Full Description
The book provides significant information on some of the promising edible medicinal plants and how these possess both nutritive as well as medicinal value. The significance of these edible plants in traditional medicine, their distribution in different regions and the importance of their chemical constituents are discussed systematically concerning the role of these plants in ethnomedicine in different regions of the world. The current volume focuses on the economic and culturally important medicinal uses of edible plants and a detailed survey of the literature on scientific researches of pharmacognostical characteristics, traditional uses, scientific validation, and phytochemical composition, and pharmacological activities. This book is a single-source scientific reference to explore the specific factors that contribute to these potential health benefits, as well as discussing how to maximize those potential benefits. Chemists, food technologists, pharmacologists, phytochemists aswell as all professionals involved with quality control and standardization will find in this book a valuable and updated basis for their work.
Contents
Chapter 1. The Folklore Uses and Economic Importance of Some Selected Edible Medicinal, Plants Native to Oman. A Brief Review.- Chapter 2. Socio-economic Importance of Some Promising Edible Medicinal Plants from (Rajasthan) India.- Chapter 3. Traditional and Economic Valuation of Edible Plants Used for Treatment of Diabetes.- Chapter 4. Cultural and Socio-economic Perspective of Some Promising Edible Plants from Northern Pakistan.- Chapter 5. Medicinal Plants and their Contribution In Socio-Economic Upliftment of the Household in Gurez Valley (J&K).- Chapter 6. Comprehensive overview of Some Edible Medicinal Plants from Kashmir Valley - Cultural, Economic and Pharmacological Importance.- Chapter 7. High Altitude Edible Plants: A Great Resource for Human Health and their Socio-economic Significance.- Chapter 8. Cultural, Practical and Socio-economic Importance of Edible Medicinal Plants Native to Central India.- Chapter 9. Cultural and Scio-economic Perspective of Some Promising EdiblePlants from Uttarakhand Himalaya. Chapter 10. Edible Medicinal Plants from Chhattisgarh (India) and their Economic Significance.- Chapter 11. Ethno-botanical and Economic Significance of Edible Plants Used as Food by Tribal Community of the Western Himalaya.- Chapter 12. Cultural, Practical and Economic Value of Edible Plants used by Mizo Tribes of Mizoram.- Chapter 13. Isoflavones of Soy: Chemistry and Health Benefits.- Chapter 14. Account of Some Important Edible Medicinal Plants and their Socio-Economic Importance.- Chapter 15. Cultural, Practical and Economic Significance of Some Edible Medicinal Plants from Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan.
