India has wealthy diversity of medicinal plants. The base of 90 percentage herbal crude drugs, useful in the manufacture of Siddha, Ayurveda, Unani, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Amchi and Modern systems of medicine, is widely from the wild. This wild source is quickly shrinking day-by-day. Therefore, there is a necessity for the conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants.Plants are the important source of natural drugs. India is a country wealthy in indigenous herbal resources. The varied topography and r changing agro climatic conditions permits the growth of almost 20,000 plant species, of which about 2,500 are of medicinal value. If one or more organs of the plant s contains substances that can be used for the therapeutic purpose, they are called medicinal plants.This book provides information about more than 100 species of medicinal plants giving their photographs, scientific name, vernacular name, distribution, cultivation, plant parts, phyto-constituents and therapeutic uses.This book will be useful to all the students, researchers and teachers in the field of medicinal plants.

This book on medicinal plant biotechnology covers recent developments in this field. It includes a comprehensive up-to-date survey on established medicinal plants and on molecules which gained importance in recent years. No recently published book has covered these carefully selected topics. The contributing scientists have been selected on the basis of their involvement in the related plant material as evident by their internationally recognised published work.

In Recent Years, There Has Been A Tremendous Growth Of Interest In Plant-Based Drugs, Pharmaceuticals, Perfumery Products, Cosmetics And Aromatic Compounds Used In Food Flavours, Fragrances, And Natural Colours. An Attempt Has Been Made In This Book To Provide All Possible Pooled Information Including The Research Findings That Have Been Generated By The Division Of Horticultural Sciences, The University Of Agricultural Sciences, The Indian Institute Of Horticultural Research, The Central Institute Of Medicinal And Aromatic Crops, The National Botanical Research Institute, The Regional Research Laboratories, Icar, And Others.

Pharma Forestry: Field Guide To Medicinal Plants Provides Information On All Related Aspects Of Medicinal Plants. Distribution, Identification, Medicinal Uses, Cultivation, Marketing, And Legal Aspects Have Been Discussed In The Book For The Benefits Of All Concerned. The Book Is Written In A Simple Language And Lucid Style. Forests Are Getting Degraded For The Want Of Protection And Heavy Biotic Pressure Day By Day And Hence Possibility Of An Ecological Disaster Cannot Be Ruled Out Considering The Role Of Forests In Maintaining The Life-Support System Of The Earth. Forests Are Also The Storehouse Of Medicines And Hence Its Degradation Will Affect The Availability Of The Medicinal Plants. Unavailability Of Medicinal Plants May Endanger The Health Of Millions Of People Who Rely On Them For Their Health. Ayurveda, The Oldest Plant-Based Health System, Is Fully Dependent On Forests. Besides Its Considerable Role In The Maintenance Of Health Of The People In Remote Areas, The Cultivation And Conservation Of Medicinal Plants Provides A Way For Involving Local People In Forest Protection And Thereby Raise Their Income And Socio-Economic Status. The Rural People Are Involved Even In The Joint Forest Management.The Book Aims At Spreading The Message That A Tree Saved Is Better Than A Tree Planted. The Book Is Well Illustrated With About 200 Coloured Photographs Of Medicinal Plants Which Are Worth Million Words As They Help In Their Identification. In Addition, The Detailed Information On The Cultivation Of About 26 Commercially Important Medicinal Plants, Notes On Cultivation Of Some Other Important Medicinal Plants, And Legal And Market Dynamics Provided In The Book Will Generate Awareness Among All The Concerned. Glossary Of The Medical And Botanical Terms Will Help In Its Easy Understanding. The Model Estimate Of Cultivation Of The Medicinal Plants Will Help The Farmer Entrepreneur To Take Up The Medicinal Plants Cultivation. The Book Will Help In Making The Country Greener And Countrymen Prosperous And Healthier. It Will Serve Not Only As An Excellent Reference Material But Also As A Practical Guide For Vaidyas, Pharmacists, Researchers And Students In The Field Of Pharma Forestry.

The book provides an overview of current trends in biotechnology and medicinal plant sciences. The work includes detailed chapters on various advance biotechnological tools involved in production of phytoactive compounds of medicinal significance. Some recent and novel research studies on therapeutic applications of different medicinal plants from various geographical regions of the world have also been included. These studies report the antimicrobial activity of various natural plant products against various pathogenic microbial strains. Informative chapters on recent emerging applications of plant products such as source for nutraceuticals and vaccines have been integrated to cover latest advances in the field. This book also explores the conservation aspect of medicinal plants. Thus, chapters having comprehensively complied in vitro conservation protocols for various commercially important rare, threatened and endangered medicinal plants were provided in the present book.

Ethnobotany deals with relationship between people and plants. Since ancient times plants were used to cure all types of illness and diseases all over the world. The traditional knowledge of medicincal valued plants communicated from one generation to another generation and plays a significant role in the development of traditional medicines. The ethnobotanical research provides information about medicinal plants that can cure fatal diseases. This book has fourteen chapters that include various aspect of Ethnobotany viz: Introduction to Ethnobotany; Ethnobotany: Past, Present and Future; Ethnobotany and Ayurveda; Important Sacred Plants in India; Grace of Butter tree; Diversity, Indigenous use of the Ethnomedicinal flora of various plants of India; Ethnobotany and Modern system of Medicine; Plants of folklore from myth to magic; Different tribal committee of India and Historical journey and its prospective in India. This book is highly relevant to innovated and enhance knowledge about Ethnobotany and helpful for undergraduate, post-graduate students, research scholars and faculty. The book incorporates chapters authored by eminent botanists who are working in the field of Ethnobotany since a long time.

This book aims to discuss and practices all the issues pertaining to medicinal plants research, documentation, utilization. conservation activities, standardization, quality control, tissue culture, biotechnology, biochemistry, phytochemistry and chemical characterization taking place in various Universities, Institutions, Colleges and their impact on medicinal plants.

This book is compilation of research papers presented by scholars of international repute at International Ayurveda conference held at Pune , India on 29th, 30th & 31st January 1993 under pesidentship of Prof.P.H. Kulkarni. 55 papers were presented. Some of them are as follows : Clinical case studies, laboratory experiments, medicinal preparations, medicinal plants in Arunachal Pradesh ,India and Nrw Zealand, Pollution and health for all , Role of media in health area, sports medicine , Tridosha and blood groups , cosmetology in Ayurveda, Mantra vidnyan , Integrated Ayurveda treatment, Langbank / fasting , Kuti praveshik Rasayana etc.