Butea Research Articles

Flavonoids of the flame of forest- Butea monosperma

Flavonoids of the flame of forest- Butea monosperma

Anthelmintic efficacy of some indigenous medicinal plants in goats

Anthelmintic efficacy of aqueous extracts of seeds of Butea frondosa, Neem oil (Azadirecta indica), mixture of Butea frondosa seed extract and Neem oil and a commercial preparation Jantana powder showed potential in vivo efficacy against helminth parasites in naturally infected goats. Butea frondosa seed extract showed 95.23% efficacy against Trichuris spp., 92.3% against Oesophagostomum spp. and 100% against Moniezia spp. at 40, 6 and 8 days post treatment, respectively. The efficacy of Neem oil was 93.33% for Trichuris spp. after 20 days of treatment. (100% for Oesophagostomum spp., Haemonchus spp. and Moniezia spp. after 10, 4 and 30 days of treatment, respectively). Mixture of Neem oil and Butea frondosa seed extract showed 100% efficacy for Trichuris and Oesophagostomum spp. after 30 days of treatment whereas Jantana powder was 100% effective against Trichuris spp. and Oesophagostomum spp. after 4 and 20 days of treatment, respectively.

New species of Stenella from India

Three new species of Stenella, S. heterophragmae, S. lantanae and S. buteae occurring on Heterophragma sp., Lanana indica and Butea parviflora , respectively, have been described and illustrated.

A New Species of Butea, with Notes on the Genus

A New Species of Butea, with Notes on the Genus

Art. XVI—Experiments on the Dhak Gond, a natural Exudation of the Butea Frondosa

This substance, which although it differs in some particulars from the Kino which is found in the shops, yet as it agrees in its most important properties with what has so long been described under that name, it is most convenient to call it Butea Kino.