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Some important Ranunculaceae of Odisha, India

Sanjeet Kumar Ravenshaw University, Cuttack sanjeet.biotech@gmail.com Plants belongs to ranunculaceae are herbs, shrubs and climbers. Usually stems are woody. Leaves are alternate, opposite, simple or compound and stipules usually absent or represented by petioler sheaths. Flowers are bisexual or unisexual. Bracts are very rare. Sepals are 5 or more. Stemans are hypogynous and usually many.   Carpels are usually many and ovary superior. Fruits are berries, follicles and aggregate of distinct achenes. Seeds are albuminous and small. The genera found in Odisha are: Clematis: climber; leaves opposite and terminal leaflets normal. Naravelia : climber; leaves opposite and terminal leaflets transformed into a tendril. Ranunculus: Erect herb; leaves are alternate and petals present. Thalictrum: Erect herb; leaves alternate, pinnately or ternately decomposed. The important species found in Odisha are: ·        C. smilacifolia ·        C. gouriana ·      

FLAVONOIDS: POTENT ANTI-CANCER AGENTS

A review acknowledged to all directly or indirectly related to this review. Source : from literature on Flavonoids Sanjeet Kumar Ravenshaw University sanjeet.biotech@gmail.com Human beings are always suffered from various types of disorders and microbial infections since primitive due to an-appropriate life styles. The diseases give attention towards the interest in finding curing agents. The primitive man found the curing agents from two main sources, Plant Kingdom and Animal Kingdom and started the therapeutic practices. They learned the potentials of particular agents against specific disorders / microbial infections from generation to generation. These two sources have unique self defence properties which indicate the presence of some bioactive compounds. Those bioactive compounds are major constituents in therapeutic practices is known as therapeutic agents. This therapeutic agent is known as “secondary metabolites”. Secondary metabolites are directly proportional