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1.       Pillai Geetha S., A.V.
Raghu, Gerald Martin, Satheesh George and Indira Balachandran.
2009. In vitro Propagation of two Tuberous Medicinal
Plants: Holostemma ada-kodien and Ipomoea mauritiana, In: Protocols for In
Vitro Culture and Secondary Metabolite Analysis of Aromatic and Medicinal
Plants. Edited by Mohan Jain and Praveen K. Saxena. Humana Press. Springer Protocols, Methods in Molecular
Biology 547.

 

2.       Satheesh George, Sreekumar and Raghu AV. Herbaium Techniques. HandBook.
Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Trissur, Kerala.

 

3.       Sadashiva CT, Satheesh
George,
Nitha Balan, U Prakash Kumar and Indira Balachandran.
2009. Preliminary
Phytochemical and Antimicrobial activity of Ethanolic Extract of Pittosporum
virudilum stem bark.
In: Prospects in Bioscience: Addressing the Issues.
Edited by Abdulhameed Sabu and Anu Augustine. Springer, 89-92.

 

 












Research Papers (Journal)




 

4.       Satheesh George,
A. B. Remashree, Delse Sebastian & Molly Hariharan. 2004.  Micropropagation of Centella asiatica L.
through axillary bud multiplication. Phytomorphology
54 (1&2): 31-34.

 

5.       Satheesh George,
A. B. Remashree, K.V. Tushar, A.V. Raghu, Molly Hariharan and Sailas Benjamin.
2006. Somatic embryogenesis and organogenesis in Centella asiatica. Journal
of Tropical Medicinal Plants,
6(2)241-243.

 

6.       Udayan P.S., Satheesh George & K.V. Tushar,
Indira Balachandran  Tinospora
sinensis
(lour.) Merr. – from Sickupara, Kolli hills forest, Namakkal
district, Tamil nadu. Zoo’s Print
journal
19 (9): 1622-1623.

 

7.       P.S. Udayan, Satheesh
George
K.V.
Tushar, &
Indira Balachandran. 2005.  “Some
common medicinal plants used by the Nayaka community, Savangurga forest of
Magadi Taluk, Bangalore rural district, Karnataka, India” Natural Remedies,
Bangalore. 5 (1): 35-40.

 

8.       Udayan
P.S., Satheesh George,
K.V. Tushar & Indira Balachandran. 2005. Medicinal Plants used by the
Kaadar Tribes of Sholayar forest, Thrissur District, Kerala. Indian Journal
of Traditional Knowledge
, 4(2): 159-163.

 

9.      
Udayan P.S., Tushar K.V., Satheesh George &
Indira Balachandran Gymnema khandalense Santapau – a rare and little
known endemic red listed medicinal plant from Nilakkal forest, Kerala state. Zoo’s
Print journal
19 (9): 1623-1624.
 

 

10.   
Udayan P.S., K.V. Tushar & Satheesh
George
. 2004. “Notes on Rare, Endemic, Red Listed Plants as additions to
the Flora of Cannanore District (Kannur), Kerala State” Indian Journal of Forestry,
Dehradun. 27 (4): 341-346.
 

 

11.   
Udayan, P.S., K.V. Tushar, Satheesh George
and Indira Balachandran. 2004. “Some common medicinal plants used by the Kuruba
Community of Thamadihalli forest near Tiptur, Tumkur District, Karnataka,
India” Journal of Non-Timber Forest
Products
, Dehra Dun. 11 (3): 215-219.

 

12.   
Udayan, P.S., K.V. Tushar, Satheesh George, A.K. Pradeep and Indira Balachandran. 2005. “Phyllanthus
kozhikodianus
Sivar. & Mani. (Euphorbiaceae) – a new record for
Tamilnadu, India” Zoo’s print Journal 20(6):1904

 

13.    Udayan, P.S., K.V. Tushar, Satheesh George and Indira Balachandran. 2005.
Sauropus saksenianus
Mani. et al. – (Euphorbiaceae) a rare
and little known endemic plant from Ambayathode forest of Western Ghats, Kannur
district, Kerala state,                 India.
Journal of Non Timber forest products. 12(4)15-17.

 

14.    Udayan,
P.S., Satheesh George, K.V. Tushar, and Indira Balachandran. 2005.
“Ethnomedical Informations from the Chellipale community near Kolli Hills of
Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, India” Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. Vol. 4(4): 437-442.

