Ancient civilization greatly depended on local flora and fauna for their survival and experimented with various berries, roots, leaves, minerals or animal parts to find out what effects they had and as a result, many crude drugs were observed by the local healer to have some medical use. As understanding of therapeutic benefits deepens and demands for natural products increased, previously serendipitous discoveries evolved into active searches for new medicines. At present 25 percent of the modern medicines are developed from plants that were first used traditionally, and many synthetic drugs have also been obtained from natural precursors. The present volume, with its balanced approach will be a valuable, and an important research manual, that will stimulate interest and satisfy the need for further knowledge of this rapidly expanding and exciting discipline.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR G D Singh
Dr. Gurdarshan Singh (born 1962-), working as senior Scientist in Pharmacology Division of Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR), Jammu. He did his M.Sc. (1987) and Ph.D. (1993) in Zoology from University of Jammu, Jammu-India.Dr. Singh has published 13 research papers, both in national and international journals of high repute and impact factor. He is also actively involved in Indo- Malaysian research project on Malaysian medicinal plant, Labisia pumila and generated pre-clinical safety pharmacology data. His main areas of research are toxicity and regulatory pharmacology of new chemical entities for drug development programme.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR V.K. Gupta
Prof. V.K. Gupta was born on 25 July 1942 at Shajapur (Madhya Pradesh). He remained in Gwalior till 1971, since then he has settled in Delhi. He married Manjul in 1973. His daughter Neha is a Law student. He is a Professor in Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. He has written widely on Ancient Indian Jurisprudence, Intellectual Property Rights and Environmental Law. He has recently done research on Right to Information. Many of his books, articles and literary pieces have been awarded best entry awards, Gold Plated (Vermeil) medals and other prizes at World, International and National Competitions. His work Kautilyan Jurisprudence has won laurels and other scholars. He has multifaceted personality. Apart from law, his other interests are philately, postal history and conservation of stamps. He has served many social and educational forums in various capacities.
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