Role of Biotechnology in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Vol: XVI

Contents: Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Herbal therapy for AIDS/Irfan Ali Khan and Atiya Khanum. 2. Herbal therapy for Hemorrhoids/T.V.V. Seetharami Reddi, S. Prasanthi and B.V.A. Ramarao Naidu. 3. Advances in stem cell research/Zehra Moiz Siddiqui. 4. Blood pressure/Hypertension and its management--a holistic approach/T. Gouthaman, M.S. Kavitha, T. Senthil Kumar, A.S. Rao and M.V. Rao. 5. Some common Unani Medicinal Plants of Indian Origin/Shaik Imam, S.J. Hussain, Mushtaq Ahmed and V.C. Gupta. 6. Medicinal plants of Nasik District/M.V. Patil and D.A. Patil. 7. Herbal treatment of Rheumatism/M. Jaish Beg, M.Z. Beg and S.J. Ali. 8. Herbal cure for Asthma/M. Jaish Beg, M.Z. Beg and S.J. Ali. 9. Botanical identity in Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy of some important herbs used as contraceptives/Shaik Imam, M.A. Mirza, M. Ahmed and V.C. Gupta. 10. Tribal medicines for the welfare of mother and the child/Shyam S. Mandal. 11. Bhangra/Shyam S. Mandal. 12. Amla: A wonder gift of nature/Shweta Singh and Z.A. Haidar.

"World population is nearing 5 billion and with this rate of growth it is likely to touch 7.5 billion by the year 2020. Global estimates indicate that over 3/4 of the five billion world population cannot afford the products of the Western Pharmaceutical Industry and have to rely upon the use of traditional medicines, which are mainly derived from plants. As a part of strategy to reduce financial burden on developing countries which spend 40-50% of their total health budget on drugs, W.T.O. currently encourages, recommends and promotes the inclusion of herbal drugs in National Health Care Programmes because such drugs are easily available at a price within the reach of a common man and as such are time tested and thus considered to be much safer than the modern synthetic drugs. Sensing this demand, the material of this book has been compiled to help the scientists to keep themselves abreast of the latest developments. This book will cater to the immediate needs of the students, researchers, faculty members and pharmaceutical industries in India and abroad."