 

15.    Udayan, P.S., Satheesh George, K.V. Tushar and Indira Balachandran.
2006.“Medicinal plants used by the Malayali tribes of Servarayan Hills, Yercad,
Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India”. Zoos Print.21 (4) 2223-2224.

 

16.    Udayan, P.S., Satheesh George, K.V. Tushar and Indira Balachandran. 2005.
“Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Oorali tribe of Idukki district, Kerala
state, India” J. Econ. Taxon. Bot.29 (1)217-223.

 

17.   
Udayan P.S., Tushar K.V., Satheesh George & Indira Balachandran 2006. Phyllanthus kozhikodianus
Sivar. & Mani. (Euphorbiaceae) – A new record for the state of Andhra
Pradesh, India. Zoos Print.21
(5) 2259-2260.

 

18.    Satheesh
George
, Geetha S. Pillai, Sudhakar Raja S., Indira Balachandran and P. N.
Ravindran. 2006. In vitro cultivation
of Bacopa monnieri in growth regulator free medium. Journal of Tropical Medicinal Plants, Malaysia,
7(1) 91-94.

 

19.    Satheesh
George
, Tushar K.V., Udayan P.S. and Balachandran. 2006. Effect of
storage, sowing depth and orientation on seed germination and seedling vigour
of Holostemma ada-kodien. Jornal of Tropical Medicinal Plants,
Malaysia, 7(1) 83-86.

 

20.    Satheesh
George
, Tushar K.V., Udayan P.S., Sudhakar Raja, Unnikrishnan K.P., Remashree
A.B., Indira Balachandran and P.N. Ravindran
2006. Adhatoda zeylanica Medic. –
A Review. Journal of Tropical Medicinal Plants, Malaysia, 7(1) 137-148.

 

21.    Satheesh George, K.V.Tushar,
P.S.Udayan, Sudhakar Raja, K.P. Unnikrishnan, A.B. Remashree, Indira
Balachandran and P.N. Ravindran. 2006. Morphotypes of Adhatoda zeylanica Medic. Journal
of Non-Timber Forest Products
, 13(1):29-31.

 

22.    Satheesh
George
, Tushar K.V., Udayan P.S., Remashree A.B., Indira Balachandran and
Ravindran P.N. 2006. Occurrence of natural shoot proliferation in Justicia
gendarussa
Burm.f. Journal of
Non-Timber Forest
Products. 13 (3): 203-203.

 

23.    Udayan,
P.S., K.V. Tushar, Satheesh George
and Indira Balachandran. 2006. Sauropus compressus Muell.-Arg.
(Euphorbiaceae) a new report from Tamilnadu, India. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot.30
(2)435-437.

 

24.   
Satheesh
George
, Unnikrishnan K.P., Udayan P.S., Tushar K.V., Anu Augustine and
Indira Balachandran. 2007. Morphological and phytochemical characterisation of
different accessions of Hemidesmus
indicus
(L.) R. Br. from South India. Journal of Tropical Medicinal Plants,
Malaysia, 8(1): 97-103.

 

25.    Raghu
A.V., A. B. Remashree, Satheesh George, K.V. Tushar, and K.V. Mohanan.
2006. Direct and indirect regeneration from leaf, stem, petiole and somatic
embryogenesis in Solanum violaceum Ortega. Journal of Tropical Medicinal
Plants, Malaysia, 7(2) 213-218.

 

26.    Rema
Shree AB, KV Thushar, Satheesh George
& Indira Balachandran. 2006. Micromorphological studies on tree turmeric (Coscinium
fenestratum
(Gaertn.) Colebr. Leaf – a Critically Endangered Medicinal
Plant. Phytomorphology 56(3&4) pp. 1-7.

 

27.    Udayan
P.S., Tushar K.V., Satheesh George,
Sudhakar Raja S. & Unnikrishnan K.P. 2006. Notes on Some Wild Edible Fruits
from the Western Ghats of Nilgiris Forests, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products. 13
(4): 249-259.

 

28.   
Udayan P.S., Satheesh George, Tushar K.V. & Indira Balachandran. 2006.
Ethnobotanical information from the Muduga tribe of Mukkali forest, near Silent
valley national park, Palakkad district, Kerala, India. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot.
30. 27-30.

