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INDIAN JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS AND RESOURCES

(Formerly NATURAL PRODUCT RADIANCE)

Instructions to Contributors
The, Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources
(IJNPR), a quarterly journal, is dedicated to the exploration
of topics that confront both educators, frontline workers in
the fields, entrepreneurs and ultimate users of the value
added products and their resources pertaining to both plants
and animals. It publishes original research papers, reviews
and short communications. The scope of the journal is
multidisciplinary especially of applied nature. Papers on
plant cultivation, fishery, apiary, poultry, dairy, disease and
pest control measures, postharvest technology/practices,
value added products and utilization of plants and animals
in broader
sense
(including ethnobotany and
pharmacology).
The manuscripts of papers submitted to IJNPR should
not be communicated or published elsewhere. The review
article will be processed only when author(s) has included
his own research work also and has been an authority in
that field. It is mandatory on the part of the corresponding
author to furnish the following certificate at the time of
submission of the manuscript:
This is to certify that the reported work in the
paper entitled "
" submitted for publication
is an original one and has not been submitted for
publication elsewhere. I/we further certify that
proper citations to the previously reported work have
been given and no data/tables/figures have been
quoted verbatim from other publications without
giving due acknowledgement and without the
permission of the author(s). The consent of all the
authors of this paper has been obtained for
submitting the paper to the Indian Journal of Natural
Products and Resources..
Signatures and names of all the authors
The copyright of the paper will be transferred from the
author to publisher. One original and two copies of the
manuscript should be submitted to the editor. The
manuscript can also be submitted as an e-mail attachment.
The manuscript, after referees recommendations and
suggestions to revise, will be sent back to the author(s)
along with referees comments. For re-submission, one
copy of the revised version of the manuscript, and a copy
on compact disc (CD) or by E-mail using word processing
software such as MS Word (version 6 and onwards), should
be submitted to the editor.
Preparation of the Manuscript
Manuscripts should be typed in double space (11 pt,
Times New Roman font preferred) on one side of the bond

paper of 2228 cm. All pages should be numbered

consecutively. Use SI units, and give equivalent SI units in
parenthesis when the use of other units is unavoidable.
Symbols should conform to standard guidelines.
TitleIt should be short & informative (15 pt), to be
typed in only first letter of the first word capital; also, after
colon or hyphen, first letter of the first word capital. Latin
names are to be given in italics.
Short Running TitleNot in excess of 50 characters,
to be all in capitals.
KeywordsFive or six keywords (in normal; 9 pt)
indicating the contents of the manuscript.
AuthorsNames of authors to be typed in first letters
capital (10 pt).
Addresses of AuthorsAddresses of the institution (s)
where the work was carried out including telephone (office
only), fax number and e-mail address (9 pt). Author for
correspondence should be indicated with an asterisk (*)
Main HeadingsEach manuscript should be divided
into the following main headings (typed in bold, first letters
capital, on the left hand side of the page; 11 pt): Abstract,
Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results,
Discussion, Acknowledgement, References.
Sub-HeadingsTyped in flush left, bold, first letters
capital (9 pt).
Sub-Sub HeadingsBold-Italics, first letters capital
(9 pt).
AbstractShould be brief not exceeding 200 words,
typed in normal (9 pt).
IntroductionA brief and precise literature review
with objectives of the research undertaken and essential
background be given.
Materials and MethodsMaterials and Methods
should include the source and nature of material,
experimental design and the techniques employed. New
methods should be described in sufficient details, and
others can be referred to published work.
ResultsResults should contain data, which are
essential for drawing main conclusion from the study.
Wherever needed, the data should be statistically analyzed.
Same data should not be presented in both table and figure
form.
DiscussionThe
discussion
should
deal
the
interpretation of the results. Wherever possible, results and
discussion can be combined.

