Vol.1 April 2013.....ISSN   2321 - 2845 (Online)  .. ISSN  2321 - 3299  (Print)

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

1.PHYSICO-CHEMICAL STUDIES ON TUBEWELLS WATER OF POPATPURA (GODHRA - GUJARAT) By M.L.CHAUHAN

2.EFFECT OF FLUORIDE ON WITHANIA SOMNIFERA By J.R.RAVAL

3.BIOCHEMICAL AND ETHNOBOTANICAL USES OF CARROT By D.N.PARMAR

4.CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND USES OF HOHOBA By N.K.PATEL

5.EFFECT OF NPK LEVELS AND DIFFERENT HUMIC ACID FORMULATIONS ON THE GROWTH, YIELD AND NUTRIENTS UPTAKE BY BHENDI By D. ELAYARAJA, R. VETRISELVAN AND K. DHANASEKARAN

6.PATHOGENIC AND POLLUTING MICROBIAL LOAD AT ALANG-SOSIYA SHIP BREAKING YARD (ASSBY) By Jani, H.J.1; Ratna Trivedi2; Bhatt P.N.1

7.EFFECT OF SULPHUR AND SILICON FERTILIZATION ON YIELD, NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND ECONOMICS OF RICE By S. JAWAHAR AND V. VAIYAPURI

8.LARGE GROUND WATER MASS ANALYSIS OF BY TIME SERIES STUDY By JANI, H.J.1RATNA TRIVEDI2; BHATT P.N.1

9. ALLELOPATHIC EFFECTS OF LANTANA CAMARA AQUEOUS EXTRACT ON SEED GERMINATION AND SEEDLING GROWTH OF TRIANTHEMA PORTULACASTRUM By S.JAWAHAR,C.KALAIYARASAN AND K.SUSEENDRAN

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1. SYNTHESIS AND IN-VITRO ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES FROM SOME AMINO ACIDS by NAVNEET SINGH1, PRASHANT ARYA2, RAJENDRA SINGH3,  K.M. PRACHI 4 AND DEVENDRA SINGH NEGI5

1. SYNTHESIS OF COUMARINS AND INVESTIGATION OF THEIR ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY by PAVANKUMAR MURALAKAR AND SURESHA KUMARA T. H.

1. PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LEAVES OF OCIMUM SANCTUM L. by SANGEETA YADAV1, S.S. YADAV2, ARVIND KUMAR3 AND RAJENDRA KUMAR1

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1.EFFECT OF DIFFERENT NUTRIENT LEVELS ON GROWTH, YIELD ATTRIBUTES AND UPTAKE OF HYBRID AND INBRED RICE VARIETIES By SUMAN BHOWMIK AND A.K. MOHAPATRA

1. COMPARISON OF ANTIHISTAMINIC POTENCY OF CETIRIZINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE AND ITS DEVELOPED FORMULATION USING ISOLATED GUINEA PIG ILEUM By HARINI D. CHOUTA, E.R.AGHARIA AND KIRAN V. MANGAONKAR
2. THERMODYNAMIC STUDY ON COMPLEXATION EQUILIBRIA OF UO2(II) BINARY WITH LACTIC ACID ACID SYSTEM By S. SHARMA, A.D. PATEL, K.M. JOSHI AND P.J. VYAS
3. THERMODYNAMIC STUDY ON COMPLEXATION EQUILIBRIA OF BINARY Th(IV) WITH MALIC ACID SYSTEMS By S. SHARMA, A.D. PATEL, K.M. JOSHI AND P.J. VYAS
4. SOME ESR, OPTICAL ABSORPTION AND BONDING PARAMETERS OF COPPER (II) COMPLEXEXS OF 1-(1-HYDROXY-2-NAPHTHYL)-3-(PHENYL OR SUBSTITUTED PHENYL)-PROP-2-EN-1-ONES By E.R. AGHARIA
5. ROTECTIVE EFFECT OF GREEN TEA EXTRACT ON GENTAMICIN INDUCED GASTRO- AND HEPATOTOXICITY IN RATS By SARA A KHAN1,2, SHUBHA PRIYAMVADA1, SHEEBA KHAN1, Md WASIM KHAN1,3, E.R. AGHARIA2 AND Ahad N.K.YUSUFI1

