-fenchyl acetate rich essential oil of Nees inflorescence and its characterisation using GC, GC-MS, and NMR techniques.

Blume is a genus in the family Acanthaceae, with many species endemic to the Indian subcontinent. Nees is endemic to the southern Western Ghats of India. The essential oil of dried inflorescence of was extracted using hydrodistillation method and the chemical composition was determined using GC and GC-MS techniques, which revealed the major compound to be fenchyl acetate (89.

DNA barcode authentication of wood samples of threatened and commercial timber trees within the tropical dry evergreen forest of India.

Background: India is rich with biodiversity, which includes a large number of endemic, rare and threatened plant species. Previous studies have used DNA barcoding to inventory species for applications in biodiversity monitoring, conservation impact assessment, monitoring of illegal trading, authentication of traded medicinal plants etc. This is the first tropical dry evergreen forest (TDEF) barcode study in the World and the first attempt to assemble a reference barcode library for the trees of India as part of a larger project initiated by this research group.