Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

Prabhu Dutt

Ghulam Nabi Qazi

Subhash Chandra Taneja

Vijeshwar Verma

Suresh Chandra

Ashok Kumar Shahi

Satya Narayan Sharma

Vijay Kumar Sethi

Ravinder Kumar Raina

Samar Singh Andotra

Maharaj Krishen Bhan

Sanotosh Kumar Bakshi

Maharaj Krishan Koul

Abid Zaffar Hashmi

Maharaj Krishen Kaul

Swadesh Pal

Surendra Singh Balyan

Shazia Zahoor

A new and distinct variety ofgrass is provided. The new variety was discovered during a mass selection program that was carried out in India in a cultivated area, and offers significant advantages over a typical plant of the species. More specifically, the new variety exhibits superior drought tolerance, a vigorous perennial growth habit, and lighter green leaves than typically exhibited by the species. The plant produces an essential oil having an enhanced geraniol and geranyl acetate content that is useful to form perfumes and in flavor applications. Asexual reproduction can be readily carried out by the rooting of slips.

Cymbopogon plant named 'RLJCC1'

The present invention relates to anti-microbial activity of the essential oil of (Nees ex Steud) Wats and the process of isolation of novel sesquiterpene compound which is mainly responsible for the strong anti-microbial/anti-bacterial activity. The present invention particularly relates to anti-bacterial activity of the essential oil and a pure isolate identified as (&plus;)-1-bisabolone of formula 1 against gram positive bacteria from a strain of a grass identified as

(&plus;)-1-Bisabolone isolated from cymbopogon flexuosus and antibacterial activity thereof

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Jammu, India

Prabhu Dutt