Full Description
Ethnopharmacology and Biodiversity of Medicinal Plants provides a multitude of contemporary views on the diversity of medicinal plants, discussing both their traditional uses and therapeutic claims. This book emphasizes the importance of cataloging ethnomedical information as well as examining and preserving the diversity of traditional medicines. It also discusses the challenges present with limited access to modern medicine and the ways in which research can be conducted to enhance these modern practices. The book also explores the conservation procedures for endangered plant species and discusses their relevance to ethnopharmacology.
Each chapter of this book relays the research of experts in the field who conducted research in diverse landscapes of India, providing a detailed account of the basic and applied approaches of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology. The book reviews multiple processes pertaining to medicinal plants, such as collecting the traditional therapeutic values and validation methods. It also explores developments in the field such as the diversity and medicinal potential of unexplored plant species and applications in drug formulation to fight against anti-microbial resistance (AMR).
Contents
Part 1: Biodiversity And Conservation 1. Biodiversity Bioprospection with Respect to Medicinal Plants 2. Diversity Analysis of Indian Mangrove Organisms to Explore Their Potential in Novel and Value-Added Biomolecules 3. Ecological and Biomass Assessment of Vegetation Cover of an University Campus 4. Edible Solanum Species Used by the Ethnic and Local People of North Eastern India 5. Medicinal Plant Diversity in Urban Areas 6. Araceae of Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve, South Western Ghats, India 7. Flowering Plant Diversity in the Alpine Regions of Eastern Himalaya Part 2: Ethnopharmacology And Medicinal Plants 8. Ethno-Bioprospection in North East India 9. Medicinal Plants of India and Their Antimicrobial Property 10. Ethnopharmacological Properties of Some Threatened Medicinal Plants 11. Medicinal Plants: A Potent Antimicrobial Source and an Alternative to Combat Antibiotic Resistance 12. Lasia spinosa: Wild Nutraceutical for Formulation of Future Drugs 13. Plant Diversity and Ethano-Botanical Prospective of Odisha 14. Structural Profiling of Bioactive Compounds with Medicinal Potential from Traditional Indian Medicinal Plants 15. Ethnobotanical Study of Pharmacologically Important Medicinal Plants 16. Garcinia xanthochymus Hook. F. Ex T. Anderson: An Ethnobotanically Important Tree Species of the Similipal Biosphere Reserve, India 17. Tribal Claims vs. Scientific Validation: A Case Study on Two Species of Order Zingiberales curcuma Longa L. & Costus speciosus Koen
