Ecological Studies on an Endangered Medicinal Plant Tinospora cordifolia Willd Miers Ex Hook F and Thoms

Abstract

Ecological studies on an endangered medicinal plant Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers. Ex Hook. F. and Thoms. was carried out in Hazaribag district (Jharkhand). Tinospora cordifolia which is popularly known as Giloy or Amrita belongs to the menispermaceae family. It is known for the building up the immune system and body defence against infecting organism. Constituents belongs to different classes of flavonoid, glycosides, saponin, alkaloids and phenolic compounds. The whole plants are used for medicinal purpose. With the help of literatures available the origin and distribution were studied. The samples were collected from four different areas of Hazaribag newlinei.e. Hirabag chowk, Pugmil, Botanical garden of VBU, Department of BotanyVBU. The samples were also procured from the NBPGR. The result was found to be significant at plt0.01 plt 0.05.Plants growing in four different stations exhibited marked difference in various morphometric parameters depending upon soil condition. There was hardly any difference in colour of leaf. Three different bio fertilize manures were also administered separately and their impact was noticed. It was observed that equal proportion of cow dung and vermicompost when applied grew more as compared to control and simply cow dung and vermicompost. The trend was same in both years of experiment. In another set of experiment, different doses of mixture of vermicompost and cow dung were administered. 40 grams of bio fertilizer per fortnight gave best result. Using GC-MS analysis altogether there were 23 different compounds were found in this plant having different component Rt, formula, area, match factor and area %. Similarly, the transverse section of leaf was also done, and the result were significant at plt 0.01-plt0.05. Mitotic index of Tinospora cordifolia was highest in the plants growing in Botanical garden of VBU and lowest in Department of Botany at VBU. newline newline