Phytochemicals and Biological Activity of Desert Date (<i>Balanites aegyptiaca</i> (L.) Delile) by Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy, Guggalada Govardhana Yadav, Yaser Hassan Dewir, Abdullah Ibrahim

“…This tree grows naturally in Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. Local inhabitants use fruits, leaves, roots, stem and root bark of the species for the treatment of various ailments. …”
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Lessons learned from qualitative fieldwork in a multilingual setting by Shweta Jain Verma

“…As part of my PhD research program, I set out to conduct qualitative process evaluation of a stroke trial in 11 languages in the Indian subcontinent. In this article, I reflect upon the challenges, oversights, and successes that I experienced in the hope of offering insight of use to fellow researchers conducting healthcare fieldwork in multicultural contexts where many languages are spoken. …”
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Emerging Transformations in Material Use and Waste Practices in the Global South: Plastic-Free and Zero Waste in India by Katie Conlon

“…Although they are nascent, India is home to a budding zero waste community that is grappling with how to reduce plastics—via trial and error—and these stakeholders hold insights from lived experience on how plastic reduction can actualize in the Indian subcontinent. This research involved interviewing zero waste businesses and consultants and makers of plastic alternatives in India to understand their experiences with plastic reduction strategies. …”
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Buddhist Pilgrimage and the Ritual Ecology of Sacred Sites in the Indo-Gangetic Region by David Geary, Kiran Shinde

“…Drawing on ethnographic research, this paper examines how the material and corporeal aspects of Buddhist ritual contribute to the distinctive religious sense of place that reinforce the memory of the Buddha’s life and the historical ties to the Indian subcontinent. It is found that at most Buddhist sites, pilgrim groups mostly travel with their own monks, nuns, and guides from their respective countries who facilitate devotion and reside in the monasteries and guest houses affiliated with their national community. …”
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Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in South Asians: Risk Factors Prevention and Early Screening is the Key by Sunita Dodani

“…South Asians (SAs), people with ancestors from the Indian subcontinent constitute 1/5 of the world's population. …”
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Orientalism’s Hinduism, Orientalism’s Islam, and the Twilight of the Subcontinental Imagination by Anustup Basu

“…Using the figure of the ethnic Pathan/Pashtun as a trope in South Asian culture, this essay provides a genealogical account of the modern emergence of Hindu–Muslim “religious” conflicts played along the lines of nation-thinking in the Indian subcontinent. This modern phenomenon begins in the late 18th century, with the orientalist transcriptions of a vast conglomerate of diverse Indic faiths into a Brahminical–Sanskritic Hinduism and a similar telescoping of complex Islamic intellectual traditions into what we can call a “Mohammedanism” overdetermined by Islamic law. …”
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The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Belosynapsis ciliata (Blume) R. S. Rao (Commelinaceae) by Wei Guo, Yufen Xu, Wei Wu, Youhua Ye, Ping Chen

“…Belosynapsis is a small genus of mainly perennial herbs in the family Commenlinaceae, comprising about six species native to Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Papuasia, and southern China. An ideal alternative plant for groundcover or rooftop greenery, the lack of genetic resources have impeded further studies on Belosynapsis ciliata and thus its utilization. …”
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Tribe reassessment of the subhimalayan leafhopper genus Pseudosubhimalus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) based on molecular phylogeny by GN Niranjana, Naresh M. Meshram, Pathour R. Shashank, Stuti, Tahseen Raza Hashmi

“…(Himachal Pradesh: Katrain) is added, described from Indian subcontinent and deposited to National Pusa Collection, IARI, New Delhi, with repository number RRS1.…”
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Complete mitogenome of Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia (Ciconiiformes: Ardeidae) by Feiyun Tu, Shan Tang, Chaochao Yan, Xiaofeng Huang

“…The Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia belongs to family Ardeidae, and it is widely distributed over east Africa across the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia and Australia. In the present study, the total mitochondrial genome of A. intermedia was determined. …”
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The Use of <i>Nigella sativa</i> in Cardiometabolic Diseases by Giuseppe Derosa, Angela D’Angelo, Pamela Maffioli, Laura Cucinella, Rossella Elena Nappi

