: Studies on Oecophylla smaragdina as a bio- control agent against pentatomid bug infesting on Pongamia tree. Journal of Environmental Biology, 2012;33(6):1103-1106. Journal of Environmental Biology can be contacted at: Triveni Enterprises, C, O Kiran Dalela, 1, 206 Vikas Nagar, Kursi Rd, Lucknow 226 022, India.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting B.B. Hosetti, Kuvempu Univ, Deptartment Appl Zool, Jnana Sahyadri 577451, Shankaraghatta, India.

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LP Mumbai, Dec. 13 -- CS Pharmaceuticals of Trivandrum, India received approval from Office of The Trade Marks Registry on the trademark PONGAMIA 4 (2194435).

The description of the mark registered is "Ayurvedic medicines." It comes under Class 5 Trademark classification.

TD Application for the trademark was filed on Aug. 24, 2011.

CS Pharmaceuticals is using PONGAMIA 4 (2194435) since Dec. 15, 1999.

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LP MAHABUBNAGAR,ANDHRA PRADESH A unique tree plantation programme was held at Government Degree (Men) & P.G. College, at Wanaparthy town in the district, on Wednesday.

A total of 12 tree species and an equal number of individual plants of each species were planted by the students at 12 noon 12 minutes and 12 seconds (12:12:12 p.m.) in the college campus.

TD Thus, the programme was christened ‘12-12-12 plantation programme’. The organiser of the programme, Dr. B. Sadasivaiah, lecturer in Botany and garden-in-charge of the College, said that over 200 students actively participated in the plantation and they also took a pledge to take care of the plants.

This kind of awareness and interest among the students will help in protecting the local plant biodiversity, said Mr. Sadasvaiah. The species include Pongamia pinnata, Azadirachta indica, Ficus religiosa, Ficus racemosa and Syzygium cumini. They are not only commonly available but also medicinally important, he said.

The programme was inaugurated by Dr. P. Pulla Reddy, Principal of the college and P.V. Rama Krishna, Forest Range Officer, Wanaparthy.

Page 101 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. On the occasion, P.V. Rama Krishna said that the Forest Department would help by providing not only tree saplings but also staff if such programmes were undertaken by students.

He said that the Forest Department, in association with the Botany department, had come forward to establish an arboretum in which all locally available plant species would be grown. At the closing ceremony, the forest officials felicitated the organiser, Dr. B. Sadasivaiah.

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LP 2012 DEC 5 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Biotech Week -- Fresh data on Heat Transfer Research are presented in a new report. According to news reporting from Karnataka, India, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "India is looking at the renewable alternative sources of energy to reduce its dependence on import of crude oil. As India imports 70 % of the crude oil, the country has been greatly affected by increasing cost and uncertainty."

TD The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, "Biodiesel fuel derived by the two step acid transesterification of mixed non-edible oils from Jatropha curcas and Pongamia (karanja) can meet the requirements of diesel fuel in the coming years. In the present study, different proportions of Methanol, Sodium hydroxide, variation of Reaction time, Sulfuric acid and Reaction Temperature were adopted in order to optimize the experimental conditions for maximum biodiesel yield. The preliminary studies revealed that biodiesel yield varied widely in the range of 75-95 % using the laboratory scale reactor. The average yield of 95 % was obtained. The fuel and chemical properties of biodiesel, namely kinematic viscosity, specific gravity, density, flash point, fire point, calorific value, pH, acid value, iodine value, sulfur content, water content, glycerin content and sulfated ash values were found to be within the limits suggested by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS 15607: 2005)."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "The optimum combination of Methanol, Sodium hydroxide, Sulfuric acid, Reaction Time and Reaction Temperature are established."

For more information on this research see: Optimization of experimental conditions for

Page 103 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. composite biodiesel production from transesterification of mixed oils of Jatropha and Pongamia. Heat and Mass Transfer, 2012;48(11):1955-1960. Heat and Mass Transfer can be contacted at: Springer, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013, USA. (Springer - www.springer.com; Heat and Mass Transfer - www.springerlink.com/content/0947-7411/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting H. Yogish, SJ Coll Engn, Dept. of Mech Engn, Mysore 570006, Karnataka, India.

Keywords for this news article include: Asia, Biotechnology, India, Energy, Karnataka, Biodiesel, Chemicals, Chemistry, Oil and Gas, Sulfuric Acid, Bioengineering, Sodium Hydroxide, Heat Transfer Research

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LP THE INTEGRATED HOSPITALITY GROUP HAS BIG PLANS, WRITES ANTHONY MARX

THE head of one of Queensland's most enduring and successful business empires plans to go public in two years.

