Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants, Vol 7: Ethnomedicine and Pharmacognosy II (Electronic book text)

ABOUT THE VOLUME: Ethnomedicines have gained new dimensions in the present days through phytochemical researches in India and abroad, as information on medicinal plants and folk drugs recorded during field work is now being subjected to investigation in the search for new biodynamic compounds of therapeutic value. The curative properties of plants acquired by trial and error over centuries in Human Laboratories of tribal communities hold high esteem all over the globe. Besides, there is a need to establish pharmacopoeial standards for the herbal preparations and drugs of Indian System of Medicine to meet the challenge of international market norms and check the ongoing adulteration in plant drugs. Based on this rationale, the present volume Ethnomedicine and Pharmacognosy II of the series Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants has been conceived. It provides detailed information on the subject from 40 original and review research contributions from eminent scientists and researchers from India and abroad. The findings presented will open new vistas of knowledge in the investigation of promising drugs of natural origin, particularly for terminal and chronic diseases and conditions viz., arthritis, asthma, cancer, diabetes, filaria among others for which there appears no satisfactory cure in modern medicine. The studies included also contributes significantly in evaluation and standardization of botanicals, thereby help in the quality assurance of herbal drugs. List of Contents: -?Ethnomedicinal Uses of Neem and Future Prospects (KENYA) ?Folk Medicinal Plants From Moradabad District (Uttar Pradesh), India (INDIA) ?Medicinal Plants of Himachal Pradesh with Special Reference to Tribal Areas: Some Ethnobotanical Issues (INDIA) ?Status of Medicinal Plant Diversity of Kymore Plateau and Satpura Hill Region of Madhya Pradesh and Their Utilization (INDIA) ?Aromatic and Medicinal Grasses of Aravalli Hills of Rajasthan, India (INDIA) ?History, Importance, Present Status and Future Prospects of Medicinal Crops (INDIA) ?Ethnomedicinal Plants of Sub-Himalayan Region of North-Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India (INDIA) ?Ethnobotanical Documentation of Germplasm of Medicinal Values and Their Conservation (INDIA) ?Diabetes: A Growing Modern Problem and its Botanical Management (ZAMBIA) ?Documentation of New Plant Species of Medicinal and Food Values in Madhya Pradesh (INDIA) ?Less Known Medicinal Plants of Salem District of Tamil Nadu (INDIA) ?Ethnomedicines of North India - A Review (INDIA) ?Medicinal Plants of Western Himalaya: Traditional Knowledge, Economy and Conservation (INDIA) ?Madhya Pradesh - A Treasure Home of Medicinal Plants in India (INDIA) ?Preferential Use of Medicinal Plants by Tribals of Khunti Sub-Division (Chota Nagpur Division) of Bihar (INDIA) ?Adulteration and Substitution in Herbal Drugs - A Review (INDIA) ?Ethnobotany of Bhuyans and Juangs of Orissa (INDIA) ?Traditional Medicinal Plants of North-East India (INDIA) ?Medicinal Trees of Shahjahanpur District of Uttar Pradesh ( India): Chemical Composition, Medicinal Importance and Biological Activities (INDIA) ?Ethnobotany of Tribe Khond (Orissa), India (INDIA) ?Ethnobotany - An Appraisal (INDIA) ?Ethnomedicinal Uses of Neem in Rural Areas of Uttar Pradesh, India (INDIA) ?Folk Medicines of the Lower Benue Valley of Nigeria (NIGERIA) ?Importance of Pharmacognosy as an Aid to Drug Standardisation Programme: A Review (INDIA) ?An Ethnobotanical Tour Within Bhil Community of Madhya Pradesh (INDIA) ?Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine in the Gulf Guinea S. Tome and Principe Islands (PORTUGAL) ?Ethnomedicinal Uses of Citrullus colocynthis (L) Schrad. in Rural Areas of Aligarh District (Uttar Pradesh), India (INDIA) ?A Survey on the Traditional Medicine in Turkey: Semi-quantitative Evaluation of the Results (TURKEY) ?Ethnobotanical Resources Used for Antidiarrhoea, Antidysentery and Stomach Disorders in Western Maharashtra, India (INDIA) ?Medicina