Conservation and Utilization of Threatened Medicinal Plants

Medicinal plants are globally valuable sources of herbal products. Plant-based remedies have been used for centuries and have had no alternative in the western medicine repertoire, while others and their bioactive derivatives are in high demand and have been the central focus of biomedical research....

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Other Authors: Rajasekharan, P.E. (Editor), Wani, Shabir Hussain (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 9. Geospatial technologies for threatened medicinal plants conservation. Section 3 : Characterization and evaluation of threatened medicinal plants
  • 10. Threatened medicinal plants in the Western Ghats- Phytochemical perspective
  • 11. Genomics and molecular characterization of threatened medicinal plants
  • 12. Drugs from threatened medicinal plants
  • Section 4: Case studies on different threatened medicinal plants distributed in different agroecological regions
  • 13. Conservation and Utilization of High Altitude Threatened Medicinal Plants
  • 14
  • Approaches towards Threatened Species Recovery in Medicinal Plant Conservation Areas (MPCA)-Case studies from South India
  • 15. Threatened tree species of Western Ghats: Status, Diversity, Conservation
  • Section 5 : Legal aspects of threatened medicinal plants
  • 16. Relevance of Ethnopharmacological Research related to Threatened Medicinal Plants associated with Traditional Knowledge
  • Preface
  • Section 1: Genetic Resources of threatened medicinal plants at crossroads
  • 1. Distribution, Diversity Conservation and Utilization of Threatened Medicinal Plants
  • 2. Threatened medicinal plants of Eastern Ghats and their conservation
  • 3. Indian Medicinal plants database (IMPLAD)& Threatened medicinal plants of India
  • 4. Harnessing the potential of medicinal, aromatic and natural food plants for contributing to the achievement of sustainable development goals in South Asia
  • Section 2: Conservation of threatened medicinal plants : concepts and practices
  • 5. Conservation of Threatened Medicinal Plants in India: concepts and practices
  • 6. Biotechnological interventions for conservation and multiplication of threatened medicinal plants
  • 7. In- vitro multiplication and conservation of threatened medicinal plants
  • 8. In vitro conservation and cryopreservation of threatened medicinal plants of India
  • 17. Intellectual Property Rights and Threatened Medicinal Plants- The Scenario
  • 18. Access and benefit sharing in threatened medicinal plants
  • Section 6: A Pathway into the Future
  • 19. Future of Threatened Medicinal plants in the era of Anthropocene and Climate change
  • Index.