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1. STUDY OF PHOTOCHEMICAL LIGAND EXCHANGE REACTION-PHOTOCHEMICAL SODIUM NITROPRUSSIDE- BUTANEDIOIC ACID SYSTEM by VIPUL P. PRAJAPATI1, PIYUSH VYAS2 AND MAYANK R. MEHTA3
2. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NEW COMMERCIALLY SCALABLE PROCESS OF IRBESARTAN by 1PIYUSH VYAS, 2NIMESH THAKKAR, 3M.R.MEHTA AND 4VIPUL PRAJAPATI

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1. THERMAL STUDIES OF COBALT(II), NICKEL(II) AND COPPER(II) COMPLEXES OF SOME 1-(1-HYDROXY-2-NAPHTHYL)-3-(PHENYL OR SUBSTITUTED PHENYL)-PROP-2-EN-1-ONES By E.R. AGHARIA
2. IN VITRO EVALUATION OF ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF COMBINATION OF METHANOL EXTRACT OF TEMINALIA CHEBULA FRUIT AND AMPHOTERICIN B AGAINST CANDIDA ALBICANS By 1. P. J. VYAS, 1. A. S. SUTHAR AND 2. A. D. PATEL
3. GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN SOME VILLAGES OF VADGAM TALUKA OF BANASKANTHA DISTRICT, GUJARAT, INDIA, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON STUDY OF FLUORIDE AND ITS EFFECTS By E.R. AGHARIA

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1. EXTRACTION OF MURRAYA KOENIGII AND ITS PERFORMANCE ALONG WITH ANTIBIOTICS FOR ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES by BHARGAV DAVE1, ASHA PATEL2, JIGAR RAVAL1 AND PIYUSH VYAS1

2. SYNTHESIS, SPECTROSCOPIC AND BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF 2-([1,2,4] TRIAZOLO[3,4-B] [1,3,4]THIADIAZOL-3-YL)PHENOL DERIVATIVES by 1VIPUL PRAJAPATI, RAMESH PATEL, 2GAURAV K. PATEL AND 1PIYUSH J. VYAS

3. EXTRACTION OF AZARDICHTA INDICA AND ITS PERFORMANCE ALONG WITH ANTIBIOTICS FOR ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES by BHARGAV DAVE1, ASHA PATEL2, JIGAR PATEL1 AND PIYUSH VYAS

VOL. 4 PUBLISHED ON 1ST JANUARY 2014 (QUATERLY PUBLISHED)

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1.NEW ORGANIC MATERIALS BASED ON THIADIAZOLOTHIENOPYRAZINE–DITHIOPHENE FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS By Z. EL MALKI A,C , M. BOUACHRINE A,C, M. HAMIDI B, L. BEJJIT A, M. HADDAD A, F. SEREIN-SPIRAU D, J. P. LERE-PORTE D, J. MARC SOTIR

2.PROTEIN ISOLATES PRODUCTION, FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES AND APPLICATION By UMAR GARBA AND SAWINDER KAUR

1. BASELINE STUDY FOR BIOREMEDIATION OF DIESEL CONTAMINATED SOIL SITE OF ANAND, GUJARAT, INDIA By SHAMIYAN R KHAN1, NIRMAL KUMAR J.I1, RITA N KUMAR2 AND JIGNASHA G PATEL1

4.THE IMPORTANCE OF A “NEGATOME” DATABASE FOR ORGANIC CHEMISTRY REACTIONS, A CASE STUDY REACTION OF BROMINATION OF PALMITOYLETHANOLAMIDE By RAFFAELE CONTE5.BIOCHEMICAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF SELECTED PLANT OILS By RIPAL R. KHAMAR AND Y. T. JASRAI

6.SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERISATION AND ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES OF CHALCONES By 1P. R. DESAI AND 2S. D. DESAI

7.STUDIES ON SYNTHESIS OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PYRAZOLINE DERIVATIVES By 1P. R. DESAI AND 2S. D. DESAI

 8. PROTON TRANSFER EQUILIBRIA OF HYDROXY ACIDS By K. M. JOSHI, ASHA PATEL, SANGITA SHARMA AND P. J. VYAS

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1. TEXTURE ANALYSIS OF ALEO VERA - A REVIEW by ANUJ YADAV1, UPENDRA SINGH2 AND RAVI CHARAN1
2. SOIL FERTILITY INDEX OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OF DANTA REGION OF BANASKANTHA DISTRICT by J.N. PATEL1 AND N.K. PATEL2
3. MACRO NUTRIENT ANALYSIS OF SOME AGRICULTURAL LAND OF VADGAM TALUKA OF BANASKANTHA DISTRICT by J.N. PATEL1 AND N.K. PATEL2