 

29.   
Udayan P.S.,
Satheesh George, Tushar K.V., Sudhakar Raja S. and Indira
Balachandran. 2006. A note on the Medicinal Plants used by Kaadar Tribals,
Kariyan Shola, Top Slip, Tamil Nadu, India
J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 30. 5-12.

 

30.   
Udayan P.S., Satheesh George & Indira Balachandran Heliotropium keralense
Sivar. & Manilal – a little known endemic and red listed medicinal plant
from Agumbe, Sirsi and Udupi as a new report from the state of Karnataka, India
MyForest 42(2)165-169.

 

31.    Udayan,
P.S., K.V. Tushar, Satheesh George. 2007.
A new variety of Humboldtia (Fabaceae:
Caesalpinioideae) from the Western Ghats of India. J. Bot. Res. Inst. (Formerly
known as SIDA), Texas 1(1):121-127.

 

32.    Satheesh
George
, Geetha S. P., Sudhakar Raja, Indira Balachandran and P.N. Ravindran.
2007. In vitro medium-term conservation
of Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell] – The memory plus plant – under slow
growth conditions. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter.151:54-60.

 

33.    Satheesh
George
, Geetha S P. and Indira Balachandran. 2008. Micropropagation of Baliospermum
montanum
(Willd.) Muell. – Arg. – A red listed medicinal plant. Journal of
Plant Sciences, 3(1):111-115.

 

34.    Satheesh
George
, Tushar K.V., Unnikrishnan K.P., Hashim K.M. and Indira
Balachandran.2008. Hemidesmus indicus
– A review. J. Plant Sci. 3(2):146-156.

 

35.    Sudhakar
Raja S., Unnikrishnan K.P., Satheesh
George
, Remashree A.B., Udayan P.S., Tushar K.V., and Indira Balachandran.
2008. Chemical characterisation and Pharmacognostic studies in different
morphotypes of Adhatoda zeylanica
Medic. Journal of Plant Sciences, 3(1):61-68.

 

36.   
Udayan, P.S., K.V. Tushar, Satheesh George and Indira Balachandran. 2007. Some red listed and
little known plants from the Top Slip forest, Western ghats (Coimbatore
district), Tamilnadu, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany, 31(3).

 

37.    Udayan
P.S., Satheesh George, Tushar K.V.
& Indira Balachandran. 2007. Ethnomedicine of Malapandaram tribes of
Achenkovil forest of Kollam district, Kerala. Indian Journal of Traditional
Knowledge
. 6(4) 569-573.

 

38.    Udayan,
P.S., K.V. Tushar, Satheesh George
and Indira Balachandran. Ethnomedical information from Kattunayakas tribes of
Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu. Indian Journal
of Traditional Knowledge
. 6(4) 574-578.

 

39.    Udayan, P.S., K.V. Tushar, Satheesh George and Indira Balachandran. 2008. Notes
on a few Rare, Endemic and Red Listed Plants from the Western Ghats of
Mundanthurai Forest, Tirunelveli District, Tamilnadu, India. The Indian
Forester
. 134(1): 88-96.

 

40.   
Tushar K.V., Satheesh George, A.B. Remashree & Indira Balachandran 2008. Coscinium fenestratum ((Gaertn.)
Colebr.- A Review on this Rare, Critically endangered and highly traded
medicinal species
. Journal of Plant Science, 3(2): 133-145.

 

41.    Udayan
P.S., Satheesh George, Tushar K.V.
& Indira Balachandran. 2008. Rare, Endemic and Red listed medicinal plants
from the Yercaud forests of Salem District, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Non-Timber
Forest Products
15(2) 103-109.

 

42.    Udayan
P.S., K.V. Tushar & Satheesh George. 2008. “Notes on Some Endemic, Medicinal, Rare and Red
Listed Plants from the Western Ghats Of Kakkayam Forest, Kozhikode, (Calicut)
District, Kerala, India Journal of
Economic and Taxonomic Botany
, Jodhpur. 32(3)581-594.

 

43.    Udayan
P.S., Tushar K.V., Satheesh George
& Indira Balachandran. 2009. Notes on a few rare, endemic and, red listed
plants from Tirumala forest of Tirupati, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh. J.
Econ. Taxon. Bot. 33(2):277-284.

 

44.    Satheesh George, Sulaiman CT &
Indira Balachandran. 2012. Decalepis salicifolia- A new source of 2-hydroxy
4-methoxy benzaldehyde. Medicinal Plants. 

 

45.    Satheesh George, KP Unnikrishnan, AV
Raghu, SP Geetha & Indira Balachandran. 2012. Effect of nutrients and
sucrose on microrhizome production and diosgenin accumulation in cultures of
Costus speciosus Sm. in vitro. Medicinal Plants.  4(1): 7-11.

 

46.    Sulaiman
CT, Sadashiva CT, Satheesh George, & Indira
Balachandran. 2012. Acetylcholinesterase inhibition and antioxidant activity of
Terminalia chebula Retz. Journal of Tropical Medicinal Plants. 13(2):125-127.

 

47.    Satheesh George, SP Geetha & Indira
Balachandran. 2012. In vitro multiplication of Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz. – An endangered medicinal
plant. Medicinal Plants.  4(1): 45-48.

 

48.    Binu Thomas, Konickal Mambetta Prabhu
Kumar, Satheesh George, Arumugam
Rajendran, Indira Balachandran. 2012. A new variety of
Crotalaria
ramosissima
(Fabaceae) from Tamil Nadu, India. Asian
Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine (2012)1-3.

 

49.    C.T. Sulaiman, Satheesh George,
V.K. Gopalakrishnan and Indira Balachandran. 2012. Liquid chromatography–
electro spray ionization mass spectroscopic analysis of Acacia species.
Medicinal Plants, 4(4): 1-5.

 

50.    Prabhu Kumar, Satheesh George, Sreekanth Sreedhar and Indira Balachandran. 2013. CARALLUMA DIFFUSA (WRIGHT)
N.E. BR. (APOCYNACEAE) – A NEW DISTRIBUTION RECORD FOR KERALA FROM CHINNAR WILD
LIFE SANCTUARY, INDIA
. Indian Forester, 139 (5) : 425-428, 2013.

 

51.    Satheesh
George
. 2013. Implications of Conceptual
vagueness and
Philosophical disparity of ‘Species concept’ in the Taxonomic delimitation of plant taxa. mRNA.
2013.

 

52.    C.T Sulaiman, C.T
Sadashiva, Satheesh George, V. K Goplakrishnan
and Indira Balachandran. 2013.
Chromatographic Studies and in vitro Screening for Acetyl Cholinesterase
Inhibition and Antioxidant Activity of Three Acacia Species from South India.
Analytical
C hemistry Letters. Taylor and Francis.

 

53.    Elizabeth
Cherian, Joseph Chacko, Satheesh George
and Jobin Mathew. 2013. Scientific study of plants used in Folk Medicines.
Journal of Nature and Life Science. 1(1) 5-8.

 

54.    A. V. Raghu, Satheesh George, Renju
Krishna V and Sindhu K. K. 2013.Bioactive properties of phenolics present in Oroxylum
indicum
– A review.
Journal of Pharmacognosy
and Phytochemistry 2013; 2 (3): 23-27

 
















Research Papers (Seminar/ Symposia)




 

 

 

 

1.       Geetha
S Pillai, Gerald Martin, Raghu A.V., Satheesh George, Liric P.S., Indira
Balachandran and P. N. Ravindran 2007. In
vivo
rooting of in vitro shoots –
a reliable method for priming in tissue culture. Proceeding of National symposium on Plant Biotechnology:
New Frontiers (2005), CIMAP, Lucknow, Editores: A.K. Kukreja et al., 2007, 196-201
.

 

2.       Satheesh George, Geetha S. Pillai, Indira
Balachandran and P. N. Ravindran “Micropropagation of Rotula aquatica lour. – A rare rhoeophytic medicinal plant. Proceeding
of National symposium on Plant
Biotechnology: New Frontiers (2005), CIMAP, Lucknow, Editores: A.K. Kukreja et al., 2007, 293-2296
.

 

3.       Satheesh George, Raghu A.V., Gerald
Martin, Geetha S. Pillai, Indira Balachandran and P. N. Ravindran. 2007. In vitro conservation studies in three
important Ayurvedic medicinal plants viz.
Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr, Celastrus paniculatus Willd. and Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.br.  Proceeding of National symposium on Plant Biotechnology: New Frontiers (2005), CIMAP,
Lucknow, Editores: A.K. Kukreja et al.,
2007, 297-303
.

 

4.      
Satheesh George,
Geetha S. Pillai, Indira Balachandran and P. N. Ravindran. 2004.
“Micropropagation and in vitro conservation studies in Bacopa
monnieri (L.)
Pennel. – The memory plus plant. In Abstracts: Annual
conference and National symposium of Plant Tissue Culture Association of India
(PTCA), at St. Aloysius College, Mangalore, p-36.

 

5.      
Satheesh George and Tushar, K. V. 2005. In vitro conservation studies in Bacopa monnieri
(L.)
Pennell. In Proceedings,
XVII Kerala Science Congress, KFRI, Peechi, p-305.

 

6.       Udayan,
P.S., K.V. Tushar, Satheesh George and Indira Balachandran. 2004. Notes on a Few Rare, Endemic
and Threatened Plants in the Western Ghats of Kerala and Tamilnadu. In Proceedings, XIV National
Seminar of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT). “S.R. YADAV AWARD,
pp-119”.

 

7.       Sudhakar
Raja S., Unnikrishnan K. P., and Satheesh George. 2005. Comparative
Chemical and Pharmacognostical Studies on the different morphotypes of Adhatoda
Zeylanica
Medic. In
Proceedings, XVII Kerala Science Congress, KFRI, Peechi, p-119.

 

8.      
Geetha S Pillai, Gerald Martin, Raghu A.V., Satheesh
George
, Indira Balachandran and P. N. Ravindran “Studies on Tissue Culture
of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants, their conservation and utilisation”. Annual conference and National symposium of Plant Tissue Culture
Association of India (PTCA), at Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic
Plants Research (CIMAP), Lucknow, p-78
.

 

9.      
Tushar K.V., Udayan P.S., Satheesh George, Anu Augustine and Indira Balachandran. 2006.
Confusing taxonomic and nomenclatural problems of Salacia spp. (Ekanayakam / Korandi) occurring in Peninsular India.
18th Kerala Science Congress, 29-31st January, CESS,
Akulam, Trivandrum, pp- 546-547.

 

10.   
Satheesh George,
Unnikrishnan K.P., Tushar K.V., Udayan P.S., Anu Augustine and Indira
Balachandran. 2006. Morphological and phytochemical characterisation of
different accessions of Hemidesmus
indicus
(L.) R. Br. from South India.
18th Kerala Science Congress, 29-31st January, CESS,
Akulam, Trivandrum, pp-544-545.

 

11.   
Udayan, P.S., K.V. Tushar, Satheesh George. A new variety of Humboldtia (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae) from the Western Ghats of India.
International Seminar of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy, Pune,
India.

 

12.   
Udayan P.S., K.V.Tushar, Satheesh George & Indira Balachandran.
2006. Notes on Rare, Endemic, Endangered and Threatened plants of Western
Ghats. National seminar on Biodiversity conservation. Bangalore.

 

13.    Satheesh George, Unnikrishnan K.P.,
Raghu A.V., Geetha S.P. and
Indira Balachandran. 2007. Effect of nutrients and sucrose on microrhizome
production and Diosgenin accumulation on in
vitro
cultures of Costus speciosus.
XIXth Kerala Science Congress, Kannur University, Kerala.

 

14.   
Satheesh George,
Geetha S.P., Udayan P.S., Tushar K.V., Anu Augustine and Indira Balachandran.
2007. Micropropagation and in vitro conservation of Utleria salicifolia Bedd. Ex Hook.f. (Periplocaceae) – a little known, monotypic, endemic and critically endangered
medicinal plant of the western ghats, XIXth Kerala Science Congress, Kannur
University, Kerala.

 

15.   
Satheesh George,
Hashim K.M. and Indira Balachandran. 2007. Intraspecific variation studies in
three medicinal plants viz. Adhatoda zeylanica Clarke, Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng.
and Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br.
and its implications in specific/sub-specific delimitation. International
Seminar on changing Scenario in Angiosperm Taxonomy organized by Indian
Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT),
Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.

 

16.   
Satheesh George,
Hashim K.M., A.B. Remashree, Anu Augustine and Indira Balachandran. 2009.
Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) and gas chromatographic (GC) studies in
different accessions of Hemidesmus
indicus
(L.) R.

