| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 431 pages) |
| Contents |
Biodiversity Bioprospection with Respect to Medicinal Plants / Abhishek Kumar Dwivedy, Vipin Kumar Singh, Somenath Das, Anand Kumar Chaudhari, Neha Upadhyay, Akanksha Singh, Archana Singh, and Nawal Kishore Dubey -- Diversity Analysis of Indian Mangrove Organisms to Explore Their Potential in Novel and Value-Added Biomolecules / Angana Sarkar, Sushant Prajapati, Amulya Sai Bakshi, Asma Khatoon, Raghavarapu Swathi, Siddharth Kumar, Arpita Behera, and Rahul Pradhan -- Ecological and Biomass Assessment of Vegetation Cover of a University Campus / Kakoli Banerjee, Gobinda Bal, Gopal Raj Khemendu, Nihar Ranjan Sahoo, Gopa Mishra, Chitrangada Debsarma, Abinash Mansingh, and Rakesh Paul -- Edible Solanum Species Used by the Ethnic and Local People of North-Eastern India / Moumita Saha and B.K. Datta -- Medicinal Plant Diversity in Urban Areas / Sanjeet Kumar, P. Devanda Singh, Rajndra K. Labala, L. Amitkumar Singh, and Sunil S. Thorat -- Endophytic Fungal Diversity in Selected Medicinal Plants of Western Ghats of India / Fazilath Uzma and Srinivas Chowdappa -- Araceae of Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve, South Western Ghats, India / Jose Mathew, P.M. Salim, P.M. Radhamany, and Kadakasseril Varghese George -- Flowering Plant Diversity in the Alpine Regions of Eastern Himalaya / Dipankar Borah, A.P. Das, Sumpam Tangjang, and Tonlong Wangpan -- Ethno-Bioprospection in Northeast India / Amritesh C. Shukla, Nurpen M. Thangjam, Laldingngheti Bawitlung, Debashis Mandal, and Bernadette Montanari -- Medicinal Plants of India and Their Antimicrobial Property / Ifra Zoomi, Harbans Kaur Kehri, Ovaid Akhtar, Pragya Srivastava, Dheeraj Pandey, and Raghvendra Pratap Narayan -- Ethnopharmacological Properties of Some Threatened Medicinal Plants / Sanjeet Kumar, Padma Mahanti, Gitishree Das, and Jayanta Kumar Patra -- Medicinal Plants: A Potent Antimicrobial Source and An Alternative to Combat Antibiotic Resistance / Shraddha Chauhan, Reecha Sahu, and Lata S.B. Upadhyay -- Lasia spinosa: Wild Nutraceutical for Formulation of Future Drugs / Sabeela Beevi Ummalyma and Rajkumari Supriya Devi -- Plant Diversity and Ethnobotanical Prospective of Odisha / Saswati Dash, Ichhamati Pradhan, Suraja Kumar Nayak, and Bighneswar Baliyarsingh -- Structural Profiling of Bioactive Compounds with Medicinal Potential from Traditional Indian Medicinal Plants / C. Sareena, A. Anju Suresh, Swetha Sunil, and T.V. Suchithra -- Ethnobotanical Study of Pharmacologically Important Medicinal Plants / S.C. Sahu -- Garcinia xanthochymus Hook. f. ex T. Anderson: An Ethnobotanically Important Tree Species of the Similipal Biosphere Reserve, India / Rajkumari Supriya Devi, Subhendu Chakroborty, Sanjeet Kumar, and Nabin Kumar Dhal -- Tribal Claims vs. Scientific Validation: A Case Study on Two Species of Order Zingiberales Curcuma longa L. & Costus speciosus Koen / R.S. Devi, Archita Behera, Puyam Devanda Singh, Madhusmita Mahapatra, Bikash Bhattarai, and Padan Kumar Jena |
| Summary |
"This book will be especially useful for undergraduate and postgraduate courses focusing on diversity of medicinal plants, ethnobiology, and traditional therapeutic systems. It is also a valuable reference for research students and professionals seeking to find more information about various biological applications. The book focuses on the real-life research aspects of advances in unexplored plants and ethnopharmacology, which provides a new perspective for all interested readers. Key Features: Includes real-life application for unexplored plants with medicinal properties Incorporates findings from researchers in the field to discuss the biodiversity in India Proposes medicinal usages for plants and compares them to current medical practices Discusses conservation methods for traditional medicine as well as for endangered plants Provides a comprehensive guide to ethnopharmacology and other ethnomedical practices"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Jayanta Kumar Patra, PhD, PDF, is currently working as Assistant Professor at the Research Institute of Biotechnology and Medical Converged Science, Dongguk University, Ilsandong, Gyeonggido, Republic of Korea. Gitishree Das, PhD, PDF, is currently working as Assistant Professor at the Research Institute of Biotechnology and Medical Converged Science, Dongguk University, Ilsandong, Gyeonggido, Republic of Korea. Sanjeet Kumar, PhD, DELF, is currently working as President at the Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, India, and as Zonal Head of the Sustainable Biodiversity Committee, Odisha Wildlife Hub, Odisha, India. Hrudayanath Thatoi, PhD, is currently working as Professor and Head, Department of Biotechnology at North Orissa University, Odisha, India |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 12, 2019) |
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Medicinal plants -- Research -- India
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Ethnopharmacology -- Research -- India
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Biodiversity -- Research -- India
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Materia medica, Vegetable.
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Medicine, Botanic.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Herbal Medications.
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MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Pharmacology.
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Medicinal plants -- Research
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Materia medica, Vegetable
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Biodiversity -- Research
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Ethnobotany
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Ethnopharmacology
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Medicinal plants
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Traditional medicine
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Patra, Jayanta Kumar, editor.
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Das, Gitishree, editor.
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Kumar, Sanjeet, 1982- editor.
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Thatoi, H. N., editor.
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| LC no. |
2019026716 |
| ISBN |
0429398190 |
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9780429675379 |
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0429675372 |
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9780429675386 |
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0429675380 |
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9780429675362 |
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0429675364 |
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9780429398193 |
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