"The majority of modern drugs are based on phytochemicals produced from ethnomedicinal plants. Due to high global usage and demand for medicinal herbs, cultivation and bioprospecting of these plants has enormous potential for the future. This new book, Bioprospecting of Ethnomedicinal Plants: Sustainable Utilization and Restoration, highlights the importance of bioprospecting plants of ethnic origins in a sustainable manner while discussing effective methods of bioprospecting. Focusing on sustainable utilization, management of ethnomedicinal plants, and their bioprospecting methods, this volume provides an understanding of the importance of sustainability and bioprospecting for formulating novel chemical compounds and new drugs from raw materials from ethnomedicinal plants cultivated and collected from the wild for healthcare and nutritional practices. The volume provides extensive information on medicinal plant diversification, cultivation techniques, biotechnological approaches, and modern and traditional usages. It also provides information for developing new strategies and formulating new policies for the systematic management and conservation of medicinal resources for future use. The volume looks at medicinal plant-based agroforestry systems, pestsand diseases that afflict medicinal and aromatic plants, the use and preference of medicinal plants among indigenous communities, the changing marketing scenario of medicinal and aromatic plants, and much more. Covering the major areas of sustainable utilization and conservation practices of medicinal plants, this volume will be a valuable resource for academicians, researchers, scientific communities, research scholars and students, botanical institutes, etc. It can also be used as a baseline document for policy developers working in the areas of conservation and utilization of medicinal plants"--
The majority of modern drugs are based on phytochemicals produced from ethnomedicinal plants.This new volume provides an understanding of the importance of sustainability and bioprospecting of ethnomedicinal plants for formulating novel chemical compounds and new drugs from raw materials from plants cultivated and collected from the wild for healthcare and nutrition practices. It provides extensive information on medicinal plant diversification, cultivation techniques, biotechnological approaches, and modern and traditional usages. It also provides information for developing new strategies and formulating new policies for the systematic management and conservation of medicinal resources for future use.
Details importance of bioprospecting plants of ethnic origins sustainably while presenting bioprospecting methods. Discusses importance of sustainability and bioprospecting for formulating novel and new drugs from ethnomedicinal plants present in the wild. Covers a range of topics on bioprospecting ethnomedicinal plants.
1. Bioprospecting of Ethnomedicinal Plants: Basic Issues
2. Ethnomedicinal Plants: Medicine and Nutrition for Future Generation
3. Medicinal Plant-Based Agroforestry Systems
4. Plant Bio-Actives from Agroforestry Systems in Improving Livestock Health, Production, and Methane Mitigation
5. Ethnobotany: Benefits, Research, and Development
6. Problems and Prospects of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants with Special Reference to Coordinated Research in India under ICAR
7. Important Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh: Uses and Prospects
8. Some Parasitic and Carnivorous Plants of the Indian Himalayan Region with Ethnomedicinal Use
9. Use and Preference of Medicinal Plants Among Forest Fringe Indigenous Communities in Eastern Sub-Himalayan Region: A Case Study
10. A Directory of Ethnomedicinal Plants of Reang Ethnic Community in Northeast India
11. Sacred Groves: In Situ Conservation of Ethnomedicinal Plants
12. Medicinal Agroforestry System: The Way Towards Conservation
13. Utilization and Ethnomedicinal Value of Indigenous Green Leafy Vegetables Commonly Consumed in Northern Districts of West Bengal, India
14. Stevia rebaudiana (Bert).: A Natural Sweetener
15. Traditional and Pharmacological Values of Oroxylum indicum
16. Livelihood Improvement through Turmeric in Eastern Himalayan Foothills of West Bengal, India
17. Malaxis acuminata: An Important Ingredient of Ashtavarga
18. Utilization of Rice Genetic Resources for Nutritional and Medicinal Benefits
19. Pest and Diseases of Some Commercial Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and Their Management
20. Changing Marketing Scenario of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India
Gopal Shukla, PhD, is Professor in Forestry at North Eastern Hill University, Meghalaya, India.Before joining as Professor, he was working as Senior Assistant Professor in Forestry at Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal, India. With teaching and research experience of more than 12 years, he has worked on projects for the National Agricultural Innovation Project (ICAR), National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (ICAR), and others. He has published many research papers and book chapters as well as eight books.
Jahangeer A. Bhat, is associated with the Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership at Piramal University, Mumbai, India. He was earlier associated with the College of Horticulture and Forestry at Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, India, and with the College of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry at Fiji National University, Republic of Fiji Islands. His research work in India and Fiji Islands spans 12 years on issues in forestry, including conservation of biodiversity, traditional knowledge of plants, and sustainable management of forest resources.
A. P. Das, is retired as Professor of Botany at the University of North Bengal (NBU), West Bengal, India. He is now an Adjunct Professor of Botany at Rajiv Gandhi University, India. He has published over 200 research papers as well as several books. His previous roles include Head, Botany Department; Director, Centre for Life Science; Coordinator, Department of Biotechnology; and Head, Department of Tea Science at NBU. Dr. Das established the East Himalayan Society for Spermatophyte Taxonomy in 2007 and initiated the publication Pleione. He has also developed the NBU Garden of Medicinal Plants and the NBU Herbarium.
Sumit Chakravarty, is Professor and Head of the Department of Forestry, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal, India. With over 20 years of experience in forestry training, research, and development, he has published many research papers and book chapters, as well as eight books. He has 15 research projects on forest ecology, medicinal plants, and agroforestry. He has successfully completed 15 research projects on forest ecology, medicinal plants, and agroforestry. He has trained more than 50 master and doctoral students in the field of forestry.
