Medicinal Plants: Biodiversity, Sustainable Utilization and Conservation

Plants have been a source of medicines and have played crucial role for human health. Despite tremendous advances in the field of synthetic drugs and antibiotics, plants continue to play a vital role in modern as well as traditional medicine across the globe. In even today, one-third of the world’s...

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Other Authors: Khasim, Shaik Mahammad (Editor), Long, Chunlin (Editor), Thammasiri, Kanchit (Editor), Lutken, Henrik (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 16. Controlling biological infestations in museums by medicinal plants
  • Chapter 17. Hitherto unexplored aspects of medicinal plants from Ayurveda and Vrikshayurveda
  • Chapter18. Ethno veterinary medicinal plants and practices in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Chapter 19. Ethnobotanical trees of Sri Lankamalleswara wild life sanctuary, Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh
  • Chapter 20. A Study on Medical Systems for Dengue Fever
  • Part 3. Bioactive compounds from plants and microbes
  • Chapter 21. Development of immunoassays for Ginsenosides in Ginseng
  • Chapter 22. Elicitation of flavonoids in Kalanchoë pinnata by Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated transformation and UV-Bradiation
  • Chapter 23. Biogenic silver nanoparticles from Trametes ljubarskyi (white rot fungus): efficient and effective anti candidal activity
  • Chapter 24. Herbal medicinal markets in China: An Ethnobotanical Survey
  • Part 1. Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Chapter 1. Biodiversity of medicinal plants in the Eastern Ghats of Northern Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Chapter 2. Biodiversity, Conservation and Medicinal Uses of Seaweeds: The Glimpses
  • Chapter 3. Tree Flora of Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Chapter 4. Genetic diversity and variability analysis in sweet flag (Acorus calamus L.)
  • Chapter 5. Flora of Mangrove species utilized for ethnomedicinal practices in Gautami Godavari estuary, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Chapter 6. Tree diversity assessment in sacred groves of Eastern Ghats, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Part 2. Ethnobotany and Ethnomedicine
  • Chapter 7. Structure design and establishment of database application system for Miao medicinal plants in Guizhou Province, China
  • Chapter 8. Documentation and Protection of Traditional Knowledge
  • Chapter 33. Rare actinobacteria Nocardiopsis lucentensis VLK-104 isolated from Mangrove ecosystem of Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh
  • Chapter 34. Aegle marmelos (Rutaceae): evaluation of root phytochemical constituents for antimicrobial activity
  • Chapter 35. Qualitative and quantitative phytochemical studies in different parts of Sesamum indicum L
  • Chapter 36. Phytochemical investigation and comparative evaluation of various market samples of Triphala powder with references to their free scavenging and anti-diabetic activity – an in-vitro-approach
  • Chapter 37. In vitro anticancer activity of Canthium parviflorum Lam extracts against cancer cell lines
  • Chapter 38. Bioactive Metabolites from Streptomyces nanhaiensis VSM-1: Polyphasic taxonomy, Optimization and Evaluation of antimicrobial metabolites by GC-MS analysis
  • Chapter 39. In vitro cultured cells as an option for enhancing the production of bioactive compounds: Some selected case studies
  • Chapter 40. Anti-Diabetic Studies of the leaf extract of Ericostemma littorale (Blume) using Wistar Rats
  • Part 4. Biotechnology
  • Chapter 41. Molecular and cytogenetical approaches for genetic diversity analysis of wild and cultivated medicinal plant species from North-East India with focus on genus Curcuma
  • Chapter 42. Mutagenic effect of chemicals on certain biochemical parameters in two cultivars of sunflower ( Helianthus annuus L.)
  • Chapter 43. Mutagenic effectiveness and efficiency of Gamma rays in Musk okra (Abelmoschus moschatus L.)
  • Chapter 44. Detection of genetic variation in Biophytum sensitivum Linn. by RAPD and ISSR markers
  • Chapter 45. Development of standard protocols for in vitro regeneration of some selected banana cultivars (Musa spp.) from India
  • Chapter 46. In vitro method of high frequency plant regeneration through internodal callus of Ruta Graveolens L
  • Chapter 9. Ethnobotanical assessment of medicinal plants used by Indigenous people living around the Sacred Groves of East Godavari District, AndhraPradesh, India
  • Chapter 10. Ethno-botanico-medicine in treatment of diabetes by the tribal groups of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Chapter 11. Ethnomedicine from Konda Reddis of High Altitude Agency Tracts of East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Chapter 12. A traditional use of plants for the treatment of bone fractures by the local people of West Sikkim, India
  • Chapter 13. God’s tree: A culturally coded strategy for conservation (A case study of Gairsain eco- region of district Chamoli, Uttarakhand)
  • Chapter 14. Ethnomedicinal plants used by ethnic people in Eastern Ghats of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Chapter 15. Ethnobotany of medicinal plants of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh for identification of plants with antitumour and antimicrobial potential
  • Chapter 47. Conservation of an endangered medicinal forest tree species, Oroxylum indicum L. Kurz through in vitro culture- A review
  • Chapter 48. DNA barcode: the genetic blue print for identity and diversity of Phyllanthus amarus Schum. et. Thonn
  • Chapter 49. Microbiological and physicochemical quality of potable water in valasi, agency area, Andhra Pradesh
  • Chapter 25. Phyto chemical constituents and pharmacological activities of a traditional medicinal plant Glochidion eriocarpum (Phyllanthaceae)
  • Chapter 26. Endophytic fungi and their impact on Agroecosystems
  • Chapter 27. GC-MS and Insilico molecular docking analysis of secondary metabolites present in leaf extract of Cassia occidentalis Linn
  • Chapter 28. Protective effect of Mimusops elengi L. on renal and hepatic markers in STZ-induced diabetic Rats
  • Chapter 29. Extraction and purification of gymnemic acid from Gymnema sylvestre r.br
  • Chapter 30. GC-MS Profile of the unsaponifiable and saponifiable matters of Coldenia procumbens Linn. Leaves
  • Chapter 31. Isolation of sterols from the bark hexane extract of Cordia dichotoma
  • Chapter 32. Isolation and characterization of pharmacologically active tannins from stem bark of Syzygium samarangense