BookShaik Mahammad Khasim, Chunlin Long, Kanchit Thammasiri, Henrik Lutken, editors.
Summary: 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 population depends on traditional medicine because of its safety features and ability to effectively cure diseases. This book presents a comprehensive guide to medicinal plants, their utility, diversity and conversation, as well as biotechnology. It is divided into four main sections, covering all aspects of research in medicinal plants: biodiversity and conservation; ethnobotany and ethnomedicine; bioactive compounds from plants and microbes; and biotechnology. All sections cover the latest advances. The book offers a valuable asset for researchers and graduate students of biotechnology, botany, microbiology and the pharmaceutical sciences. It is an equally important resource for doctors (especially those engaged in Ayurveda and allopathy); the pharmaceutical industry (for drug design and synthesis); and the agricultural sciences.
Contents:
Intro
Preface
Contents
Editors and Contributors
About the Editors
Contributors
Part I: Biodiversity and Conservation
1: Biodiversity of Medicinal Plants in the Eastern Ghats of Northern Andhra Pradesh, India
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Biodiversity of Medicinal Plants in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh
1.3 Conclusions
References
2: Biodiversity, Conservation and Medicinal Uses of Seaweeds: The Glimpses
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Biodiversity
2.3 Conservation
2.4 Medicinal Uses
2.5 Recommendations
References 3: Tree Flora of Andhra Pradesh, India
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Location and Characteristics of the Study Area
3.3 Geographical Division
3.3.1 The Coastal Plains
3.3.2 Eastern Ghats
3.3.3 The Western Peneplains
3.3.3.1 Vegetation
3.4 Tree Flora Analysis
3.5 Phytogeographical Distributional Pattern of Tree Taxa
3.6 Endemic Tree Taxa to Andhra Pradesh
3.7 Endemic Trees of Peninsular India Occurring in Andhra Pradesh (Source, Nayar et al. 1984)
3.8 Overexploited Tree Taxa
3.9 Causes for Depletion of Tree Species and Its Conservation
References 4: Genetic Diversity and Variability Analysis in Sweet Flag (Acorus calamus L.)
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Genetic Diversity Analysis in Acorus calamus L.
4.2.1 Clustering Pattern
4.2.2 Intra- and Inter-Cluster Distances
4.2.3 Cluster Mean for Different Characters
4.2.4 Contribution of Characters to Genetic Divergence
4.2.5 Genetic Variability
4.3 Conclusion
References
5: Flora of Mangrove Species Utilized for Ethnomedicinal Practices in Gautami Godavari Estuary, Andhra Pradesh, India
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Mangrove Flora and Ethnomedicinal Purposes 7: Structure Design and Establishment of Database Application System for Miao Medicinal Plants in Guizhou Province, China
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Database Structure
7.2.1 Demand Analysis
7.2.2 Data Sources of Medicinal Plants
7.3 Web Development Platform
7.3.1 Software and Hardware Configuration
7.3.2 Development of Technology
7.3.3 Framework Database
7.4 Implementation of the Database System
7.4.1 Homepage
7.4.2 Species Identification
7.4.3 Data Retrieval
7.4.4 Plant Lists
7.4.5 User Center
7.5 Conclusion
References