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Book Description Contents Preface 1Introduction 2 Role of traditional medicine in promoting the well being of the people 3 A Compilation of bioactive compounds from Ayurveda 4 Strategy for promotion of medicinal plants in India 5 Recent advances in traditional plant drugs and orchids 6 Current status of herbal and their future perspectives 7 Medicinal plants for modern health care 8 Important Indian medicinal plants of global interest 9 The Efficacy and safety of traditional plant medicines 10 Evaluation of the antibacterial potential of some plants against human pathogenic bacteria 11 Role of Medicinal Plants in the rural development programs of India 12 Anit-Diabetic potential and Indian medicinal plants 13 Ayurvedic Medicines Some potential plants for medicine from India 14 Medicinal plants indigenous medicine and conservation of biodiversity 15 Trichosanthes tricuspidata A Medicinally important plant 16 Ethnobotany The winning combination of drugs and plants 17 Medicinal plants An approach towards 18 Medicinal and aromatic plants-future opportunities 19 A Multidisciplinary study of herbal medicinal and aromatic plants 20 Diversity Utilization and management of Medicinal Plants 21 Important Indian medicinal plants of global interest Bibliography IndexThis interest is channeled into the discovery of new biologically ? active molecules by the pharmaceutical industry and into the adoption of crude extracts of plants for self-medication by the general public In both of these areas some attention is being paid to the investigation and use of ethnopharmacology the traditional use of plants for medicinal purposes by particular cultural groups Ethnopharmacologic leads have resulted in the introduction of new single molecule drugs but have a greater role to play if crude extracts are accepted for clinical use in the West 280 pp. Seller Inventory # 98812