Utilisation and Management of Medicinal Plants Vol. 2
by Anpurna Kaul, V K Gupta
ISBN: 9789351305040
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 15995.00
Biblio : xiii+507p.,col.plts.,figs.,ind., 25 cm
Author Profile
Dr. Vijay Kumar Gupta, Ph.D., FLS, London Chief Scientist, CSIR- Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, India. He is Editor-in-Chief of the books, “Utilisation and Management of Medicinal Plants”, “Medicinal Plants: Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Vols.1&2)”, “Traditional and Folk Herbal Medicine”, “Natural Products: Research Reviews”, “Bioactive Phytochemicals: Perspectives for Modern Medicine”, “Perspectives in Animal Ecology and Reproduction (Vols.1-9)” and “Animal Diversity, Natural History & Conservation”. <BR> Dr. Anpurna Kaul working as Scientist in Pharmacology Division Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR), Jammu, India. <BR> Dr. Kaul has 35 research publications in national and international journals, 12 patents and also presented several research papers in various symposia/conferences. She has screened more than 4000 plant extracts/fractions and pure compounds on immune system by in vivo and in vitro methods.
About The Book
The present book “Utilisation and Management of Medicinal Plants Vol. 2” comprises the vast body of validated scientific data which encompasses a total of 26 original research and review chapters written by eminent scientists and researchers from Argentina, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Kenya, Nigeria and Uruguay. The book provides diversified information regarding anti-venom, wound healing, antioxidant, antimalarial, antibacterial and anti-proliferative activities of medicinal plants. Chapters on histochemical studies of primitive and advanced ferns; Process management in herbal medicine research and development; Economic botany of Copaiba oil; Use of Derris and Deguellia to control agriculture pests; Biotechnological products of Amazonian; Chemistry, extraction, quality control and utilization of essential oils; Chemoprofiling of shilajit; Extraction methods and health benefits of nutraceuticals; Processing and protection against UV radiation on hair by Aloe vera will attract attention of the readers. Review articles on Cymbopogon citrates, Phyllanthus niruri, Pimpinella anisum L. and Emblica officinalis are the other notable contributions. <BR> The book will be a landmark and shall hopefully be very useful for those academicians, researchers and scientists who are involved in the studies of medicinal plants and shall find the compendium very useful and indispensable in their relevant research pursuits.
Table of Contents
Editorial Board v <BR> Foreword vii <BR> Preface ix <BR> 1. Anti-venom Activity of Medicinal Plants from South America 1 <BR> Eduardo Dellacassa, Ana M. Torres, Gabriela A.L. Ricciardi, Francisco J. Camargo, <BR> Sara G. Tressens and Armando I.A. Ricciardi (Uruguay, Argentina) <BR> 2. Phytotherapeutic Potentialities and Efficacy of Cymbopogon citrates <BR> in the Traditional Systems of Medicine 63 <BR> Kaliyaperumal Karunamoorthi (Ethiopia, India) <BR> 3. The Antimalarial Potential of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment <BR> of Malaria in Kenya 93 <BR> Charles Mutai and Lucia Keter (Kenya) <BR> 4. Histochemical Studies on Selected Medicinally Important Primitive <BR> Ferns of Western Ghats, South India 115 <BR> V. Irudayaraj, M. Johnson, A. Kala, I. Revathy, N. Janakiraman and <BR> A. Sivaraman (India) <BR> 5. Histochemical Studies on Selected Medicinally Important Advanced <BR> Ferns of Western Ghats, South India 153 <BR> M. Johnson, V. Irudayaraj, D. Linson, S. Kalaiselvi, N. Janakiraman and <BR> A. Babu (India) <BR> 6. Phyllanthus niruri Linn.: A Versatile Herb 189 <BR> Satish Patel, Nagendra S. Chauhan, Durgesh Nandini, Mayank Thakur, <BR> Vikas Sharma and V.K. Dixit (India) <BR> 7. Process Management in Herbal Medicine Research and Development <BR> in Accordance with International Industrial Standardization 205 <BR> Sunday J. Ameh, Timothy N. Abner, Garba Magaji and Karniyus <BR> S. Gamaniel (Nigeria) <BR> 8. Plants of the Holy Quran: Modulation of EMF-Induced Cells <BR> Hemostasis Deficiency by Ocimum basilicum Via its Antioxidant <BR> Action on Heart and Testis 233 <BR> Arash Khaki (Iran) <BR> 9. Aniseed (Pimpinella anisum L.): An Overview 245 <BR> R.I. Shobha and B. Andallu (India) <BR> 10. Wound Healing Activity of Achyranthes aspera L. Leaf Extract <BR> in Aged Animal 261 <BR> C.C. Barua, S.A. Begum, D.C. Pathak and R.S. Bora (India) <BR> 11. Chemoprofiling and Antioxidant Activity Studies of Shilajit: <BR> A Herbomineral Composition 273 <BR> Beena Joy and Zeena Pilla (India) <BR> 12. Antioxidative Potential of Two Darjeeling Himalayan Marchantia sp.: <BR> M. paleacea and M. papillata 289 <BR> Souryadeep Mukherjee, Abhijit Dey, Arijit De and Pinky Ghosh (India) <BR> 13. Economic Botany of the Amazonian Copaiba Oil (Copaifera spp.) <BR> from the Late Twentieth Century to the Beginning of the <BR> Twenty-First Century 297 <BR> F.E.B. Herculano, F.S. Folhadela, F.R. Silva, F.A. Pieri and <BR> V.F. Veiga Junior (Brazil) <BR> 14. Use of Timbó (Derris and Deguellia) to Control Agriculture Pests 309 <BR> M.R. Alecio, M. Fazolin, P. de A. Oliveira, J.L.V. Estrela, R. de C. Andrade Neto, <BR> S.B. Alves and V.F. Veiga Júnior (Brazil) <BR> 15. Essential Oils: Their Chemistry, Extraction Techniques, <BR> Quality Control and Utilization 329 <BR> Archana Peshin Raina (India) <BR> 16. Extraction Methods and Health Benefits of Nutraceuticals from <BR> Medicinal Plants 343 <BR> Dattatreya M. Kadam and Moni
