Multifacial Application of Drug Plants

Contents: Preface. 1. Conservation and management of medicinal plants in India/Bikram Singh Sajwan and Chandra Prakash Kala. 2. Medicinal plant resources in Nanda Devi biosphere reserve in the Central Himalayas/K.P. Chamoli, L.S. Rawat, Ganga Singh, K.S. Rao and R.K. Makhuri. 3. Micropropagation of chlorophytum borivilianum to boost its cultivation/Archana Rani, Harsh Kumar, M. Kumar and J.K. Handoo. 4. Ethnobotanical recordings of some important medicinal plants of Roopkund Area of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (NDBR), Uttarakhand/Laxmi Rawat, Deepak Kholiya and H.B. Vashistha. 5. Traditional, ethnobotanical and economical uses of some valuable medicinal plants/Das Moumita and S.P. Bajpai. 6. Healthy cutting and successful planting rate of Geranium (Pelargonium gravelens) during different seasons in a commercial nursery at Pauri Garhwal/P.K. Bahuguna, H.K. Joshi, A.K. Dobriyal, P.C. Phoondami, S. Goswami, Prasanna Bahuguna and Nirmala Negi. 7. Shifting trends in farming pattern in Agra region: a survey/Pratibha Verma and Jai Knox. 8. Scenario and the prospects of ethnomedicinal research in Gujarat/Parabia Minoo, Pathak Smita, M.N. Reddy, Sheth Falguni and Parabia Farzin. 9. Prospects and problems in medicinal and aromatic plants cultivation/S.K. Chauhan and Sanjay Raina. 10. Contribution to the ethnobotany of Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh/K.P. Sahu, S.K. Masih and J.L. Shrivastava. 11. Medicinal food plants in sericulture: uses and conservation/P.K. Srivastav. 12. Effect of organic manure on yield and quality of betelvine (Piper beetle L.)/A. Pariari, M.N. Imam and S.M. Chowdhary. 13. Impacts of sulphur dioxide on seed germination and seedling growth of Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek/Princee Gupta. 14. Effect of different concentrations of Ocimum sanctum on morphological changes in French bean infested with meloidogyne incognita/Ranjana Saxena, Archana Batham and Shruti Pathak. 15. The use of plants (Sal, Maljhan, Sagon, Dhak) in the preparation of Dona and Pattals/Deepika and Navneet. 16. Garlic: a potent ethnomedicine for pain in Falangial Joints/T.P. Mall, Babli Singh and D.P. Singh. 17. Ethnobotanical observations on Certain species of weed plants of medicinal uses/Anil Kumar Dhiman. 18. Diseases of some medicinal plants in Uttarakhand/Shubhra Bhandari and N.S.K. Harsh. 19. Plants of medicinal importance in Kujapuri Hills, Garhwal Himalaya/Megha Rawat, H.B. Vasistha and Mridula Negi. 20. Utilization and cultivation of ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae)/Pooja Gupta and R.K. Sharma. 21. Certain Asian medicinal plants/Bindu Arora and Gopal Saxena. 22. Regeneration behaviour of certain medicinal plants/Archana Pandey and S.P. Bajpai. 23. Study on the ancient traditional therapeutic methods of Kaljikhal Block of District Pauri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)/Vinod Kumar. 24. Intellectual property rights and medicinal plant biodiversity conservation: an approach to serve society in sustainable way/Deepak D. Ramteke, V.D. Nagrale, S.B. Zade and C.J. Khune. 25. Neem Bark: a potent ethnomedicine for corn/T.P. Mall and Babli Singh. 26. Satawar cultivation for promoting rural economy in Bihar/Rolly, C. Prabha and A.K. Gupta. 27. Medicinal uses of glabrous trees (Osmanthus fragrans) in Pauri Garhwal Region/Prasanna Bahuguna, P.P. Badoni, Pankaj K. Bahuguna and H.K. Joshi. 28. Observation on ethnobotany of the Bhotia (Tribal community), Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand/M.P.S. Parmar, M.D. Kushwah and Suresh Kumar. 29. Loss of medicinal plant diversity of Shakumbhari Devi Hills of Shivalik Range/Piyush Kumar Patel and Manjul Dhiman. 30. Phenology of Alpine plants in Garhwal Himalaya, India/S.P. Joshi, M.M. Srivastava, Pramod Kumar and Asha Dobhal. 31. Elephantopus scaber L.: a traditional panacea for several ailments/S.C. Tripathi and Manjulla Srivastava. 32. Ethnomedicinal plants used by Gonds tribe of Naoradehi sanctuary of Sagar (M.P)/Kaushlesh Pathak, S.P. Bajpai, C.D. Athaya and Yogendra Thakur. 33. Health values of medicinal plants in ancient literature/D.S. Malik, P.K. Bharti and Yogesh Shastri. 34. Floral diversity of Gurukula Kangri University Campus, Hardwar (Uttarakhand) and its medicinal significance/P.K. Bharti and Rashmi Yadav. 35. Medicinal plants: a high potential market/Pooja Sharma. 36. Medicinal flora at Karan Singh Pur Distt-Bulanshahar (U.P)/J.P. Singh and Shakun Singh. 37. An overview of Jatropha plantation and its application/Nitin Kamboj, A.K. Chopra and D.S. Malik. 38. Bio-environmental management of Malaria with use of herbal plants/Vinod Kumar and A.K. Chopra. 39. Utilisation of medicinal plants: need for an integrated approach/Alka Thapliyal, Kapil Kumar, M.G. Dastidar, Padma Vasudevan and T.R. Sreekrishnan. 40. Traditional medicinal plants of apocynaceae/Anubhav Arora and Harendra Kumar. 41. Medicinal plants of Ramnagar Forest Division in Kumaon Region/Shikha Pandey and Ila Prakash. 42. Ethnobotanical recordings of some important plants of Sambarpat Area of Western Madhya Pradesh/S.K. Mahajan, D.R. Khanna and M.L. Mahajan. 43. Medicinal plant germplasm conservation and tissue culture in Uttarakhand: an economic aspect/S. Gupta, Pramod Kumar and A.P. Uniyal. 44. Herbs and Ayurvedic remedies for cholesterol treatment/A.K. Tripathi and S.N. Singh. 45. Healthy cutting and successful planting rate of Geranium (Pelargonium gravelens) during different seasons in a commercial nursery at Pauri Garhwal/P.K. Bahuguna, H.K. Joshi, A.K. Dobriyal, P.C. Phoondami, S. Goswami, Prasanna Bahuguna and Nirmala Negi. 46. