[MPWG] Fwd: On Herbal Drugs & Medicinal Plants - 2 Recent Works

[Eric T. Jones]

>1. Herbal Drugs and Biotechnology / Editor: Prof. Dr. Pravin Chandra 
>Trivedi.  1st ed. Jaipur, Pointer Publishers.  2004.  xvi, 368 p. ills. 26 cm.
>List Price: $ 75.00     Your Price: $ 67.50
>ISBN: 8171323812                KK-32856
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>Herbal medicine today owes its existence much to the skill and painstaking 
>labour of the ancient, traditional folk healers of India and the world, 
>who were pioneers in discovering the curative effects of several herbs, 
>often at the risk of the lives of their fellowmen. The slow but certainly 
>active herbal drugs have suffered badly in preference to the fast-acting 
>synthetic drugs of modern medicine. Fortunately, people are becoming 
>conscious of the grave side effects of modern synthetic medicines, and 
>herbs are once again staging a dramatic comeback.
>
>This book `Herbal Drugs and Biotechnology' contains 17 chapters on 
>different aspects of medicinal plants having biotechnological approaches. 
>Articles on traditional herbal medicines; phytochemical and antimicrobial 
>studies; plants used in hypercholesterolamina; having hypolipidaemic 
>agents and anti-fertility efficacy and anti-cancerous properties have been 
>dealt
>with in detail covering recent findings on the subject. The role of 
>biotechnology, using tissue culture studies on medicinal plants, 
>antimicrobial agents from in vivo and tissue culture study; 
>micropropagation and chemistry of plants have been included to project the 
>importance of biotechnology in this century. The chapter on various facets 
>of standardisation of tools for utilisation of medicinal plants is the 
>need of the day, keeping in mind the adulteration in the crude drug 
>market. The chapter on phytochemicals in radioprotection provides additional
>information on the subject. The book also covers information on medicinal 
>orchids, exploitation of inter-specific crosses for developing novel plant 
>and nematode diseases of medicinal plants.
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>                                        Contents
>
>Preface
>
>Contributors
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>1. Traditional Herbal Medicines for Healthcare and Management of Human 
>Diseases / P. C. Trivedi and Sampat Nehra
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>2. Phytochemical and Antimicrobial Studies from Paliyan Medicines of 
>Tirunelveli District in Tamil Nadu, India / M. B. Viswanathan and N. Ramesh
>
>3. Therapeutic Application of Spirulina fusiformis in Hypercholesterolamia 
>/ Pushpa Srivastava and Anuradha Sharma
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>4. Phytochemicals in Radioprotection: A Review / R. M. Samarth, Meenakshi 
>Panwar, Madhu Kumar and Ashok Kumar
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>5. Plant and Plant Products Used as Hypolipidaemic / Antiatherosclerotic 
>Agents / S. C. Joshi, Meenakshi Sharma, Anita Gajraj, Tripta Sharma and 
>Reena Mathur
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>6. Male Anti-Fertility Efficacy of Medicinal Plants / R. S. Gupta and 
>Aruna Sharma
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>7. Tissue Culture Studies on Medicinally Important Plants of Family 
>Rutaceae / Shiv Kumar Singh, P. L. Swarnkar and L. K. Pareek
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>8. Antimicrobial Agents from In Vivo and Tissue Cultures of Arid Zone 
>Cultivars / T. N. Nag, S. Tyagi, and N. Chouhan
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>9. Micropropagation of Curculigo orchioides / R. K. Nema, Y. S. 
>Sarangdeot, Dilip K. Arora and K. G. Ramawat
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>10. Exploitation of Interspecific Crosses and its Prospects for Developing 
>Novel Plant Type in Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) / Sudhir Shukla 
>and S. P. Singh
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>11. Plant Abortifacients Used by Tribals of Rajasthan State, India / Jyoti 
>Nargas and P. C. Trivedi
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>12. Nematode Problems of Medicinal Plants and Their Management / Akhtar 
>Haseeb and Prabhat Kumar Shukla
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>13. Studies on Inhibition of Germination and Induction of Short-Term 
>Dormancy in Seeds of Tylophora indica (Burm. F.) Merr. / Sandhya Tyagi
>
>14. Various Facets of Standardisation--a Tool for Utilisation of Medicinal 
>Plants / M. S. Dashora
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>15. Nutrition, Diet and Cancer / P. K. Goyal
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>16. Chemistry of Polyacetylenic Constituents From Some Compositae Plants / 
>Pahup Singh and Jyoti Lamba
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>17. Medicinal Orchids: Their Chemistry and Conservation Strategies / S. M. 
