| Description |
1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Series |
Exploring Medicinal Plants Ser |
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Exploring Medicinal Plants Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Author/editor biographies -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1 Medicinal Characterization and Phytochemical Constituents of Selected Native Plants of Guyana, South America: A Review -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Importance of Medicinal Plants -- 1.2.1 Cymbopogon citratus -- 1.2.2 Cajanus cajan -- 1.2.3 Plectranthus amboinicus -- 1.2.4 Cassia alata -- 1.2.5 Senna bicapsularis -- 1.2.6 Pityrogramma calomelanos -- 1.3 Antimicrobial Activity of Selected Medicinal Plants |
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1.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Ex-situ Conservation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Using In Vitro Techniques -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Plant Growth Regulators Used in Conservation and In Vitro Studies Using Biotechnological Methods -- 2.3 Studies on the Conservation of MAPs by In Vitro Techniques -- 2.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 Conservation and Sustainable Management of Wild Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Species -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Medicinal Plants and Their Uses -- 3.3 Worldwide Diversity of Medicinal Plants -- 3.4 Threats to Medicinal Plants |
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3.5 Endangered Medicinal Plants -- 3.6 Examples of North American Native Species at Risk -- 3.6.1 Panax quinquefolius (American ginseng) -- 3.6.2 Taxus species (yew) -- 3.6.3 Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh) -- 3.6.4 Hydrastis canadensis (goldenseal) -- 3.7 Conservation and Sustainable Utilization -- Overexploitation and harmful bioprospecting are proposed to be curtailed by creating strategies such as: -- 3.8 Conservation Strategies for Medicinal Plants -- 3.8.1 Legislation -- 3.8.2 In Situ or On-Site Conservation -- 3.8.2.1 Biosphere Reserves -- 3.8.2.2 National Parks |
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3.8.3 Ex Situ or Off-Site Conservation -- 3.8.3.1 Field Gene Bank (Field Repository/Clonal Repository) -- 3.9 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Use of Plants as Medicines and Aromatics by Indigenous Communities of Morocco: Pharmacognosy, Ecology and Conservation -- List of Abbreviations -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Global Importance of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants -- 4.3 Conservation Aspects of Herbs -- 4.4 Transmission of Medicinal Plant Knowledge in Morocco -- 4.5 Ecological and Floristic Diversity in Morocco -- 4.6 Production and Trade in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Morocco |
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4.7 Organization of the Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Sector in Morocco -- 4.8 Strategy for the Development of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Morocco -- 4.9 The Pharmacopoeia of Morocco -- 4.10 Legal Framework of Moroccan Herbalism and Phytotherapy -- 4.11 Conclusion -- 4.12 Conflict of Interests -- References -- Chapter 5 Medicinal and Aromatic Plants from Sudan: Traditional Uses, Pharmacology, and Phytoconstituents -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Global Reputation of Traditional Medicine -- 5.3 Traditional Sudanese Medicine -- 5.4 Distribution of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Sudan |
| Summary |
The demand for herbal medicines has threatened many species. Current information on the conservation, ecology and pharmacognosy of medicinal plants is limited. This book critically examines and reviews the current status of these aspects and includes several case studies of representative plants |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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5.5 Conclusion |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Unal, Bengu Turkyilmaz
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Ozturk, Munir
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Owens, Gary
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| ISBN |
9781000835571 |
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100083557X |
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