Ethno-medicinal Plants : General Account and Usage

ISBN-13: 9783659251245 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 148 str.

Rajib Roychowdhury; Molla Ifnul Karim

Opis

The ethno-medicinal plants find application in pharmaceutical, cosmetic, agricultural and food industry. The use of the medicinal plants for curing disease has been documented in history of all civilizations, especially from the tribal communities. Before onset of synthetic era, man was completely dependent on medicinal herbs for prevention and treatment of diseases. With introduction of scientific procedures the researchers, were able to understand about toxic principles present in the green flora. The efficacy of some herbal products is beyond doubt. Recently research has supported biological activities of some medicinal herbs. The plant is a biosynthetic laboratory, not only for chemical compounds, but also a multitude of compounds like glycosides, alkaloids etc. These exert physiological and therapeutic effect. With onset of scientific research in herbals, it is becoming clearer that the medicinal plants have a potential in today s synthetic era, as numbers of medicines are becoming resistant. Ancient knowledge coupled with scientific principles can come to the forefront and provide us with powerful remedies to eradicate the diseases.

O autorze

Molla Ifnul Karim was born in a village (Oari) in Burdwan district. He completed his Bachelor and Master in Botany from The University of Burdwan. His M.Sc. specialization was in Plant Physiology & Biochemistry. Now he is busy to searching for a research. Rajib Roychowdhury is a Plant Biologist; doing his research in Department of Biotechnology, Visva-Bharati University. He is also busy with his editorial and review work in various reputed journals. He is a master piece in Dianthus mutation breeding. His various research works has been published in worldwide renowned journals and books.