Bioactive Medicinal Plants

AUTHOR: Dharamvir Hota
PUBLISHER: Gene-Tech Books
ISBN: 9788189723196
YEAR: 2007 (First Edition)
PAGES: 275
SIZE: 14 X 22 X 2 cm.
BINDING: Hard
LANGUAGE: English

ABOUT THE BOOK: Medicinal plants are plants whose extracts can be used directly or indirectly for the treatment of different ailments. In the world more than 30 per cent of the pharmaceutical preparations are based on plants. Scientists throughout the world are trying to explore the precious assets of medicinal plants to help the suffering humanity.
An increasing reliance on the use of medicinal plants in the industrialised societies has been traced to the extraction and development of several drugs and chemotherapeutics from these plants. The medicinal values of these plants are due to the presence of small doses of active compounds which produces physiological actions in the human and animal body.
The present book explores the recent developments in the field of botanical medicine. It provides vital information on various bioactive compounds present in plants and their use in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals. Educated readers, practitioners/ and academics of natural sciences will be benefitted by the contents of this work.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Dharamvir Hota is presently the emeritus professor in the department of agriculture science and economics, an appointment he has enjoyed since 1998. He was a senior researcher at the International Institute of Agricultural Science, where he worked on the use of genetically modified crops for structure determination of molecular modeling.
He has been teaching and doing research on agricultural systems in and around the country. He teaches soil science, organic agriculture and land use, and conducts research on the effects of organic and conventional farming systems on soil, crop productivity and quality, with publications appearing in various internationally reputed journals.

CONTENTS:
1. Preface
2. Therapeutic Value of Medicinal Plants
3. Plant-based Biopharmaceuticals
4. Identification of Bioactive
5. Compounds in Plants
6. Plant-based Antimicrobials
7. Validity of Ethnomedicines
8. Evaluation of Plant Extracts
9. Forest Botanicals as Pharmaceuticals
10. Medicinal Value of Phytoecdysteroids
11. Herb-drug Interactions
12. Bioactive Compounds in Legume Natural Products
13. Production of Secondary Metabolites from Medicinal Plants
14. Herbal Pharmacokinetics Risks of Plant-derived Vaccines Conservation of Medicinal Plants Bibliography Index