17.   
 Br. XXIst Kerala Science Congress, Kollam,
Kerala.

 

18.   
Satheesh George,
Tushar K. V., Udayan P.S. and Indira Balachandran. 2009. Species concept’ – Philosophical disparities and its implications
in the Taxonomic delimitation of plant taxa. International Seminar on ‘Angiosperm
systematic and phylogeny: retrospects and prospects’ organized by Indian
Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT),
NBRI, Lucknow, India.

 

19.   
Satheesh George, Sadashiva, C.T., Kavitha C.V., Anu
Augustine, Sathees C. Raghavan and Indira Balachandran. 2009. In vitro
antiproliferative effect of the root extracts from Decalepis hamiltonii, Hemidesmus
indicus
and Utleria salicifolia.
4th Global Summit on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. December 1-5,
2009. Four Points by Sheraton, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

 

20.    Satheesh
George
, Geetha S. P., Anu Augustine
and Indira Balachandran. 2010. In vitro conservation studies in
Hemidesmus indicus
(L.) R. Br., Decalepis hamiltonii
Wight & Arn. and Utleria salicifolia Bedd. ex
Hook.f. XXIInd Kerala Science Congress,
Thrissur, Kerala.

 

21.    Satheesh
George
, A.B. Remashree and
Indira Balachandran. 2010.
Intraspecific variability
studies in Terminalia chebula Retz.
accessions collected from various agroclimatic zones in South India. Indian
Biodiversity Congress. Trivandrum. 28-30 December 2010. Organized by Centre for
Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA), Trivandrum.

 

22.    Robi
A. J., P. S. Udayan, Satheesh George
& Indira Balachandran. 2010. A RE-INVESTIGATION ON THE TAXONOMY OF THE
GENUS ALSEODAPHNE NEES (LAURACEAE) IN PENINSULAR INDIA. XX Annual conference of
Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) and International symposium
on “Taxonomy, Plant diversity and Conservation”. 26 -28 November, 2010 at
Bharatiar University, Coimbatore
.

 

23.    Satheesh
George
, Robi A. J. and
Indira Balachandran. 2010.
The
International Standard Plant Species Numbering System (ISPSN) for ensuring
stability and authenticity in plant nomenclature.
XX Annual conference of
Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) and International symposium
on “Taxonomy, Plant diversity and Conservation”. 26 -28 November, 2010 at
Bharatiar University, Coimbatore.

 

24.    Satheesh George, Geetha S.P., Anu Augustine
and Indira Balachandran. 2011. Standardisation of Protocols for
Micropropagation and in vitro
Conservation in selected Rare, Endangered and Threatened Medicinal Plants. 23
rd KERALA SCIENCE CONGRESS 29 – 31 January 2011 Organised by Centre for
Earth Science Studies (CESS), Thiruvananthapuram.

 

25.    Ashish
GR, Satheesh George and indira
Balachandran. 2012. Primary metabolite profiling and antioxidant activity of
Atuna indica (Bedd.) Kosterm.- an endemic plant species reported from Southern
Western Ghats, India. Proceedings of 24th Kerala Science Congress, 29-31
January 2012, RRII, Kottayam pp-517-519.

 

26.    Sulaiman
CT, Sadashiva CT, Satheesh George and Indira Balachandran. 2012.
Acetylcholinesterase inhibition and antioxidant activity of Terminalia chebula
Retz. Proceedings of 24th Kerala Science Congress, 29-31 January 2012, RRII,
Kottayam pp-597-599.

 

27.    Prabhu
Kumar K.M., Remya K.S., Satheesh George and Indira balachandran. Taxonomic
studies on the genus Gymnostachyum Nees. (Acanthaceae) in Kerala, South India. 2012.
Proceedings of the International Symposium and XXII IAAT Conference
(ISIPAT-2012). Dept. of Botany, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati.
pp77.

 

28.    Jobin Mathew, Satheesh George,
Elizabeth Cherian and C. S. Paulose. 2013. Gene expression of GAD65 in
hippocampus of temporal lobe epileptic rats : effect of
Bacopa monnieri and
bacoside-A.
Proceedings of 25th Kerala Science Congress, 29-31 January
2013, Technopark, Trivandrum.

 

29.    Sadheeshna Kumari S., Satheesh
George
and Geetha S. P.2013. Rapid propagation of
Decalepis salicifolia (bedd.
Ex. Hook. F.) Venter using
ex vitro rooting and controlled acclimatization of micropropagules.. Proceedings
of 25th Kerala Science Congress, 29-31 January 2013, Technopark, Trivandrum.

