CYTOMORPHOLOGY OF SOME MEDICINAL GRASSES FROM HANGRANG VALLEY OF DISTRICT KINNAUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH

Authors

  • Kamlesh Kumari Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002, India
  • Manjit Inder Singh Saggoo

Keywords:

Key words, Grasses, medicinal value, meiotic behavior, cytomixis, Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh

Abstract

Objective: The present study is focused on the chromosome number, their meiotic behavior, pollen fertility and medicinal importance of 6 species of grasses from the remote high altitude region of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh.

Methods: The young spikes of suitable sizes were fixed in carnoy's fixative (6 ethanol: 3 chloroform: 1 acetic acid v/v) for 24 h and preserved in 70% alcohol at 4 °C until use. For meiotic studies, anthers were squashed in 2% acetocarmine. Pollen fertility was examined using the glycerol-acetocarmine method.

Results: The species studied have shown chromosome numbers like Arundo donax (n=12), Avena fatua (n=21), Cynodon dactylon (n=18), Cymbopogon distans (n=20), Eleusine indica (n=9), Sorghum halepense (n=20). The medicinal uses, other traditional uses and the cytological analysis of these grasses belonging to family Poaceae are studied for the first time from the study area.

Conclusion: The present exploration gives useful information regarding the chromosome number and various meiotic irregularities including their medicinal importance.

Keywords: Grasses, Medicinal value, Meiotic behavior, Cytomixis, Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh

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01-05-2016

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Kumari, K., and M. I. Singh Saggoo. “CYTOMORPHOLOGY OF SOME MEDICINAL GRASSES FROM HANGRANG VALLEY OF DISTRICT KINNAUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH”. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol. 8, no. 5, May 2016, pp. 187-90, https://journals.innovareacademics.in/index.php/ijpps/article/view/11185.

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