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1. A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL OF THREE INDIAN ETHNOMEDICINAL PLANTS by 1SOMKUWAR S. R.; 1DONGRE U. J.; 2CHAUDHARY R. R.; 2KALKAR S. A. AND 3ALKA CHATURVEDI

2. HAEMATOBIOCHEMISTRY AND IMAGING STUDY ON ASCITES WITH HEPATIC AND CARDIAC INVOLVEMENT IN A GERMAN SHEPHERD PUP by C. M. BHADESIYA1, R. G. JANI2, P. V. PARIKH3, A. M. PANDEY4, NEHA RAO5 AND ADITYA SHAI6

3. PRODUCTION OF XYLANASE ON NATURAL SUBSTRATES BY BACILLUS PUMILUS(mtcc 9861) by SAEED,T, SRIKANTH, P AND DAPHY MEURIAL,C.

4. PRELIMINARY PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF MARINE MACROALGA SARGASSUM TENERRIMUM (J. AGARDH) (FUCALES, SARGASSACEAE) by AZHAGU RAJ R1., GANA SUNDARI G1 ., MALA K 1., AND A. PRAKASH 2

5. MORPHO-BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PARENTS AND HYBRID OF COTTON (Gossypium hirsutum L.) by CHITRA SHUKLA

6. EFFECT OF GROWTH REGULATORY HORMONES ON THE GERMINATION OF STORED SEEDS OF WITHANIA SOMNIFERA (WS-100), BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA (VAR. LOCAL) AND PHYLLANTHUS FRATERNUS (VAR. LOCAL) by MONIKA CHRISTIAN

7. MORINGA OLEIFERA LAM., A WONDER PLANT CURING MULTIPLE AILMENTS, ITS PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND ITS PHARMACOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS by SHIRIN QURESHI AND HITESH SOLANKI

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1.ALKALOIDS - CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF PHYLLANTHUS FRATERNUS WEBSTER THROUGH TLC AND HPTLC By MONIKA CHRISTIAN

2.STEROIDS - CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF WITHANIA SOMNIFERA DUNAL THROUGH TLC AND HPTLC By MONIKA CHRISTIAN

3.EFFECT OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC SOURCES OF NUTRIENTS ON GROWTH CHARACTERS OF GROUNDNUT IN TWO DIFFERENT TEXTURED SOILS By P.KAMALAKANNAN AND M.RAVICHANDRAN

4.FLAVONOIDS - CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA L. THROUGH TLC AND HPTLC By MONIKA CHRISTIAN

5.PERSPECTIVE ON PHYTOCHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OF SELECTED INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS By HIREN B.SONI1, MANISHA DABHI2 AND SHEJU THOMAS

1. DECLINATION IN PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF BIO-DIESEL EXTRACTED FROM FUNGAL INFESTED SEEDS OF JATROPHA CURCAS L. by SEWETA SRIVASTAVA1, G. N. GUPTA2, RAVINDRA KUMAR3, ASHWANI KUMAR4, ASHA SINHA1, VANDANA SRIVASTAVA5 AND ANCHAL
2. AONLA, PHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND MICROBIAL QUALITY DURING STORAGE - A REVIEW by ANUJ YADAV1, UPENDRA SINGH1, NEHA NAGDA1 AND ASHWANI YADAV2
3. EFFECT OF PH AND TEMPERATURE ON THE ACTIVITY AND STABILITY OF LIPASE ISOLATED FROM TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM by SIVA KESAVARAO KOMMULA1, JAYAKUMAR KANNALI2, PRASAD UNDRAJAVARAPU3  & KRISHNA SOWJANYA KANCHANA4

4. SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS OF BENZO[D]THIAZOL-2-YLCARBAMODITHIOATES AND THEIR EVALUATION AS POTENTIAL ANTIFUNGALS by SUMAN R GHATELWAL1, ANJALI SIDHU1, KHUSHBU GUMBER1 AND VINEET K SHARMA2

1.YNTHESIS AND REACTIVITY OF CHROMIUM AND MANGANESE  DIBROMOACETATES  AND THEIR COMPLEXES WITH ORGANIC BASES  By JUGAL KISHORE PURI1 AND RAJNI CHHOKER2

