Efforts have been made to compile published research work on the taxa found in India whether indigenous or introduced. The present volume is the tenth of the series of ‘Reviews on Indian Medicinal Plants’ comprising 82 plant genra and 422 species.
The monographs cover studies on Indian medicinal plants conducted by scientists in Indian institutions and published in natioanal and international journals. At places work done by Indian scientists in collaboration with foreign laboratories has also been covered. Citations of work carried out by foreign scientists abroad have been made wherever it was found relevant to the next.
The sources of information included survey of published literature including primary, secondary and tertiary sources, besides the literature made available by various scientists, academicians, medical colleges, research institutions and universities involved in activities related to medicinal plants/Indigenous System of Medicine.
The Monographs contain a wide spectrum of information under major heads viz., General Information, Pharmacognostic, Chemical, Pharmacological and Biological, Clinical and Toxicological Studies with complete references of the work cited. Some additional references, which could be of relevance have also been included. Colour photographs of important plants, which could be procured from different sources, have also been incorporated. At the end are given various Appendices and Indices.
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