 

30.    Satheesh George, Sadashiva, C.T., Kavitha C.V., Sathees C. Raghavan, Elizabeth Cherian,
Jobin Mathew, Indira Balachandran and Anu Augustine. 2013.
In vitro antiproliferative
effect of the root extracts from
decalepis hamiltonii wight & ARN., hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.BR. and utleria salicifolia bedd. ex hook.f. against chronic myelogenous leukemia (K562) cells. Proceedings
of 25th Kerala Science Congress, 29-31 January 2013, Technopark, Trivandrum.

 
















Research Papers (Communicated)




 

 

 

 

 

 



  1.  Rema Shree
    A.B.,
    Satheesh George, Nitha B. and Indira Balachandran
    ‘Cytotoxic and antitumour activities of selected medicinal plants: a
    comparative study’ – Planta Medica. Communicated.

 

2.       Satheesh
George
, Geetha S Pillai and Indira Balachandran. Micropropagation of Rauvolfia
serpentina
– An endangered medicinal plant. Journal of Plant Sciences. New York, USA

 

 


  1. Udayan P.S., K.V.
    Tushar & Satheesh George, Berberis tinctoria Lesch.
    (Berberidaceae) – a New report to the state of Kerala from Mannavanshola
    forest, near Munnar, Idukki District Journal of Bombay Natural Historic Society, Mumbai.
     

 

4.       Udayan P.S., Tushar K.V., Satheesh George and Indira Balachandran. Notes on a
few rare, endemic and threatened plants in the Western Ghats of Kerala and
Tamilnadu. Proceedings of the XIV annual conference Indian Association of
Angiosperm Taxonomy, Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute (TBGRI),
Thiruvananthapuram December 2004.

 

5.      
Udayan, P.S., K.V. Tushar, Satheesh George, and
Indira Balachandran. “
Pothos
crassipedunculatus

Sivad. & Mohanan- (ARACEAE) a rare and little known endemic plant from Kakkayam
forest of Western Ghats, Kozhikode (Calicut) district, Kerala state, India” Bulletin
of Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

 

6.      
Udayan, P.S., K.V. Tushar, Satheesh George and Indira Balachandran 2005. Zanonia indica L. (Cucurbitaceae): A new
report from Ernakulam district, Kerala State, India. Planta Indica.

 

7.      
Udayan, P.S., K.V. Tushar, Satheesh George and Indira Balachandran 2005.
Ethnomedical information from the Kattunayakas of Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary
of Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India, Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products,
New Delhi

 

 
















Research Papers (Presented in Symposium)


 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1.         
Satheesh George, Geetha S Pillai, Indira
Balachandran and P. N. Ravindran “Micropropagation and in vitro
conservation studies in Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennel. – The memory
plus plant. Annual conference and
National symposium of Plant Tissue
Culture Association of India (PTCA),
at St. Aloysius College, Mangalore
.

 

2.         
Satheesh George and Tushar, K. V. In
vitro
conservation studies in Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell. XVII
Kerala Science Congress, KFRI, Peechi.

 

3.         
Sudhakar Raja S., Unnikrishnan K. P., and Satheesh
George.
Comparative Chemical and Pharmacognostical Studies on the different
morphotypes of Adhatoda Zeylanica Medic. XVII Kerala Science
Congress, KFRI, Peechi.

 

4.         
Udayan, P.S., K.V. Tushar, Satheesh George and
Indira Balachandran. Notes on a Few Rare, Endemic and Threatened Plants
in the Western Ghats of Kerala and Tamilnadu. XIV National Seminar of Indian
Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT). “S.R. YADAV AWARD FOR
BEST POSTER”.

 

5.         
Satheesh George, Geetha S Pillai, Indira
Balachandran and P. N. Ravindran “Micropropagation of Rotula aquatica lour. – A
rare rhoeophytic medicinal plant.
Annual conference and National
symposium of Plant Tissue Culture Association of India (PTCA), at Central
Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research (CIMAP), Lucknow
.

 

6.         
Satheesh George, Raghu A.V., Gerald
Martin, Geetha S Pillai, Indira Balachandran and P. N. Ravindran “In vitro conservation studies in three
important Ayurvedic medicinal plants viz.
Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.br.  Aegle
marmelos
(L.) Corr and Celastrus
paniculatus
Willd. Annual
conference and
National
symposium of Plant Tissue Culture Association of India (PTCA), at Central
Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research (CIMAP), Lucknow
.