>Khasin
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>Index
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>Prof. Pravin Chandra Trivedi, having worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at 
>the North Carolina State University, Raleigh, is Professor of Botany at 
>the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. Dr. Trivedi has visited several major 
>research laboratories and U.S.A., Canada, U.K., Germany, The Netherlands, 
>Japan, Italy, Denmark, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Singapore, 
>Austria and Belgium.
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>2. Ethnomedicinal Plants / Editors: Prof. Pravin Chandra Trivedi and Dr. 
>N. K. Sharma.  1st ed. Jaipur, Pointer Publishers.  2004.  x, 246 p. ills. 
>25 cm.
>List Price: $ 55.00     Your Price: $ 49.50
>ISBN: 8171323863                KK-32876
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>India has one of the oldest, richest and most diverse cultural traditions 
>called `folk tradition' associated with the use of medicinal herbs. 
>Traditional folk medicine is the application of indigenous beliefs, 
>knowledge, skills and cultural practices concerned with human health. The 
>ethnic people have provided several miracle plants of medicinal value to
>modern civilisation.
>
>The present book, Ethnomedicinal Plants, contains 15 articles on different 
>aspects of the subject. The book contains articles on medicinal plants in 
>India and their conservation; protection of traditional knowledge; 
>medicinal plants of Nepal; and ethno-medico botany of Orissa and some 
>parts of Rajasthan. Articles on the uses of plants in the treatment of urinary
>tract diseases; ethno-veterinary medicinal plants and plants in healthcare 
>during pregnancy include some general and a few specific medicinal plants 
>of great importance. In addition to this, general articles, namely, 
>ethnobotany--green gold branch of botanical sciences and modulation of 
>radiosensitivity by certain plant and plant products, etc. have added to
>the value of the book. This book provides excellent glimpses of the rich 
>ethnomedicinal heritage of India.
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>                                          Contents
>
>Preface
>
>Contributors
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>1. Medicinal Plants in India and their Conservation--An Ethnobotanical 
>Approach / G. V. Gopal
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>2. Protection of Indian Traditional Knowledge / T. K. Mukherjee
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>3. A Contribution to Some Ethnomedicinally Important Plants of Nepal / 
>Priya Ranjan
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>4. Medicoethnobotany of Dausa District, Rajasthan, India / Neelu Sharma 
>and P. C. Trivedi
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>5. Ethno-Veterinary Medicinal Plants in North-West Part of Udaipur 
>District (Raj.) / G. S. Deora, G. P. Singh Jhala and M. S. Rathore
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>6. Ethnomedico-Botany of Orissa--A Review / Malaya K. Misra
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>7. Ethnobotanical Plants of Pachchham Hills of Kutch District, Gujarat, 
>India / D. C. Bhatt and P. N. Joshi
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>8. Ethno-Medico-Religious Plants of Hadoti Plateau (S. E. Rajasthan) / N. 
>K. Sharma
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>9. Ethnomedicinal Uses of Plants in the Treatment of Urinary Tract 
>Diseases by the Meiteis of Manipur / H. Manoranjan Sharma and A. 
>Radhapyari Devi
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>10. Medicinal Value of Adansonia digitata L. in Kutch, Gujarat / P. N. 
>Joshi, D. C. Bhatt, R. P. Parmar, S. K. Dodia and P. I. Lashkari
>
>11. Traditional Plant-Based Medicinal System in Health Care During 
>Pregnancy and Post Pregnancy / Jyoti Nargas and P. C. Trivedi
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>12. Studies on Ethnomedicinal Aspects of Family Asclepiadaceae in Gujarat 
>/ K. D. Mitaliya, D. C. Bhatt, R. P. Parmar and S. K. Dodia
>
>13. Ethnobotany--Green Gold Branch in Botanical Sciences / Jayananda Tosh
>
>14. Ethno-Phyto-Toxicological Studies in Sidhi District of Madhya Pradesh 
>/ D. C. Saini
>
>15. Modulation of Radiosensitivity by Certain Plants and Plant Products / 
>P. K. Goyal
>
>Index
>
>Prof. Pravin Chandra Trivedi, having worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at 
>the North Carolina State University, Raleigh, is Professor of Botany at 
>the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. Dr. Trivedi has visited several major 
>research Laboratories and U.S.A., Canada, U.K., Germany, The Netherlands, 
>Italy, Japan, Denmark, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Singapore,
>Austria and Belgium.
>
>Dr. N. K. Sharma, M.Sc., Ph.D., F.B.S., Associate Professor, Head, P.G. 
>Department of Botany, Government College, Kota, Rajasthan. He began his 
>teaching career as Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, 
>University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, in 1971 and then shifted to Government
>service in 1973. Dr. Sharma is an eminent scholar and keen researcher in 
>the field of Floristics and Ethnobotany.
>
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