Current Concepts of Multidiscipline Approach to the Medicinal Plants (In 2 Vols.)

Medicinal plant research has undergone a phenomenol growth during the last few decades and drug therapy based on traditional system of medicine now forms a major aspect of therapeutics. The wide acceptance of the earlier editions (Particularly Glimpses of Plant Research Vols. X & XI published in 1993) over more than a decade suggests that this series fills an important need. The present volume will satisfy this need more effectively. The present series of two parts will provide wide coverage on plant research with fundamental information on the breeding, plant development, reproductive biology, various disease of the plants, its cytology and cytogenetics and various pharmacological and therapeutic implications based on traditional knowledge cited in ancient system of medicine and modern scientific literature. It is clear that the medicinal plant research as well as their therapeutic use has undergone major intellectual changes in recent years. I have attempted to reflect these changes by adding new material specially biotechnological research. I sincerely trust that this latest volume will assist students and researchers to provide new directions in medicinal plant research.