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Orchids are fascinating ornamental flowers with a huge market both as cut flowers and potted plants, but they are also used in the traditional medicine system as they can be rich in phytochemicals with exceptional medicinal properties. This book, Exploring Medicinal Orchids, is a comprehensive guide for medicinally important orchids, their diversity, and their use in traditional and folk medicines. It presents information on secondary metabolites of medicinally active orchid species, pharmaceutical and medicinal applications, and describes advanced techniques of biotechnology in the conservation of medicinal orchids.
Features
Dedicated chapters discuss phytochemical constituents and medicinal properties of orchids
Enriches the understanding of secondary metabolites of medicinal orchids and their pharmaceutical application
Elaborates the botanical, ethnomedicinal, and pharmacological aspects of various medicinal orchids
Demonstrates tissue culture systems for the conservation of medicinal orchids
A volume in the Exploring Medicinal Plants series, this book is a resource for academics, researchers, professors, and students working in the fields of medicinal plants and flowers, biodiversity conservation, herbal medicine, and plant biotechnology.
Contents
1 Introduction to medicinal orchids
Ayushi Negi, Kritika Chauhan, Himani Adhikari, Azamal Husen, Manu Pant
2 Conservation of medicinal orchids through Tissue culture
Prasenjit Paul and Suman Kumaria
3 Role of post harvest handling in conservation of medicinal orchids
Manuj Awasthi, Abhishek Chandra and Sunil Malik
4 Orchids in the traditional system of medicine
BD Sharma
5 Medicinal value and other potential uses of Bulbophyllum orchids
Kiran Bisht, Aarushi Gautam, Manu Pant, Ashish Gaur, Nital Nilesh Chankeshwara, Abhijeet Rathod
6 Phytochemicals and Therapeutic Importance of Some Coelogyne Lindl. (Orchidaceae): An overview
S.M. Khasim, J. Ramudu, M. Rahamtulla and Venkatesh Rampilla
7 Crepidium orchids and their therapeutic potential
Anuprabha, Vikas Kushwaha
8 Cypripedium orchids and their utilization in traditional and modern medicine
Anuprabha, Vikas Kushwaha, Anamika Kumari, Promila Pathak
9 Medicinal and therapeutic uses of Dendrobium orchids
T. Yatung., Kalkame Ch. Momin, V. Bhargav., Pooja Murthy, S., Usha Bharathi, T
10 Medicinal orchids of genus Habenaria
Noyal Tino Ammini, Gopalakrishnan Aazhivaendhan, Chinnaiyan Rajasekar, Govindarajan Siva, Thiruppathi Senthil Kumar, Mariappan Muthukumar
11 Curative and restorative properties of Luisia orchids
Pawan Singh Rana
12 The significance and utilization of Pholidota orchids in medicinal preparations
Mukti Ram Poudeyal, Khageshwari Saud, Mukti Ram Paudel, Uday Kumar Singh
