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Recent Progress In Medicinal Plants (Natural Products)
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549,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Studium Press |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 30.06.2007 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781626993082 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 596 |
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<span>Traditional medicine includes plants, animals and mineral materials, extracts, mixture, condiments and other herbal preparations. Natural products and their derivatives represent more than 50 % of all the drugs in clinical use in the world. Higher plants contribute about 25 % of the total drugs from natural sources. Present volume attempts to provide recent research data on medicinal plants and other natural products investigated world-wide to combat many of the diseases and conditions viz. cancer, malaria, worms, depression, inflammation, ulcer, HIV/AIDS, allergy, atherosclerosis, gastroenteritis, skin care etc. Some interesting studies likely to provide new leads in drug research programme includes: Traditional knowledge and their indigenous uses in animals; Potentialities of marine algae as a source of natural non-toxic, antifouling agent; Protective role of natural plant products and new cytotoxic glycosides of the fungus Acrimonies striatisporum; Potential biological activities of Lepidus Yemeni, Vitas viniferous and other Malaysian plants for different applications; Review on chemical identification and biological activity of some plants of crassulaceae; Photochemical and chemoprevention studies; Recent researches on several Hypercom species; Medicinal plants as feed additives in animals nutrition and medicinal aspects of Amaranth are reported. Tannin's role in plants is often at conflict with food quality but present report indicates them to be beneficial in ruminant animals. Bryostatin (extract from Bugula meridian), a marine development and clinical applications of bryostatins has been presented as a prominent marine natural product. The expression of racing toxin and hyper-allergenic 2s albumins in castor seeds has been investigated during development etc. </span>
<span>Dr. V.K. Singh (b. 1948): Presently, Assistant Director (Botany) at Headquarter Office of the CCRUM, is responsible for execution of projects on ethnobotanical surveys, medicinal plants cultivation,development of Herbal gardens, and pharmacognostic studies of crude drugs. Dr. Singh received his Ph.D. in plant taxonomy (1971). He has been a plant explorer, ethnobotanist and conservationist and has taken a series of medicinal plants collection trips in different tribal areas, particularly in North India, for over 27 years (1971-1997). Based on his studies, he has to his credit over 80 research papers published in various scientific journals in India and abroad, 18 books dealing with medicinal plants and folk medicines of India including edited volumes. Of recent, Dr. Singh has been conferred CCRUM Award (2005) and received first prize and a Memento from Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, for his outstanding research contributions in the area of Survey and Cultivation of Medicinal Plants including development of Herb Gardens. Earliar, Dr. Singh was adjudjed for an "Award for Medical Research (1972)" from erstwhile Central Council for Research in Indian Medicine and Homeopathy (CCRIMH) for his contribution to the botanical identity of controversial Ayurvedic drugs. Nominated as Referee for various scientific journals on medicinal plants and also on the panel of experts committee on WHO studies on indigenous drugs in India. Between 2001-2002, Dr. V.K. Singh served in the National Medicinal Plants Board, Government of India, New Delhi and was actively associated in the policy formulations and guidelines for promotion & development of medicinal plants sector in the country. He contributed in a book on agro techniques of medicinal plants entitled "Cultivation Practices of Some Commercially Important Medicinal Plants". During 2002-2006, Dr. Singh headed a Project "Awareness, Training and Cultivation of Medicinal Plants in Western U.P." Dr. Singh happens to be the pioneer in giving the concept of medicinal plants cultivation and marketing among the farmers of Western U.P. districts in India.</span>
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