“…<i>Nigella sativa</i> L. is an herb that is commonly used in cooking and in traditional medicine, particularly in Arab countries, the Indian subcontinent, and some areas of eastern Europe. <i>Nigella sativa</i> is also called “black cumin” or “black seeds”, as the seeds are the most-used part of the plant. …”
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First record of insectivore from the late Oligocene, Kargil Formation (Ladakh Molasse Group), Ladakh Himalayas by Wasim A. Wazir, Florentin Cailleux, Ramesh K. Sehgal, Rajeev Patnaik, Navin Kumar, Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende

“…The fossil record of the insectivores on the Indian subcontinent is as yet scanty. Based on the peculiar morphology of the last premolar, the Ladakh fossil could be identified as belonging to a new species of Erinaceinae, Ladakhechinus iugummontis n. gen. n. sp. …”
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<i>Tragia</i> L. Genus: Ethnopharmacological Use, Phytochemical Composition and Biological Activity by Rodrigo Duarte-Casar, Juan Carlos Romero-Benavides

“…In this literature review, 26 species of the genus used as medicinal plants were found, mainly in East Africa and the Indian subcontinent, with a variety of uses among which antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anticancer and reproductive health are most common. …”
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Treatment Outcome of Diode Laser for Symptomatic Relief in Oral Sub Mucous Fibrosis: A Pilot Study by Jithender Mudigonda, Sanjeev Naik, B Sridhar Reddy, P Balreddy, G K Praveen Kumar

“…Aim : Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a progressive premalignant condition largely occurring in Indian subcontinent due to habitual chewing of betel nut. …”
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A tarsal spinning organ in glomeridesmid millipedes (Diplopoda: Pentazonia: Glomeridesmida) by Leif Moritz, Thomas Wesener

“…The tarsal spinning fields are present in all 21 investigated Glomeridesmida morphospecies, including Termitodesmidae and Glomeridesmidae from South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Oceania, and South and Central America. …”
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Simultaneous measurement of OI 557.7 nm, O₂ (0, 1) Atmospheric Band and OH (6, 2) Meinel Band nightglow at Kolhapur (17° N), India by N. Parihar, A. Taori, S. Gurubaran, G. K. Mukherjee

“…This is probably the first report of planetary waves observed in nightglow temperatures from the Indian subcontinent.…”
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Regional risks and seasonality in travel-associated campylobacteriosis by Ekdahl Karl, Andersson Yvonne

“…</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The highest risk was seen in returning travellers from the Indian subcontinent (1,253/100,000 travellers), and the lowest in travellers from the other Nordic countries (3/100,000 travellers). …”
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A match made in heaven - “Indian matchmaking” in contemporary times by Debjyoti Ghosh

“…The Indian subcontinent is ubiquitous with some social factors such as caste, gender (discrimination), poverty. …”
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Can cricket be an agent of change, and break barriers? by Manzoorul Abedin

“…Beyond a Boundary is neither a ghost-written celebrity Obiography, nor a cash-in publication following the economic rise of the postcolonials in cricket, particularly the Indian subcontinent. A stark contrast to the lassitude and superficiality of the contemporary sports writing-often a compliant servant of the profit mongers, C.L.R. …”
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Hemoglobin E Hemoglobinopathy in an Adult from Assam with Unusual Presentation: A Diagnostic Dilemma by Sunitha S Kiran, Saraswathy Aithal, Charalingappa S Belagavi

“…Carrier frequency of hemoglobin E/β-thalassemia (HbE/β-thalassemia) is highest in Southeast Asia, reaching as high as 60% in parts of Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. In the Indian subcontinent, highest frequency is observed in The Northeast regions, but relatively rare in rest of the country. …”
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Cobra Venom Neutralization Effect by Hemidesmus indicus Root Extract by Jaswanth Albert, Ganesh Akula, Javed Ahamad, Subasini Uthirapathy

“…Hemidesmus indicus (Apocynaceae) has been utilized traditionally in the Indian subcontinent for the treatment of snakebites and scorpion stings. …”
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