Medicinal Plants: Conservation Cultivation and Utilisation

Chopra, A K

• Publisher: Daya Publishing House
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9789383048663
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Botany
• Index: Biological Sciences

Local health traditions cannot be revitalized without ensuring the health of their medicinal plants resources base. For along term and sustainable utilization programme for medicinal plants, it is imperative that medicinal plants are not only domesticated and put under cutlivation, but also conserved in the wild. This book is first of its kind thereby adding a new dimension to the cultivation, conservation and utilisation of medicinal plants. According to current estimates about three fourth of the herbal drugs produced in India are used for curing human ailments. Based on different researchers, strategies on conservation, cultivation and utilization on medicinal plants, the book profiles over 100's of such type of plants, which have been reported by different scientists, researchers, academicians and scholars of the country. The book highlights the current status of important medicinal plants of India and also has some interesting and vital tips. The book will be useful for research institutions, agencies, NGOs, scientists, academicians, importers and exporters, growers, suppliers, medicinal garden owners and all those working in the allied fields.

Table of contents

• Preface
• List of Contributors
• Introduction
• 1. Traditional Health Care in a Remote Area of District Chamoli (Garhwal), Uttaranchal: What Could Do With?
• 2. Medicinal Plants of India: Need for Their Preservation
• 3. Angiospermous Seeds of Medicinal Importance in Gujarat State
• 4. Management of Viral Diseases of Ashwagandha
• 5. Ayurvedic Garden: A Novel Concept in Society for Education and Popularization of Medicinally Important Plants
• 6. Isolation of Larvicidal Ingredient from the Leaves of Catharanthus roseus for Mosquito Control
• 7. Phenological Study of Naturalised Medicinal Herbs of Agra
• 8. An Ethnomedicinal Plants in Melghat of Amravati District: A Need for Conservation
• 9. Variability Measurements in Three Wild Collections of Solanum nigrum L. Complex
• 10. Antibacterial Activity of Mixtures of Essential Oils
• 11. Herbs, Health and Environment
• 12. Ecological Studies on Medicinal Plants of Neeru Watershed, (J&K)
• 13. Assessment of Influence of SO2 Pollution on Biochemical and Antioxidant Defense System of Medicinal Plant (Azadiracta indica): A Case Study
• 14. Distribution Patterns of Coccinellids and Their Role in Biological Control of Mustard Aphids
• 15. Pharmaceutical Products and Anti-microbial Activity of Bryophytes: Uses of “Green Brain”
• 16. Effect of Alcoholic Extract of Three Adiantum Species of Ferns Formulation for Stamina in Male and Female Albino Mice Subjected to Forced Swim Stress
• 17. Phytochemical, Antifungal and Antibacterial Studies of Premna cordifolia (Stem)
• 18. Phytochemical Examination of Pittosporum nepaulense and its Effect on Microorganism as an Antibacterial Agent
• 19. Isolation of Active Chemical Constituents and Study of Active Anticancer Alkaloid from the Root Extract of Pongamia pinnata (Vent) 133
• 20. Antibacterial Activity of Medicinal Plants Against Dental Infections
• 21. Conservation of Some Useful Medicinal Plants of Haridwar District in Uttaranchal State
• 22. Medicinal Plant Diversity in Pindari Glacier Area of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (NDBR), Uttaranchal 167
• 23. Effect of Three Different Boiling Times for Extraction of Aqueous Extract of Peepal Leaf on Growth of Myrothecium roridum Tode ex Fr.
• 24. Rare Medicinal Plants as Used in the Folklore of Garhwal Himalaya
• 25. Antifeedant Activity of Neem (Azadiracta indica A. Juss) on Spilosoma obliqua Walker
• 26. Modern Dosage Forms in Ayurveda: A Study from Aryabhishak 193
• 27. Development of a Database for Identification of Powdered Crude Drugs
• 28. Ethnomedicinal Flora of West Nimar (Khargone) District, M.P., India
• 29. Makoi (Solaum nigrum) and Punarnava (Boerhavia diffusa): Effective Herbal Drug in Liver and Kidney Disorders
• 30. Isolation of New Isoflavonoids from Bowdichia virgiliodes
• 31. Ayurvedic Quick Remedies
• 32. Approach to Cure Tamak Shwas (Asthma) by Panchkarma 231
• 33. Status of Medicinal Plants Found in a Montane Forest of Garhwal Himalaya
• 34. Biodiversity of Cultivated Fruits Plants in Jaunpur Development Block of District Tehri Garhwal, Uttaranchal
• 35. Physico-chemical Screening of Abutilon indicum Roots
• 36. Comparative Growth Pattern in Nine Cultures of Ash Gourd 273
• 37. Medicinal Plants of Rigveda
• 38. Utilization and Conservation of Medicinal Plants
• 39. Antimicrobial Properties of Herbal Tooth Powders
• 40. Conservation Practices and Utilization Strategies of Medicinal Plants in Bhandara District of Vidarbha Region
• 41. Industrial Utilization and Promotion of Medicinal Plants in India
• 42. Biodeterioration of Aonla (Emblica officinalis) and Their Products
• 43. Studies on In vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oil of the Nardostachys jatamansi and Zanthoxyllum armatum
• 44. Clinical Evaluation of the Effect of Centella asiatica on Cerebral Higher Functions
• 45. Green Tea and Benefits 369
• 46. Medicinal Plant Conservation
• 47. Antibacterial Activity of Polar Fraction of Callistemon lanceolatus and Callistemon viminalis
• 48. Optimization of Procedure for Dyeing of Cotton and Wool Fibres with Bark of Juglans regia as Natural Dyes
• 49. Optimization of Procedure for Dyeing of Wool, Cotton and Silk Fibres
• 50. Medicinal Plant: Utilization and Conservation
• 51. Demographic Dispersion of Weed Flora of Rice, Maize and Wheat in Doon Valley of Uttaranchal
• 52. A Survey of Wound Healing Plants Used by the Tribal People of Khargone District of Madhya Pradesh 403
• 53. Angiospermic Diversity, Conservation and Documentation of Some Interesting and Rare Angiospermis of West Nimar District of M.P.
• 54. Healthy Heart by Ayurvedic Herbs
• 55. An Approach to Cure Paralysis and Arthiritis Using Sida cordifolia by Panchakarma
• Recommendations
• Index