Medicinal Plants in Changing Environment

Contents Preface 1 Characterization of controversial plant drugs and effect of changing environment on active ingredientsM Iqbal A Ahmad and TO Siddiqi 2 Non-transgenic molecular approaches for improving Cymbopogon species for aromatic and medicinal usesJ Kumar and PK Gupta 3 Influence of trace elements pollution on medicinal chemistry and physiology of lichensM Bouziane D Cuny MA Rzepka M Draoui JP Huvenne C Van Haluwyn PH Herin and D Couturier 4 Secondary metabolite production of medicinal and aromatic plants as influenced by nutrients and heavy metalsAHA Farooqi and S Haque 5 Turkish Mediterranean medicinal plants in the face of climate changeM Ozturk S Gucel E Altundag and S Celik 6 Genetic capacity of some medicinal plants to accumulate heavy metalsE Alirzayeva T Shirvani V Ali-Zade V Romheld and I Cakmak 7 Environmental stress enhances the level of secondary metabolites in medicinal plantsDP Katare and M Bora 8 Lead and salinity stress in plants with special reference to artemisia annua and cassia angustifoliaMI Qureshi M Iqbal and MZ Abdin 9 Conservation and reproductive biology of aconitum heterophyllum and Podophyllum hexandrumSY Beigh A Arshi IA Nawchoo IM Aref and M Iqbal 10 Conservation of medicinal and aromatic plants of Northeast IndiaP Tandon S Kumaria and H Kayang 11 Relevance of biotechnological tools for conservation of plant resourcesMNV Prasad K Padmalatha K Jayaram and NL Raju 12 Taxonomy ecology and distribution of medicinally important herbaceous species of phyllanthus in IndiaRR Rao Vishwanatha RN Kulkarni and R Murugan 13 Authentication of medicinal plants phyllanthus amarusS Khan 14 Techniques for seed germination and cultivation of some desert medicinal plantsPK Kasera S Mohammed and DN Sen 15 Phytochemistry and pharmacology of some medicinal plantsS Ahmad M Singh ET Tamboli M Garg and R Parveen 16 Medicinal plants as a potential source of biopesticidesV Agrawal and V Yandey 17 Allelopathic effect of medicinal herbs on rice growing environmentKK Baruah K Das and B Gogoi IndexGradual changes in the environment have borne tremendous impact on growth performance of plants which has been duly documented However it seems that properties of medicinal plants in relation to environmental changes are yet to be evaluated as thoroughly as to satisfy a variety of relevant queries and concerns This book Medicinal Plants in Changing Environment comprising 17 chapters on relevant topics contributed by experts of the subject in question This will cater to the need of all those working on dealing with or even thinking about environmental issues andor medicinal plants 326 pp.…