Propagation to Pharmacopeia

Modern Approaches in Medicinal Plants

Abha Manohar K, Gopal Shukla, Saikat Gantait, A P Das, Sumit Chakravarty, Abha Manohar K., A. P. Das

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781032729992
• eBook ISBN: 9781040164938
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Biochemistry
• Index: Biological Sciences

Medicinal herbs and trees are some of the most trusted sources of traditional cures for most common diseases, even in the present day. The onset of COVID- 19 has increased the popularity of medicinal and herbal plants as well as their products over modern medicines in several instances. There is a considerable gap between demand and supply as most of these plants are not conventionally cultivated and are collected from forests. Most of the knowledge of the identification and utilization of medicinal and herbal plants is orally passed on from one generation to another and only occasionally documented.

Propagation to Pharmacopeia: Modern Approaches in Medicinal Plants explores various aspects of medicinal and herbal plants, including cultivation, biotechnological aspects, diversity, bioprospecting, sustainable utilization of medicinal plants, extension, ethnobotany/ modern and traditional uses, and conservation of medicinal plants. This book will serve the purpose of providing scientific information about medicinal plants and herbal plants, their uses, biotechnological aspects, chemical profiling, and conservation.

Features:

• A systematic overview of trees and herbs with medicinal importance
• Outline of medicinal plants, formulations, and herbal medicines effective to treat SARS-CoV-2
• Strategies for ameliorated production, extraction, and quantification of plant secondary metabolites
• Approaches for propagation, genetic transformation, and conservation of medicinal plant germplasms

This book serves as a resource of helpful information for academicians, biotechnologists, foresters, agriculture practitioners, researchers, as well as those in industries manufacturing herbal drugs, nutraceuticals, and supplementary products. From this book, readers will gain extensive knowledge of widely used medicinal and herbal plants and a perspective on how they can be cultivated, commercialized, and sustainably utilized for the benefit of human health.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Editor Biographies
• List of Contributors
• 1 Tree Species: Valuable Source of Medicine in Human Health
• 2 Medicinal Plants for COVID-19 Care and Their Mode of Action Against SARS-CoV-2
• 3 Role of Medicinal Plants and Herbal Medicine in Managing COVID-19 in Future Pandemics
• 4 Plant Phytochemicals in Cosmetics: Harnessing Nature’s Antiaging Potential and Targeted Applications
• 5 Mycorrhizal Partnerships: Unveiling the Influence on Secondary Metabolites in Medicinal Plants
• 6 Natural Production, Extraction, and Quantification of Secondary Metabolites with Antiallergy Properties
• 7 Exogenous Approaches for Improving the Morphophysiological Attributes and Secondary Metabolite Production in Medicinal Plants
• 8 Enhancement of Secondary Metabolites in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants via in vitro Mutagenesis
• 9 Nano-Elicitation in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Applications and Challenges
• 10 Recent Experimental Approaches Used for the Isolation and Characterization of Indole Alkaloids, Carbazoles, and Saponosides from Sub-Saharan Medicinal Plants
• 11 Utilization, Conservation, and Marketing of Nontimber Forest Products as Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
• 12 High-Frequency Plant Regeneration via Somatic Embryogenesis in Cell Suspension Cultures of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Plant with Natural Antioxidants
• 13 Application of Nanotechnologies in Natural Active Substances from Medicinal Plants
• 14 Progress and Prospects of Cryopreservation Techniques for Long-Term Conservation of Critically Endangered Medicinal Plant Species
• 15 Agrobacterium-Mediated Genetic Transformation: A Cutting-Edge Approach for Enhanced Secondary Metabolites Production
• 16 Utilizing GC‒MS and UPLC‒MS for Rapid Metabolomic Analysis in Medicinal Plants