 

7.         
Geetha S Pillai, Gerald Martin, Raghu A.V., Satheesh
George
, Liric P.S., Indira Balachandran and P. N. Ravindran
In vivo
rooting of in vitro shoots – a
reliable method for priming in tissue culture.
Annual conference and National symposium of Plant Tissue Culture
Association of India (PTCA), at Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic
Plants Research (CIMAP), Lucknow, p-77
.

 

8.         
Geetha S Pillai, Gerald Martin, Raghu A.V., Satheesh
George
, Indira Balachandran and P. N. Ravindran “Studies on Tissue Culture
of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants, their conservation and utilisation”. Annual conference and National symposium of Plant Tissue Culture
Association of India (PTCA), at Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic
Plants Research (CIMAP), Lucknow, p-78
.

 

9.         
Satheesh George,
Unnikrishnan K.P., Tushar K.V., Udayan P.S., Anu Augustine and Indira
Balachandran. 2006. Morphological and phytochemical characterisation of
different accessions of Hemidesmus
indicus
(L.) R. Br. from South India.
18th Kerala Science Congress, 29-31st January, CESS,
Akulam, Trivandrum, pp-544-545.

 

10.      
Udayan P.S., K.V.Tushar, Satheesh George & Indira Balachandran.
2006. Notes on Rare, Endemic, Endangered and Threatened plants of
Western Ghats. National seminar on Biodiversity conservation. Bangalore.

 

11.      
Satheesh
George
, Unnikrishnan K.P., Raghu A.V., Geetha S.P. and
Indira Balachandran. 2007. Effect of nutrients and sucrose on microrhizome
production and Diosgenin accumulation on in
vitro
cultures of Costus speciosus.
XIXth Kerala Science Congress, Kannur University, Kerala.

 

12.      
Satheesh
George
, Geetha S.P., Udayan P.S., Tushar K.V., Anu Augustine and Indira
Balachandran. 2007. Micropropagation
and in vitro conservation of utleria salicifolia
bedd. Ex hook.f. (periplocaceae) – a little known, monotypic, endemic and critically endangered
medicinal plant of the western ghats, XIXth Kerala Science Congress, Kannur
University, Kerala.

 

13.      
Satheesh
George
, Hashim K.M. and Indira Balachandran. 2007. Intraspecific variation
studies in three medicinal plants viz.
Adhatoda zeylanica Clarke, Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng.
and Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br.
and its implications in specific/sub-specific delimitation. International
Seminar on changing Scenario in Angiosperm Taxonomy organized by Indian
Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT),
Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.

 

14.      
Satheesh
George
, Hashim K.M., A.B. Remashree, Anu Augustine and Indira Balachandran.
2009. Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) and gas chromatographic (GC) studies
in different accessions of Hemidesmus indicus
(L.) R. Br. XXIst Kerala Science
Congress, Kollam, Kerala.

 

15.      
Satheesh
George
, Tushar K. V., Udayan P.S. and Indira Balachandran. 2009. Species concept’ – Philosophical
disparities and its implications in the Taxonomic delimitation of plant taxa. International
Seminar on ‘Angiosperm systematic and phylogeny: retrospects and prospects’
organized by Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT), NBRI, Lucknow, India.

 

16.      
Satheesh
George
, Sadashiva, C.T., Kavitha C.V., Anu Augustine, Sathees C. Raghavan
and Indira Balachandran. 2009. In vitro
antiproliferative effect of the root extracts from Decalepis hamiltonii, Hemidesmus
indicus
and Utleria salicifolia
.
4th Global Summit on
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. December 1-5, 2009. Four Points by Sheraton,
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

 

 

 












Research Papers (Under preparation)




 

1.      
Satheesh George, Geetha S Pillai and
Indira Balachandran. Effect of different strengths of MS media and
concentrations of carbon source in Secondary
metabolite accumulation of Bacopa monnieri.

 


 

 














Dr. SATHEESH GEORGE


george.satheesh@gmail.com


Current Address



Permanent Address



Assistant Professor


Dept. of Botany


St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri


Kerala – 673008, India


 



Thengumpallil
(House)


Cherukkad P.O.


Athiyody (via)


Calicut 673 527


Kerala. India.