TD Godfrey Mantle, whose diversified Mantle Group includes the well-known Pig 'N' Whistle pub chain in Brisbane, believes an initial public offering will drive further growth and provide greater incentive for his 400-strong workforce.

``We're conservative and profitable and industry leaders in terms of margin and success,'' Mantle says, forecasting revenue growth of 12 per cent this year.

It's still early days in terms of how much he hopes to raise from investors. But punters are expected to embrace the group's mix of interests, which include a network of seven restaurants, residential property development, a training college, overseas agriculture and renewable energy.

``The main target is to get enough stock out there so we can issue options and stock to key

``We are expanding right now and we want the staff to have part ownership. A public structure is the best way to give that to them.''

With its main focus in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales, the Brisbane- based conglomerate has just made its first major acquisition in Townsville.

The group snapped up the historic Seaview Hotel for $15.4 million from receivers earlier this year and may further develop 9000sq m of adjoining land.

It's a long way from Mantle's modest start in 1979, when he opened a now-long-gone Chinese restaurant known as Jimmy Lee's in the city and ended up marrying one of the waitresses. He and his wife, Jenny, have now been together for more than 30 years and jointly oversee the family-owned operation.

``We look at our businesses long term and there are no short cuts,'' Ms Mantle says.

``We grew organically with it, so we know the toughness of it. It's not an easy business.''

The couple were among the first retailers to open in the Queen Street Mall in 1982 and still operate four restaurants there - a Pig 'N' Whistle, Jimmy's on the Mall, Cafe East and Milano.

Three others are now dotted around Brisbane, with Pig 'N' Whistle outlets on Eagle St and at Indooroopilly, as well as the State Library Cafe at South Bank. A catering company, Mantle & Cook, is also in the mix.

Armed with photos of authentic London pubs, Mr Mantle hired English tradesmen to do the carpentry inside each Pig 'N' Whistle and had antique chairs copied to give the venues as realistic a feel as possible.

Andy Georges, who has been in the Brisbane restaurant game since 1971 and now presides over upscale Il Centro, described the Mantle Group's staying power as ``amazing''.

``I remember when the mall opened. I think they started off a bit slow and took a couple of months to figure out what the market really wanted. They changed the menu and, since then, it's been very successful,'' Georges said.

``They cater for both locals and tourists. They have such a solid business that it can carry through lean times.

``If you maintain nearly 35 years of solid business, then you must know what you're doing. I've seen hundreds of them come and go so, at the end of the day, he must have clever management skills and employ the right people.

``He's a smart operator, probably the most successful restaurant operator in Queensland and in the top three easily. We're in a hard business, a tough game.

``I've seen people go there and fall flat on their face because they don't know what they're doing.''

In a bid to keep a tight lid on costs and quality control, Mantle took the unusual step of shifting key suppliers in-house about four years ago.

The inspiration came from a month-long tour of Japan, which has rigorous oversight of quality and the world's largest number of Michelin-starred restaurants.

The Mantle Group now runs its own herd of black angus cattle in Bilambil, in northern NSW, to generate all the veal needed for the eateries. Through some careful cross-breeding, top- flight wagyu veal will be on the menu next year.

Working out of a commercial kitchen in East Brisbane, a butcher handles the meat and makes sausages. A full-time pastry chef and saucier round out the operation, which includes Mantle- branded coffee, wine and beer at all outlets.

At the Mantles' acreage property at Pullenvale, the couple grow organic herbs, curry leaves, fruit, kaffir limes and galangal.

``The whole point is to put quality on a plate at an affordable price that you couldn't otherwise do,'' Mantle says.

The oversight does not end there. Staff are trained at the group's Mayfair College, which provides hospitality industry courses and a potential career path for graduates.

``We were very frustrated with people coming from training institutions in hospitality. The teachers are not practitioners and now all our staff go through induction. We train all our chefs in-house,'' Mantle says.

Outside of restaurants, the group has expanded into real estate, with development approval secured for a $1.4 billion residential community on a 184ha site on the Queensland/NSW

The so-called Rise project will feature more than 1600 homes and an aged care facility, as well as an arts college and commercial and retail shops.

The Mantle Group's plans for a housing complex with shops and a retirement centre on an 8ha site overlooking Lake Weyba at Noosa has drawn the ire of environmentalists. But Mantle says he is still working through the approval process and opposition will melt away once people are ``fully informed''.

