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This new two-volume book categorically provides detailed information on highly demanded and medicinally important plants and their natural habits and habitats, taxonomy, cultivation practices, essential oils, active ingredients, biomolecules, modes of action, drug development, and value additions for marketing purpose.
Examples of such plants include Achillea spp. (yarrow), Acorus calamus (sweet flag), Ocimum spp. (basil), Dioscorea spp., Eucalyptus spp., Commiphora spp. (guggul), Kaempferia galanga (aromatic ginger), and Lavandula spp. (lavender). Many others are included in the volume as well.
With contributions from international experts, these two volumes present chapters that detail the history of these major medicinal and aromatic plants and also report on systematic botany, advanced production and propagation technologies, plant nutrition, moisture management, intercultivation, plant protection, postharvest technology, processing-value addition, and marketing trade. Further, the book presents promising low-cost and ecofriendly plant products and biomolecules, which are free from side-effects for use as pharmaceuticals and herbal drugs.
The most ancient form of medical therapies involving herbs has been neglected for a few decades back and has regained enormous popularity because of the effectiveness and fewer hazardous properties of many medicinal and aromatic plants. Nature has all sorts of protective medicinal compounds within its huge bioresources, which are still being identified for beneficial health purposes. Herbs containing aromatic properties because of their essential oils also have medicinal uses apart from being used as dependable sources of natural fragrance for cosmetics, perfumery, and food industries competing with synthetic aroma chemicals.
These volumes will be an excellent and comprehensive compendium for academicians and professionals working in plant resources. The compilation will also be valuable for students, researchers, medical practitioners, farmers, entrepreneurs, traders, industrialists, and NGOs who are involved in research and development and production and pharmaceutics of medicinally important plants.
Contents
VOLUME 1 1. Achillea (Yarrow): Diversity, Trade Potential, and Ethnomedicinal Uses 2. Acorus calamus L. (Sweet Flag): Bioactive Compounds, Medicinal Properties, and Biological Activity 3. Ocimum Spp. (Basil): An Incredible Plant 4. Dioscorea Spp: Medicinal Plant with Pharmaceutical Uses 5. Eucalyptus Spp.: A Wonder Tree 6. Commiphora Spp. (Guggul): A Wonder Ayurvedic Drug 7. Kaempferia galanga L. (Aromatic Ginger): A High Potential Zingiberaceae Species 8. Lavandula Spp. (Lavender): A Herb More Than Just a Relaxing Scent VOLUME 2 1. Mentha Spp.: A Miraculous Plant with Pharmaceutical Uses 2. Neem: A Drug Cabinet of Mother Nature 3. Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin Benth.) A Comprehensive Review of Medicinal Aromatic Plant with Industrial Utilization 4. Pippali (Piper longum L.): A Plant with Versatile Pharmaceutical Uses 5. Pomegranate (Punica cranatum): A Medicinal and Commercial Perspective 6. Rhubarb (Rheum Sp. ): A Rare and Endangered Medicinal Plant of the Himalaya 7. Rose (Rosa Sp. ): More Than Beautiful: Exploring the Therapeutic Properties of Rose Species 8. Safed Musli: A Critical Review on Bioactive Compounds, Medicinal Properties, and Biological Activity 9. Bishop's Weed or Ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi Linn.): A Traditional Medicinal Plant with Pharmacological Importance, Ethno-Botanical Uses, and Nutritional Benefits for Quality Life Improvement 10. Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers: A Review on Medicinal Aromatic Plant with Industrial and Therapeutical Utilization 11. An Emerging Gift of Nature and Bioprospection Towards the Development of Novel Herbal Formulation, Nutraceuticals, and Cosmetics
