Traditional medicine is the sum total knowledge, skills and practices based on theories, beliefs and experiences. While for many traditional medicinal products scientific documents on safety, efficacy and quality are scare in spite of these products have been "field-tested" for centuries by thousands of people. Though, empirical knowledge has been accumulated in the communities and passed on by generation of healers Traditional system of medicine has its own taken care of the health for the last few thousands of years. Later, this empirical knowledge also contributed for the development of...

Plants can be used as therapeutic agent is an ancient thought. The use of medicinal plants as a source for relief from illness can be traced from early civilization in India. Therefore, the present study is aimed at investigating five plants namely, Aconitum napellus, Cassia tora, Embelia ribes, Alpinia galanga and Jujuba for their phytochemical screening and antimicrobial efficacy to prove to ethnomedicinal uses. Authors convey deep thanks to our great, young and dynamic Directors Shri Arpit Agarwal ji and Shri Amit Agarwal ji for unconditional support, family feelings, and everlasting...

The increased number of microbial strains and the appearance of strains with reduced susceptibility to antibiotics are increasing day by day. This kind of antibiotics and synthetic drugs not only expensive but are also often with adulterations and side effects. To overcome these problems, Herbal medicines appears as a best alternative. This book provides the medicinal values of an Arid zone plant namely, Asphodelus tenuifolius. The analysis texted in the book will help the students and research scholars to understand the importance of this herbal medicinal plant and they can evaluate and...

Plants are by far the most important source of natural therapeutics, and their role in enhancing the longevity and quality of life is gaining prominence in the world and still the plant is often the most neglected part of plant-based medicines.Current problems with medicinal plant products that compromise the quality and safety of medicinal plant products have included contamination with biological and environmental pollutants, adulteration with misidentified species resulting in quantitative and qualitative variations in bioactive compounds. It is, therefore, necessary to standardize and...

Anthocyanins are a large group of the bioflavonoids family from the class phenolics. Phenolics are the coloured compounds present in nature in flowers, fruits, leaves etc. These colours play very crucial role in biodiversity. Flowers and fruits, are sole source of rich antioxidant. These antioxidant have potentials to cure various diseases like cancer. Therefore in present book authors tried to compile the various anthocyanins from different plants that possess anthocyanins and their role in curing various human ailments. Its high time to target such molecules and isolate these anthocaynins...