Traditional and Folk Herbal Medicine: Recent Researches, Volume 2

In the present volume of the book series “Traditional and Folk Herbal Medicine: Recent Researches- Vol. 2” an attempt has been made to cover the major topics on the subject. The book is written in a lucid style and includes nineteen review and research articles contributed by scientists from various countries across the globe and especially from Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, Malaysia, Portugal, South Africa and U.K. to quote a few amongst them and includes topics like- Prospects, Paradigms and Drawbacks of Current Research on Herbal Medicines; Artemisia annua: A Precious Traditional and Folk Antimalarial Medicinal Plant; Traditional and Folk Herbal Medicine in Czech Republic ; Preclinical Investigation of the Antineoplastic Activity of an Ayurvedic Rasayana Drug the Guduchi; Centella asiatica: A Natural Remedy for the Treatment of Disease; Orthosiphon aristatus: A Review of Traditional Uses, Phytochemical Profile, and Pharmacological Properties; Standardization, Pharmacological Evaluation and Safety Studies of Sitopaladi Churna; In vitro Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Potency of Two Nutraceutical Plants of Cucurbitaceae; Applying the Cultural Salience Index to Medicinal Plants Used by the Baixa dos Quelés quilombola Community; Fabaceae Family Medicinal Plants Used in Folk Medicinal Practices of Bangladesh for Treatment of Cancer; Anti-inflammatory Activity of the Hydroethanol Extract of Plantago erosa in Various Models of Inflammation; The Study on Chinese Patents upon Miao Ethnic Drug Cynanchum wilfordii (Maxim.) Hemsl and Bai/Yi Ethnic Drug Geranium strictipes R. Knuth; Cyclooxygenase Inhibitory, Anti-inflammatory and Anti-oxidant Effects of Wrightia tinctoria R.Br; Traditional Phytotherapy as Herbal Aphrodisiacs: A Recent Indian Perspective; Andrographis paniculata and its Major Diterpenoid- Andrographolide: Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Properties; Phytopharmacological Overview on Controversial Drug: Murva; Evaluation of Clinical Efficacy of Selected Hair Care Herbs in Ayurvedic Hair Oil for Treatment of Dandruff, Hair Fall and Stress; Biological and Functional Properties of Bee Products for Medicinal Purposes; Aloe vera: a Miracle Plant.

The Editor and contributors have tried their best to bring out this book incorporating standard topics and up-to-date information on various aspects of Traditional and Folk herbal medicine and hope that this will stimulate interest and satisfy the need for further knowledge of academicians, researchers and scientists working on herbal medicine.

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Prospects, Paradigms and Drawbacks of Current Research on Herbal Medicines/Md. Atiar Rahman and Md. Shahidul Islam. 2. Artemisia annua (Annual Wormwood): A Precious Traditional and Folk Antimalarial Medicinal Plant/Kaliyaperumal Karunamoorthi. 3. Traditional and Folk Herbal Medicine in Czech Republic: A Review/Roman Pavela. 4. Preclinical Investigation of the Antineoplastic Activity of an Ayurvedic Rasayana Drug the Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia) in vivo/Ganesh Chandra Jagetia. 5. Centella asiatica: A Natural Remedy for the Treatment of Disease/Umakant Sahu, Rajpal Purabia, D. Nandini, Mayank Thakur and Nagendra singh Chauhan. 6. Orthosiphon aristatus: A Review of Traditional Uses, Phytochemical Profile, and Pharmacological Properties/Tsun-Thai-Chai, Fai-Chu Wong, Fazilah Abd Manan, Keng-Fei Ooh and Nor Ismaliza Mohal Ismail.