2.SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL STUDY OF 5-(((4,5-DIPHENYL-4H-1,2,4-TRIAZOL-3-YL)THIO)METHYL)QUINOLIN-8-OL AND ITS METAL COMPLEXES By VIPUL PRAJAPATI* AND JALPA LIMBACHIA

3.EFFECT OF DUST FALL OF MARBLE INDUSTRIES ON VEGETATION OF DANTA TALUKA By A.H. GAMI* AND N.K. PATEL

4.COMPARING STUDY OF MARBLE DUST FALL AND EXAMINE CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT IN VARIOUS SEASONS ON VEGETATION OF DANTA TALUKA By A.H. GAMI AND N.K. PATEL

5.THE BIOCHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY OF PLANT  CELL WALL DECONSTRUCTIO By MAYUR SUTHAR

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1. SYNTHESIS AND SPECTRAL STUDIES OF SOME 2,3-DIARYL ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVES by K. MATHIYAZHAGAN1 AND R. CHANDRASEKARAN2

1. CHROMATOGRAPHIC FINGER PRINT EXAMINATION OF ARGEMONE MEXICANA LINN. BY HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY TECHNIQUE by GANPAT PATEL, DEVENDRA PATEL AND DEEPKUMAR JOSHI

1. PHARMACOGNOSTICAL STUDIES OF IMPORTANT NON-TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL PLANT GLOSSOCARDIA BOSVALLIA (L.F.) DC. by S. N. SANGEKAR AND V. D. DEVARKAR

1. PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANATOMICAL STUDIES IN TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS L. by S. N. SANGEKAR AND V. D. DEVARKAR

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1. ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SESQUITERPENE LACTONES FROM THE GENUS AMBERBOA by RUCHI SINGH AND DURGA K. MEWARA

 2. ASSESSING SOIL PHYSICO-CHEMICAL STATUS OF SAHASTRADHARA LIMESTONE MINE AREA, DOON VALLEY, SHIVALIK HIMALAYAS by MAYANK DUBEY1, PRAMOD KUMAR2,  SHAHIDA PARVEEN3,SANDEEP ROUT3 AND SITANSHU SEKHAR PATRA4

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1. INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN SUNFLOWER +APIARY FARMING SYSTEM By T. GEETHA JEBARATHNAM AND SUMALATHA

1. STATUS OF MACRONUTRIENTS (N, P AND K) IN SOME SELECTED TEA GROWING SOILS OF SIVASAGAR DISTRICT OF ASSAM, INDIA By T.N. NATH

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1. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF TWO PONDS AT “BORISANA” AND “KARANNAGAR”, KADI TALUKA, GUJARAT by M. A. CHAUDHARY AND N. K. PATEL
2. LIMNOLOGICAL STUDY OF SHARMISHTHA LAKE VADNAGAR NORTH GUJARAT by M. A. CHAUDHARY AND N. K. PATEL
3. PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF LATEX OF SELECTED EUPHORBIACEAE MEMBERS IN TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU byT. JEYANTHI¹, T. LEON STEPHAN RAJ¹* AND D. VANILA²

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1.STUDIES OF FLUORIDE CONTENT IN GROUND WATER IN KUKSHI BLOCK (DHAR), MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA By 1 BHAGEL, B. S., 2ASKE, D. K., 3SAINKHEDIYA, J. AND 4THAKUR, A. 

2.GC-MS ANALYSIS OF THE METHANOL EXTRACT OF TEPHROSIA SPINOSA (L. F) PERS RAJABUDEEN By RAJABUDEEN #, A. SARAVANA GANTHI, M. PADMA SORNA SUBRAMANIAN+ AND K. NATARAJAN## 

3.RESPONSE OF GROUNDNUT TO ZINC, BORON AND ORGANICS ON THE YIELD AND NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY IN COASTAL SANDY SOIL By D.ELAYARAJA 

4.A STUDY OF PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF MITHI RIVER WATER IN MUMBAI METROPOLIS By DNAGARSEKAR, A. S. AND KAKDE, U.B.

