Hepatoprotective activity of Eria Mysorensis Lindl.(orchidaceae)pseudobulp against carbontetrachloride induced toxicity.

Abstract :

In this study, we simulated a clandestine cemetery in an area of Sigur Plateau of Tamil Nadu part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India. 32 domestic buffalo carcasses of the size of a 363.66± (6.87) kg were recorded on the forest areas in different periods of 2011 and 2015. We recorded Seven species of birds and five of them mammals were eating the carcasses: 1) Accipitriformes: White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin, 1788) and Long-billed Vulture Gyps indicus (Scopoli, 1786), Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus (Scopoli, 1786), Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus (Linnaeus, 1758), Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax   (Temminck, 1828) 2) Passeriformes: House crow Corvus splendens (Vieillot, 1817) Common Myna Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) Artiodactyla: Wild Boar Sus scrofa (Linnaeus, 1758) 4) Carnivora: Stray Dogs Canis lupus Familiaris, Tiger Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) Wild Dog Cuon alpines (Pallas, 1811),  Stripped Hyaena Hyaena hyaena  (Linnaeus, 1758). The behavior of these animals interfered in the decomposition process and resulted in the dispersion and loss of bony parts.