Novel Drug Delivery Systems for Phytoconstituents discusses general principles of drug targeting, construction material and technological concerns of different phytoconstituent in delivery systems. It focuses on the development of novel herbal formulations and summarizes their method of preparation, type of active ingredients, route of administration, biological activity and their applications. It dicusses therapeutic activities of plant derived chemicals, their limitations in clinical applications and novel drug delivery solutions to overcome them to provide better therapeutic effects with controlled and targeted drug delivery. Focus on drug delivery of phytomolecules Act as bridge between natural product scientist and clinical doctors Discusses mechanism of poor bioavailability of herbal molecules Increases awareness towards phytochemical efficacy Summarizes efficient novel delivery systems-based formulations. It extensively covers the applications of novel drug delivery systems including polymeric nanoparticles, solid lipid nanoparticles, nanostructured lipid capsules, liposomes, phytosomes, microsphere, transferosomes, and ethosomes. Some chapters are especially focused on anticancer phytodrugs, silymarin, andrographolide, berberine, and curcumin delivery with special emphasis on their application.

This book comprises the select proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (ICETMIE) 2019. The conference covers current trends in thermal, design, industrial, production and other sub-disciplines of mechanical engineering. This volume focuses on different industrial and production engineering areas such as additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping, computer aided engineering, advanced manufacturing processes, manufacturing management and automation, sustainable manufacturing systems, metrology, manufacturing process optimization, operations research and decision-making models, production planning and inventory control, supply chain management, and quality engineering. The contents of this book will be useful for students, researchers and other professionals interested in industrial and production engineering.

This book focuses on the nature and properties of soils of Hindu Kush-Himalayas and their management for agricultural land use. It discusses all aspects of climatic variations and potential of resources in the Himalayan region including examples from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (Tibet), India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. Chapters cover the geology of the parent material of native soils, soils microbes, flora and fauna. Soil classification has been given in detail to better understand the nature of soils for judicious management strategies. The authors present land use practices and suggestions for changes in land use to benefit from the full potential of the soils in this region. Their ultimate aim is to find ways of feeding the ever-increasing population and raising the standard of life for the people living in the Himalayan mountain region.

Cancer has emerged as an important health problem in the developed and the developing countries. In the present investigation, 12 medicinal plants were evaluated against human cancer cell lines from different origins and most significant results were displayed by Apium graveolens, Holarrhena antidysenterica, Mallotus philippinensis and Nardostachys jatamansi. Further, an active ingredient namely Mallotoxin was isolated from the fruit part of Mallotus philippinensis. This drug suppressed the proliferation of eight human cancer cells from six different tissues and proved its exceptionally remarkable in vitro anticancer efficiency.

As a part of the systematic and proteomic approach based characterization of plant material with the advantage of producing valuable informations of functional genomics for a general crop improvement programme, leaves of holy medicinal-aromatic plant Tulsi (Ocimum basilicum L.) were used as a source of proteins and a model eukaryotic system. In this study, we developed a reliable protocol for PEG mediated enrichment of low abundant cellular proteins to increase their detection through 2 DE-SDS PAGE. I6% PEG was found to be optimum for the precipitation of Ocimum protein. Further, proteome proteins in different fractions were analysed electrophoretically including 2- DE technique. These protocols may also will helpful in further studies in basil proteomics and other plants also.

During the post green revolution period, Punjab has emerged as an agricultural development state. As a result, increased availability of the farm level crop residues, green fodder due to intercrop cultivation and the mill-level residues of the processed products have strengthened the base for a diversified animal feed and eased supply position that might have reduced the cost for rearing the animals. While on the other hand, growing urbanization and income levels thereby increased purchasing power, higher literacy there by health and nutrition concerns, changing life styles might have been providing an impetus to an increase in the demand for this sector, so the study regarding the production and marketing of milk and milk products in Punjab was conducted. The study presented a survey conducted during 2006-2007 in the two districts (Ludhiana and Moga) of Punjab and the results obtained with regard to production, consumption and marketed surpluses, marketing channels for milk and milk products, factors determining channel choices and the various problems faced by the milk producers and the market players were discussed. Several conclusions were made.