He denies any link between a $26,000 donation by one of his entities to the Queensland Labor Party and the securing of the state's first ``biodiversity offset'' deal through the office of former state minister Paul Lucas to develop koala habitat at Lake Weyba.

``We believe in good policy and good people and I'm not going to back away from that. We believe in transparency and open government,'' Mantle says.

Mantle's property ambitions also extend to agriculture, where he has progressively bought 12,000ha of prime cocoa planting land in Papua New Guinea over the past four years.

The Bougainville-based operation, run by Mantle in conjunction with two local directors, aims to rehabilitate the amalgamated property to create an environmentally friendly operation to produce chocolate and other cocoa-related products.

The initiative is set to eventually employ about 4000 workers, who will be provided with education, training and free health clinics. Local infrastructure such as roads, electricity and small port facilities will be supplied.

Mantle has also branched out into the burgeoning world of green energy, with a half-stake in Evergreen Fuels, which has developed a low-cost way to convert crude vegetable oil into biodiesel.

The business is based on a 20,000ha site in the Lockhart River area of north Queensland, with pongamia pinnata trees providing the source of the oil.

With the workforce sourced entirely from local Aboriginal groups, Evergreen aims to produce about 40 million litres of biodiesel by 2016.

Once all the land is planted with pongamia pinnata trees, the goal is to double that number.

Page 108 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. Mantle attributes his success to a farming background that encouraged longer-term thinking as well as relentless focus on customers and treating his employees properly.

He was born in India in 1950 to parents working for the Australian Trade Commission; the family left when he was an infant and returned home.

They settled in Canberra and eventually moved to the rural Queensland communities of Biloela and Charters Towers.

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LP VayuGrid, a biofuel supply chain company based in Bangalore, has signed a MOU to create a biofuel cluster around its VayuSap, a high-yield Pongamia, in Ethiopia Africa.

According to a release, the cluster will create a $2.5M biofuel investment opportunity and is part of a larger government plan to develop a biofuel park in Ethiopia. This park is a critical step to reduce the country's commitment of 87 percent of free cash on imported crude while at the same time creating local job opportunities and an ecosystem of value added businesses.

TD Phase 1 is a 2,000 plus acre footprint under a collaborative model involving the participation of a local partner bringing in land and labour, investors putting the capital and VayuGrid providing the IP and downstream contracts, thereby creating a sustainable and replicable business model.

The long term goal is to create biofuel cluster and replicate a certain scale of footprint in 100,000 acres. During a recently concluded roadshow in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Doctor Abera Deressa, former state minister for Agriculture, indicated that Pongamia tree products can be an important factor in community development and environmental protection.

VayuGrid's IP in elite Pongamia combines high-yield plant technology along with customised practices to ensure economic returns that assure such biofuel parks are financially sustainable to governments and investors. Also, management of these plantations can be carried out by local labour, as it does not call for highly skilled labour. And being extremely amenable to a hybrid model of people and mechanisation, it presents local entrepreneurs with an opportunity to establish an ecosystem around the biofuel plantation that is both sustainable and long term.

"VayuGrid is bringing together local and global businesses that are dependent on crude and looking for ways to hedge against currency fluctuations while ensuring a predictable supply of green energy," said Doug Peterson, CEO, VayuGrid. "Our biofuel clusters ensure a sustainable biofuel supply for downstream markets and high returns for governments, land owners and investors."

Ethiopia was chosen strategically based on the economics and agriculture. Its large land bank of arid and unproductive land lends itself perfectly to creating a green energy supply base for local and global markets over the next 60 years.

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LP VayuGrid, a biofuel supply chain company based in Bangalore, has signed a MOU to create a biofuel cluster around its VayuSap, a high-yield Pongamia, in Ethiopia Africa.

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LP Bangalore -based VayuGrid has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build a bio-fuel project in Ethiopia.

The company will work with an undisclosed local partner on the first, 2,000 acre phase of the project. The facility will use its VayuSap bio-fuels feedstock, which it describes as a “high- yield” Pongamia. In the longer term, the VayuGrid hopes to expand the project to a total of 100,000 acres. "VayuGrid is bringing together local and global businesses that are dependent on crude and looking for ways to hedge against currency fluctuations while ensuring a predictable supply of green energy," said Doug Peterson, VayuGrid’s chief executive. The Ethiopian government is striving, like numerous others, to reduce their nation's reliance on imported fossil fuels. As part of this effort, it is fostering development of a large-scale bio-fuel park. For additional information: VayuGrid

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TD Pongamia Flower, Update Bosques Energeticos EBE S.A. de C.V.

