Forest Based Phytochemicals for Industries and Trade
Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. Aromatic plants: 1. Apium graveolens. 2. Aquilaria malaccensis. 3. Artemisia pallens. 4. Cananga odorata. 5. Cinnamomum aromaticum. 6. Cinnamomum camphora. 7. Cinnamomum verum. 8. Cymbopogon flexuosus. 9. Cymbopogon martinii. 10. Cymbopogon nardus........ II. Edible plants: 1. Aegle marmelos. 2. Anacardium occidentale. 3. Ananas comosus. 4. Annona squamosa. 5. Carica papaya........ III. Fat yielding plants: 1. Carthamus tinctorius. 2. Elaeis guineensis. 3. Garcinia indica. 4. Helianthus annuus. 5. Linum usitatissimum........ IV. Gums/resins exuding plants: 1. Acacia senegal. 2. Boswellia serrata. 3. Capsicum annuum. 4. Cyamopsis tetragonoloba. 5. Ferula assafoetida........ V. Medicinal plants: 1. Andrographis paniculata. 2. Atropa acuminata. 3. Azadirachata indica. 4. Cassia senna. 5. Catharanthus roseus........ VI. Spice yielding plants: 1. Amomum subulatum. 2. Cinnamomum cineraria. 3. Cinnamomum tamala. 4. Cuminum cyminum. 5. Crocus sativum........ VII. Tans and dyes yielding plants: 1. Acacia catechu. 2. Acacia mearnsii. 3. Bixa orellana. 4. Emblica officinalis. 5. Indigofera arrecta........ References.
"An actually demanding book is intended to offer guidance and help to all those entrepreneurs who wish to start some chemical industry based on forest plants and are generally confused regarding selection of plants, their availability and their scope of development for obtaining good economic returns from industry and trade. Based on this idea, hundred plant species on which industry can be established, have been short listed and relevant information which may be helpful to the entrepreneurs have been briefly addressed in this book. Depending upon interest and taste of entrepreneurs choices made by them for any use wise category of forest plants which are given in eight groups.
This book can also offer insight to the foresters of India for setting up industries in Forest Corporation, based on Phytochemicals obtainable from forest plants. It is hoped that the book will also be useful to various other user groups like policy makers in Govt. and NGOs, research institutes and wide spectrum of people in the society. Relevant details many be found in the books and their references like Wealth of India, Published by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) available on forest plants as well. Research and Development laboratories in India mentioned in this book, related with the enterprise may also be consulted before launching and making investments for enterprises."