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TablesTables should be typed in double space on
separate sheets, numbered consecutively, and only contain
horizontal cells. The table headings should be typed with
the first letter capital.
FiguresThe line drawings, illustrations, photographs,
etc. will be accepted in JPEG/TIFF files with hard copy.
For each figure, a glossy print or original drawing may be
submitted. Photomicrographs should have a scale bar. Line
drawings should be roughly twice the final printed single
column size of 7.5 cm width. Text figures should be
numbered in Arabic numerals. Lettering, numbering,
symbols and lines in the graphs/illustrations should be
sufficiently clear and large to withstand reduction up to
50%. Captions and legends to illustrations should be typed
on a separate sheet of paper. Line drawings and
photographs should contain figure number, authors name
and the orientation (top) on the reverse with a soft lead
pencil. Photostat copies and dot matrix prints will not be
accepted.
ReferencesReferences should be cited in the text by
the consecutive numbers of their occurrence; the numbers
are to be shown as superscript at the end of the statement
related to that particular reference, e.g. It also inhibits the
activity of endogenous DNA polymerase of HBV7.
Following the same sequence of the text, the list of
references be appended under the References heading.
Each reference should provide names and initials of all the
authors, giving coma in between the authors and and
before the last author. In case, the authors are more than
five, then use et al after the 5th author. It should be followed
by title of the paper, abbreviated title of journal (in italics),
volume number, year of publication (within circular
bracket), and the starting and closing page numbers.
Abbreviated titles should conform to the international
guidelines, e.g. The Chemical Abstracts Service Source
Index (CASSI) or BIOSIS
The style of references should be:
Research Papers
Ghosh A C and Basu P S, Extracellular
polysaccharide
production
by
Azorhizobium
caulinodans from stem nodules of leguminous
emergent hydrophyte Aeschynomene aspera, Indian J
Exp Biol, 2001, 39(1), 155-159 [If accepted for
publication, give (in press) in place of volume, year
and pages].
Newell C A, Lowe J M, Merryweather A, Rooke L M
and Hamilton W D O, Transformation of sweet
potato (Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam) with
Agrobactericum tumefaciens and regeneration of
plants expressing cowpea trypsin inhibitor and
snowdrop lectin, Plant Sci,1995, 107(2), 215-227.
Hoffman M P, Zalom F G, Smilanick J M, Malyj L
D, Kiser J et al, Field evaluation of transgenic

tobacco containing genes encoding Bacillus

thuringensis -endotoxin or cowpea trypsin inhibitor:
Efficacy against Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera:
Noctuidae), J Econ Entomol, 1991, 85(1), 2516-2522
Books & Proceedings of Conferences
Truzuki T and Irukayama K, Minamata disease
(Elsevier, Amsterdam), 1977, 30-45.
Roels O A and Mahadevan S, Vitamin A, in The
vitamins: Chemistry, pathology and methods, 2nd edn,
vol VI, edited by P Gyorgy & W N Pearson
(Academic Press, New York), 1967, 139-210.
Allossp P G, Nutt K A, Geijsk R J and Smith G R,
Transgenic Sugarcane with increased resistance to
canegrub, in Sugarcane pest management in the new
millennium, 4th Sugarcane Entomol Workshop, held
on 7-10 Feb, 2000 (Int Soc Sugarcane Technol,
Khon-khon, Thailand) 2000, 63-67.
Chaturvedi H C and Sharma A K, Citrus tissue
culture, in Proc Natl Semin Plant Tissue Cult (ICAR,
New Delhi) 1988, 36-46.
Kapoor B C, 2000. Managing in the face of not-sodeveloped and organized environment, paper
presented in Natl Symp Manag Dev, Institute of
Public Administration, Jaipur, India, 21-23 July,
2000.
Thesis & Dissertation
Chaturvedi H C, In vitro growth and controlled
morphogenesis in callus tissue of Rauvolfia
serpentina. Ph D Thesis, Agra University, Agra,
1968.
Patent
Trepaginer J H, New surface finishings and coatings,
US Pat 1276323 (to DuPont Inc, USA). 27 June,
2000; Chem Abstr, 49 (2000) 27689.
Manuscript along with referees comments will be sent
to the author identified for correspondence on the title page
of the manuscript. It should be checked carefully and the
modified manuscript should be returned within ten days of
receipt. No page proofs will be sent to author(s). PDF of
the published papers will be provided to the author via
e-mail. It is mandatory for the corresponding author to
mention his/her e-mail ID.
All communications regarding publication of
papers should be sent toThe Editor, Indian Journal of
Natural Products and Resources, Periodicals
Division, National Institute of Science Communication
And Information Resources (NISCAIR), CSIR,
Dr K. S. Krishnan Marg (inside Pusa campus), New
Delhi-110012, INDIA; E-mail: [email protected];
[email protected]; [email protected]