Medicinal Plants: Biodiversity, Sustainable Utilization and Conservation / edited by Shaik Mahammad Khasim, Chunlin Long, Kanchit Thammasiri, Henrik Lutken.
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�...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore :
Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition 2020. |
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| 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. . |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 829 pages 214 illus., 119 illus. in color) |
| ISBN: | 9811516359 9789811516351 9811516367 9789811516368 |