<b>Spices</b>

Abstract

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<b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times-BoldItalic; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Zingiber officinale </span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond-BoldCondensed; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Rosc.</span></b>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond-BookCondensed; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">(Ginger), <b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times-BoldItalic; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Curcuma longa </span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond-BoldCondensed; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Linn</span></b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond-BookCondensedItalic; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">.</span></i>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond-BookCondensed; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">(Turmeric) and <b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times-BoldItalic; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Tinospora cordifolia</span></i></b>

<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond-BoldCondensed; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">(Willd.) Miers. ex Hook. f. & Thoms</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond-BookCondensed; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond-BookCondensed; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">(<i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times-Italic; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Guduchi</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond-BookCondensed; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">) are the important spices and

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond-BookCondensed; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">herbs. Ginger and turmeric are widely grown

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond-BookCondensed; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">in different regions of India and are

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond-BookCondensed; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">commercially important edible spices.

<i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Times-Italic; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Guduchi</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond-BookCondensed; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">, as a drug plant, has bulk demand

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond-BookCondensed; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">in the market ranging from 300 to 500 tonnes

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond-BookCondensed; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">of dry woody stems annually. All these three

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond-BookCondensed; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">products required careful drying before

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond-BookCondensed; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">producing them to the market.

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