Legendary is pleased to announce that its investee company Bosques Energeticos EBE S.A. de C.V. ("Bosques") reports that its crop of elite Pongamia Pinnata ("Pongamia") has begun to flower. This is the first time that Pongamia has successfully flowered in Mexico, and it is believed to be the first time that Pongamia has flowered in Latin America. Pongamia typically flowers in 4 or more years. Bosques"s Pongamia has exhibited its first flowers in 2.5 years.

The flowering continues to demonstrate the value in Bosques"s strategy of sourcing and using elite products and conducting R&D to develop elite crops. The flowering which is a "first" builds upon the "first" that Bosques achieved by starting the first elite Pongamia mother garden in Mexico in November of last year.

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Currency Conversion: Pence Sterling GBX1= US$0.0159 [or US$1= GBX62.89]; Against the US$ the GBX was unchanged for the day; was unchanged for the week; declined 1.2% for the month; rose 1.9% in the past year. Great Britain Pound [GBP] 1 = GBX100.

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LP VayuGrid has signed a memorandum of understanding for developing a bio-fuel cluster around its high-yield Pongamia plantation in Ethiopia as part of bio-fuel park development to reduce dependence on imported crude. This would create a $2.5 M bio-fuel investment opportunity in a 2000 acre cluster under a collaborative model while the long-term goal is to create a cluster of 100,000 acres. VayuGrid is an India-based bio-fuel supply chain company. Original Source: CTBR Clean Technology Business Review, http://www.cleantechnology- business-review.com/, Copyright CTBR 2012.

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Pongamia Flower, Update Bosques Energeticos EBE S.A. de C.V.

Legendary is pleased to announce that its investee company Bosques Energeticos EBE S.A. de C.V. ("Bosques") reports that its crop of elite Pongamia Pinnata ("Pongamia") has begun to flower. This is the first time that Pongamia has successfully flowered in Mexico, and it is believed to be the first time that Pongamia has flowered in Latin America. Pongamia typically flowers in 4 or more years. Bosques's Pongamia has exhibited its first flowers in 2.5 years.

The flowering continues to demonstrate the value in Bosques's strategy of sourcing and using elite products and conducting R&D to develop elite crops. The flowering which is a "first" builds upon the "first" that Bosques achieved by starting the first elite Pongamia mother garden in Mexico in November of last year.

Contact: Legendary InvestmentsZafar Karim / Plc Thomas Reuner 020 8201 3536 Grant Thornton Corporate Colin Aaronson/ Finance Melanie Frean 020 7383 5100 Nick Emerson/ Simple Investments Andrew Thacker 01483 413500

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LP VayuGrid reportedly has inked a memorandum of understanding to create a biofuel cluster for its VayuSap high-yield Pongamia in Ethiopia.

According to reports, the cluster will create a $2.5-million biofuel investment opportunity and is part of a larger government plan to develop a biofuel park in Ethiopia. Starting with a 2,000 acre, the long-term goal is to create a cluster of 100,000 acres under a collaborative model.

TD The biofuel park is a critical step to reduce the country’s commitment of 87% of free cash on imported crude while at the same time creating local job opportunities and an ecosystem of value-added businesses, reports added.

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LP New Delhi, Nov. 19 -- VayuGrid, a biofuel supply chain company based in Bangalore, has signed a MOU to create a biofuel cluster around its VayuSap, an elite, high-yield Pongamia, in Ethiopia Africa. The cluster will create a $2.5M biofuel investment opportunity and is part of a larger government plan to develop a biofuel park in Ethiopia. This park is a critical step to reduce the country's commitment of 87% of free cash on imported crude while at the same time creating local job opportunities and an ecosystem of value added businesses.

Phase 1 is a 2,000 plus acre footprint under a collaborative model involving the participation of a local partner bringing in land and labour, investors putting the capital and VayuGrid providing the IP and downstream contracts, thereby creating a sustainable and replicable business model.

TD The long term goal is to create biofuel cluster and replicate a certain scale of footprint in 100,000 acres. During a recently concluded roadshow in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Doctor Abera Deressa, former state minister for Agriculture, indicated that Pongamia tree products can be an important factor in community development and environmental protection.

"VayuGrid is bringing together local and global businesses that are dependent on crude and

Page 124 of 126 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. looking for ways to hedge against currency fluctuations while ensuring a predictable supply of green energy," said Doug Peterson, CEO, VayuGrid. "Our biofuel clusters ensure a sustainable biofuel supply for downstream markets and high returns for governments, land owners and investors."

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