Introduction to Medicinal Botany

Contents: Unit I: Herbal Medicine: 1 Introduction. 2. Sidhha System of Medicine (SSM). 3. Cultivation of medicinal plants. 4. Harvesting of Medicinal Plants. 5. Collection of Medicinal plants/materials. 6. Processing of Medicinal plants. 7 Marketing of Medicinal Plants. 8. Conservation of medicinal plants. 9. Micropropagation of Medicinal plants. Unit II : Phytochemistry: 1. Phytochemicals and active principles. 2. Classification of Phytochemicals. 3. Some important medicinal herbs: their identification and utilization. Unit III : Pharmacognosy: 1. Pharmacognosy: Meaning and definition. 2. Historical development. 3. Modern concept 4. Scope of pharmacognosy. 5. Pharmacognostical scheme. 6. Systematic position and medicinal importance of some herbs. 7. Future of Pharmacognosy. Unit IV: Analytical Pharmacognosy: 1. Drug Evaluation. 2. Phytochemical screening tests. 3. Drug adulteration.  Multiple Choice Questions and Answers. Choose the Correct Pairs. Glossary of Medical Terms.

The present book contains essential information on the basic concepts, definitions, approaches and applications in medicinal botany. Efforts have been made to provide reliable data and enormous information on herbal medicine, pharmacognosy, analytical pharmacognosy, pharmacology and phytochemistry. The book is supplemented with the Multiple Choice Questions to check reader's level of understanding. The information contained in the book is clear, accurate and up-to-date, obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. We have given equal importance to text, figures and tables for textual clarifications.