About eighty per cent of the world population depends on traditional medicines for primary health care: Herbal medicines are in great demand in both developed and the developing countries in primary health care because of their great efficacy and little or no side effects. The revival of interest in plant-based drugs have necessitated and increased demand of medicinal plants leading to over exploitation, unsustainable harvesting and finally to the virtual decimation of several valuable plant species in the wild. The Indian systems of medicine have identified 1,5000 medicinal plants, of which 500 species are commonly used in the preparation of ISM and H drugs. The present book “Medicinal Plants: Ethnobotanical Approach†contain 18 articles covering information on medicinal plants and their utilization with special references to the Indian scenario. Book covers articles on utilization and development of drugs from medicinal plants; cancer chemopreventive agents, anti-aid and antidiabetic plants; recent developments in antitubercular natural products and Hepatoprotective plants. Articles on assessment and conservation of medicinal plants; Mineral nutrition of medicinal pants and treatment of hyperlipidemia with nutraceuticals and herbal drug have added to the value of the book. Information on medicinal plants used by ethnic tribes viz. immigrant Muslims; in Brahmaputra valley of Assam; by People of Uttaranchal; by North Eastern tribes of sub-Himalayan Forest and Meena tribes of Rajasthan, India. This book provide authentic information on medicinal plants with an ethnobotaical approach. Book will be very useful for a variety of scholars Ayurvedic and medical people, botanist, pharmacologist, ethnobotanist, phytochemist and conservationist.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P C Trivedi
Prof. Pravin Chandra Trivedi (b. 3 March 1953), Ph.D., Post-Doct. (U.S.A.), F.L.S. (London), F.B.S., F.P.S.I., F.B.R.S., F.M.A., F.E.S., F.N.R.S., F.I.A.A.T., Professor, Department of Botany, has a brilliant academic career standing first in all examinations. Prof. Trivedi served as Head, Department of Botany and Coordinator, P.G. Course in Biotechnology (2003-06); Director College Development Council (2001-04); Vice-Principal, Maharaja's College (2000-03) and is Member of BOS in eight universities. He worked as Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, U.S.A. in 1983-84. Prof. Trivedi has 33 years of teaching and research experience in the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He has published more than 200 research papers and review articles in journals of repute. He has edited and written 86 books and guided 30 Ph.D. students. He has been the Principal Investigator of 20 major research projects funded by national organizations. He is an elected Fellow of nine reputed academic bodies. Dr. Trivedi visited several major research laboratories and delivered invited talks in many international conferences held in the U.S.A., Canada, the U.K., Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Denmark, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Singapore, Austria and Belgium. Prof. Trivedi is an elected Secretary of the Indian Botanical Society (2005-2007); Council Member of Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata (2007-08) and a member of the editorial and advisory boards of eight reputed journals. For his research contribution he was awarded Scientist of the Year Award (2001); M.J. Narsimhan Award (2004) and Bioved Fellowship Award (2005). He has organized 15 national seminars and participated in many at national and international levels. His major research interest includes Plant Nematology, Medicinal Plants, Ethnobotany, Biodiversity Conservation and Biotechnology.
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