PRGC(A) DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY

One of the oldest in Andhra Pradesh to offer Botany as a main subject at graduation level.Dedicated teachers like Sri Goparaju Ramachandra Raju, Sri T.U.Chacko, Sri Garikipati Sriramamurthy and their successors contributed alot for the development of this department.Presently this dept. is offering Botany and also Microbiology at +3 level.This dept.has all the facilities to carryout advanced research.A good Botanical garden and herbarium with many interesting species of plants are amenities.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Vinca (Catharanthes) alkaloids to cure cancer

Please find some material on the role of alkaloids from Catharanthes in chemotherapy to cure cancer at following link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinca_alkaloid

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Taxus - for Cancer cure

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxus

Please see the above website for an interesting Gymnosperm

Friday, March 21, 2014

HERBARIUM Importance

https://www.google.co.in/search?site=&source=hp&q=100+uses+of+herbarium&oq=uses+of+herbarium&gs_l=hp.1.2.0l2j0i22i30l3.3476.15985.0.2

Please go through the above website for 100 uses of HERBARIUM

Friday, March 14, 2014

A cactus, so called Brahma Kamal

Please see the web : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenicereus_grandiflorus

Real Brahma Kamal, Saussurea obvallata

Please see the weblink : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saussurea_obvallata

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Kappaphycus, a potential Carragenophyte

Please see the web link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappaphycus_alvarezii

Porphyra (Nori), an edible red alga

Please go through the following link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyra