Medicinal Spice and Condiment Crops

ISBN-13: 9781032469478 / Twarda / 2024 / 368 str.

Opis

Medicinal Spice and Condiment Crops presents information on distribution, conservation, ethnobotany, chemistry, harvesting and storage, ecology, and genetic improvement of spices and condiments-producing plant species.

Spis treści

1.           Diversity and geographic distribution of spices and condiments plant species

 

2.           Biology and genetic improvement of spices and condiments plant species

 

3.           Sustainable techniques for the harvest and conservation of spices and condiments plant species

 

4.           Tissue culture of medicinal spice and condiment crops for mass propagation

 

5.           Ethnobotany of Spices and Condiment Plant Species

 

6.           Nutritional and chemical value of spices and condiment plant species

 

7.           Antioxidants from spices and condiments plant species and their applications

 

8.           Allspice (Pimenta dioica)

 

9.           Aniseed (Pimpinella animus)

 

10.         Asafoetida (Ferula assafoetida)

 

11.         Black cumin seeds (Nigella sativa)

 

12.         Black pepper seeds (Piper nigrum)

 

13          Cinnamon bark (Cinnamomum species)

 

14          Clove buds (Syzygium aromaticum)

 

15.         Coriander Leaves and Seeds (Coriandrum sativum)

 

16.         Cumin seeds (Cuminum cyminum)

 

17.         Fenugreek seed (Trigonella foenum-graecum)

 

18.         Garlic bulb (Allium sativum)

 

19.         Ginger rhizome (Zingiber officinale)

 

20.         Mustard seeds (Brassica species)

 

21.         Nutmeg seeds (Myristica fragrans)

 

22.         Saffron flower (Crocus sativus)

 

23.         Turmeric rhizome and leaves (Curcuma longa)

O autorze

Azamal Husen served as Professor & Head, Department of Biology, University of Gondar, Ethiopia and is a Foreign Delegate at Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita, Ethiopia. Earlier, he was a Visiting Faculty of the Forest Research Institute, and the Doon College of Agriculture and Forest at Dehra Dun, India. His research and teaching experience of 20 years involves studies of biogenic nanomaterial fabrication and application, plant responses to environmental stresses and nanomaterials at the physiological, biochemical and molecular levels, herbal medicine, and clonal propagation for improvement of tree species.

 

He has conducted several research projects sponsored by various funding agencies, including the World Bank (FREEP), the National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP), the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), the Indian Council of Forest Research Education (ICFRE); and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). He received four fellowships from India and a recognition award from the University of Gondar, Ethiopia, for excellent teaching, research, and community service. Husen has been on the Editorial board and the panel of reviewers of several reputed journals published by Elsevier, Frontiers Media, Taylor & Francis, Springer Nature, RSC, Oxford University Press, Sciendo, The Royal Society, CSIRO, PLOS, MDPI, John Wiley & Sons and UPM Journals. He is on the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is a Fellow of the Plantae group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, and a Member of the International Society of Root Research, Asian Council of Science Editors, and INPST. To his credit are over 200 publications; and he is Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Plant Physiology.

 

He is also working as Series Editor of Exploring Medicinal Plants, published by Taylor & Francis Group, USA; Plant Biology, Sustainability, and Climate Change, published by Elsevier, USA; and Smart Nanomaterials Technology, published by Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. Singapore.