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The steroidal drugs are some of the costliest and most important medicines used throughout the world. Dioscorea deltoidea is the main species exploited in India for the steroid industries. It is being felt that the natural stock of this important raw material is being exhausted due to over-exploitation from, the forest regions of the northwest Himalayas. There are apprehensions that this important raw material may be completely lost to the industry if adequate ...
There is a growing global demand for medicines, pharmaceuticals, tonics, cosmetics and other products based on herbal raw materials. India is a major player in this field, being second only to China in production, consumption and export of herbal products as well as the raw materials known as crude drugs. Current spurt in the commercial activity in this area, has exerted a great pressure on the raw materials, specially those originating from forests and other ...