According to the World Health Organization, 80% of the worlds population primarily those of developing countries rely on plant-derived medicines for their healthcare. During the past decades, public interest in natural therapies, namely herbal medicine, has increased dramatically not only in developing countries but also in industrialized western world. This has increased the international trade in plant based medicine enormously and has attracted most of the pharmaceutical companies, including the multinationals. "Plants of Indian Systems of Medicine" (Volume-I) covers detailed monographs...