Essential oils: a potential alternative with promising active ingredients for pharmaceutical formulations in chronic wound management.

Chronic wound is a major clinical challenge that complicates wound healing, mainly associated with bacterial biofilms. Bacterial burden damages tissue and persists inflammation, failing to granulate, leading to morbidity and mortality. Various therapeutic strategies and approaches have been developed for chronic wound healing in clinical practice.

Biotechnological interventions for the production of forskolin, an active compound from the medicinal plant, .

, an Indian-origin medicinal plant is the sole natural source of the labdane terpenoid forskolin (CHO), with growing demand Forskolin emerged as an industrially important bioactive compound, with many therapeutic applications in human health. It has established potential effects in the treatment of various diseases and conditions such as glaucoma, asthma, obesity, allergies, skin conditions and cardiovascular diseases. Moreover, clinical trials against different types of cancers are progressing.

spore germination and phytoremediation of Hg and Pb using gametophytes of .

Few pteridophytes have proven the capacity to accumulate and remediate heavy metals from contaminated soils. , a non-seasonal fast-growing, a cosmopolitan fern, is a good indicator of environmental conditions, was used in the present study. The life cycle of ferns alternates with haploid gametophyte and diploid sporophyte.