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The present book "Utilisation and Management of Medicinal Plants Vol. 2" comprises the vast body of validated scientific data which encompasses a total of 26 original research and review chapters written by eminent scientists and researchers from Argentina, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Kenya, Nigeria and Uruguay. The book provides diversified information regarding anti-venom, wound healing, antioxidant, antimalarial, antibacterial and anti-proliferative activities of medicinal plants. Chapters on histochemical studies of primitive and advanced ferns; Process management in herbal medicine research and development; Economic botany of Copaiba oil; Use of Derris and Deguellia to control agriculture pests; Biotechnological products of Amazonian; Chemistry, extraction, quality control and utilization of essential oils; Chemoprofiling of shilajit; Extraction methods and health benefits of nutraceuticals; Processing and protection against UV radiation on hair by Aloe vera will attract attention of the readers. Review articles on Cymbopogon citrates, Phyllanthus niruri, Pimpinella anisum L. and Emblica officinalis are the other notable contributions. The book will be a landmark and shall hopefully be very useful for those academicians, researchers and scientists who are involved in the studies of medicinal plants and shall find the compendium very useful and indispensable in their relevant research pursuits.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Editorial Board
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. Anti-venom Activity of Medicinal Plants from South America
- 2. Phytotherapeutic Potentialities and Efficacy of Cymbopogon citrates in the Traditional Systems of Medicine
- 3. The Antimalarial Potential of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Malaria in Kenya
- 4. Histochemical Studies on Selected Medicinally Important Primitive Ferns of Western Ghats, South India
- 5. Histochemical Studies on Selected Medicinally Important Advanced Ferns of Western Ghats, South India
- 6. Phyllanthus niruri Linn.: A Versatile Herb
- 7. Process Management in Herbal Medicine Research and Development in Accordance with International Industrial Standardization
- 8. Plants of the Holy Quran: Modulation of EMF-Induced Cells Hemostasis Deficiency by Ocimum basilicum Via its Antioxidant Action on Heart and Testis
- 9. Aniseed (Pimpinella anisum L.): An Overview
- 10. Wound Healing Activity of Achyranthes aspera L. Leaf Extract in Aged Animal
- 11. Chemoprofiling and Antioxidant Activity Studies of Shilajit: A Herbomineral Composition
- 12. Antioxidative Potential of Two Darjeeling Himalayan Marchantia sp.: M. paleacea and M. papillata
- 13. Economic Botany of the Amazonian Copaiba Oil (Copaifera spp.) from the Late Twentieth Century to the Beginning of the Twe ty-First Century
- 14. Use of Timbó (Derris and Deguellia) to Control Agriculture Pests
- 15. Essential Oils: Their Chemistry, Extraction Techniques, Quality Control and Utilization
- 16. Extraction Methods and Health Benefits of Nutraceuticals from Medicinal Plants
- 17. Biotechnological Products of Amazonian Fruits
- 18. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Diversity, Conservation and Future Prospects
- 19. Waste from the Commercial Production of Edible Pulp Tucumã (Astrocaryum aculeatum, Meyer) in the Urban Area of Manaus/Amazonas-Brazil
- 20. Pharmacognostic Evaluation and Antibacterial Activity of Prosopis cineraria Leaf
- 21. Antibacterial Effect of Rhizobial Exo-Polysaccharide Against some Multidrug Resistance Human Pathogens
- 22. Bioassay-Guided Fractionation for the Isolation of the Antibacterial Compounds from Loranthus Species of the Mistletoe Pla t
- 23. Processing of Aloe vera Leaf
- 24. A Study of Photo Damage of Hair and its Protection Using Aloe vera as a Natural Agent
- 25. Anti-Proliferative Potential and Induction of Apoptosis from Catharanthus roseus
- 26. Indian Gooseberry (Emblica officinalis): Pharmacognosy Review
- Index