Nature has been a source of medicinal agents for thousands of years and an impressive number of modern drugs have been isolated from natural resources. Export value of Indian Medicinal Plant is increasing year after year and has the potential of multiplying many times if concerted efforts are made at the government level to promote cultivation and marketing of medicinal plants. With the advance in techniques of phytochemistry and pharmacology, a number of active principles of medicinal plants were isolated and introduced as valuable drugs i.e. modern medicine. Hence, it is accepted that plants are useful in their crude or advanced forms as drugs.
The present book, Medicinal Plants: Chemistry and Properties is a well documented comprehensive review of significant investigations on medicinal plants. This volume contains 12 chapters covering; Some Medicinal plants: their phytoconstituents, utilization and micro propagation protocols, Pharmacological importance of Capparis aphylla : an overview, Vegetative propagation of elite trees of Azadirachta indica (Neem) using mini-cutting, A consolidated study in identification of elite neem chemotypes based on its Azadirachtin- A content in the seed kernels, Microbial and therapeutic prospects of Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Corr.,Genetic variability in Vetiver (Vetiveria zizaniodes L. Nash), its utilization for essential oil, medicinal and environmental conservation, Studies on seeds of Celastrus paniculatus wild. : A herbal crude drug, genetic variability in pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum cinerariefolium), Some medicinal plants from Verbenaeceae in Ayurveda (Indian system of medicine) and their identification on basis of foliar and floral trichomes, Some ethnomedicinal plants of family Rubiaceace from Mount Girnar, Biochemical analysis of Amaranthus species of Rajasthan and Biotechnology for Medicinal Plants: Micropropagation and improvement have been included.
This book provides adequate background and current information on medicinal plants. It will be very useful for a variety of scholars-historians and practitioners of medicine, researchers in botany, phytochemistry and pharmacology, and also phytogeographic and conservationists.
Common |
Author |
Nehra, S. |
Binding |
Hardcover |
Edition |
1 |
ISBN |
978-81-7910-439-2 |
Language |
English |
Number Of Pages |
xxvii+168 |
Publication Year |
2013 |
Publisher |
Aavishkar Publishers, Distributors, Jaipur |