5.COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON WATER CHEMISTRY OF TWO WATER BODIES OF ANAND CITY, GUJARAT, INDIA By 1. K. R. PATEL AND 2. N. K. PATEL

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1. PHYTOCHEMICAL, PHYSICHOCHEMICAL MICROBIAL SCREENING OF RICINUS COMMUNIS LEAVES POWDER by 1S. N. PARAJAPATI, 1P K. PATEL AND 2K V. GOSWAMI
2. THE INFLUENCES OF PESTICIDES ON SPIDERS IN COTTON FARMS OF TIMBA, SATLASANA by B.M. PARMAR

1. A SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIATION OF SO2 FROM DIFFERENT AAQM STATIONS LOCATED IN AND AROUND OF DHENKANAL INDUSTRIAL PROJECT SITES NEAR BANARPAL AREA, ODISHA by GIRIJA SANKER MOHANTY, S.P.PANDA AND R. C.MOHANTY

2. UV-VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY STUDIES ON SELECTED DYE YIELDING PLANTS OF SOUTH INDIA by T. LEON STEPHAN RAJ

3. ZINC AND BORON APPLICATION ON GROUNDNUT YIELD AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE IN COASTAL SANDY SOILS by D. ELAYARAJA AND R. SINGARAVEL

4. PAGE AND RAPD ANALYSIS OF PARENTS AND HYBRID OF COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.) by CHITRA SHUKLA

 5. EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PRE-TREATMENT METHODS ON KEEPING QUALITY OF AONLA PRESERVE by PROF.R.S.JANGALE

6. INFLUENCE OF MICRONUTRIENTS AND NPK LEVELS ON THE YIELD AND NUTRIENTS UPTAKE BY SESAME IN COASTAL SOIL by D. ELAYARAJA

7. EVALUATION OF ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF PROTEIN ENRICHED CRANBERRY WHEY BEVERAGE by CHAVDA, V.R1., MODI, R. B2., RAMESH, V3 AND PARMAR, M.P1

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1.EFFECT OF SOURCES AND LEVELS OF SULPHUR ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF RICE FALLOW BLACKGRAM (VIGNA MUNGO) By S. JAWAHAR1, V. VAIYAPURI1, K.SUSEENDRAN1, C. KALAIYARASAN1 AND M.V. SRIRAMACHANDRASEKHARAN2

2.CHARACTERIZATION OF ACID AND SALT TOLERANCE RHIZOBIUM SPP. ISOLATED FROM SALINE SOILS OF GUJARAT By RATNA TRIVEDI1 AND SANJAY ARORA2

3.EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE INHIBITION EFFECT OF ANILINE-N-(P-METHOXYBENZYLIDENE) SCHIFF BASE ON ZINC CORROSION IN HYDROCHLORIC ACID By S. KUMARA, P. DAVEB AND N.K. SHAHA

4.ALKALOIDS – CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA L. THROUGH TLC AND HPTLC By MONIKA CHRISTIAN

5.STEROIDS – CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF PHYLLANTHUS FRATERNUS WEBSTER THROUGH TLC AND HPTLC By MONIKA CHRISTIAN

6.FLAVONOIDS – CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF WITHANIA SOMNIFERA DUNAL THROUGH TLC AND HPTLC By MONIKA CHRISTIAN

7.INVESTIGATION OF MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE COPPER SULFIDE FILMS IN ACIDIC MEDIA BASED ON ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY By HO SOON MIN1,2, ANUAR KASSIM1, LIM KIAN SIANG1 AND TAN WEE TEE1

8.SURFACE WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND CONSERVATION MEASURES OF TWO POND ECOSYSTEMS OF CENTRAL GUJARAT By HIREN B.SONI1, MANISHA DABHI2 AND SHEJU THOMAS1

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1. IN VITRO EVALUATION OF NANOFORMULATED HETEROLEPTIC METAL COMPLEXES AS POTENTIAL MYCOCIDAL AGENTS by KHUSHBU GUMBER AND ANJALI SIDHU

1. STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF SYNTHETIC PYRETHROID INSECTICIDES ON EGG PARASITOID TRICHOGRAMMA CHILONIS AND LARVAL PARASITOID, BRACON HEBATOR UNDERHI
2. SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF COLOURANT EXTRACTS FROM THREE Different COLOURED Flowers of Tagetuserecta (L) AT DIFFERENT pH VALUES By APARNA BHARDWAJ , SOMENDRA SHARMAand E.R.AGHARIA

3. A review-COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CORROSION INHIBITION OF METALS BY USING INHIBITORS AND INHIBITORS ASSEMBLED ON NANO PARTICLES IN ACIDIC MEDIA By NEHA R. PAREKH AND NISHA K. SHAH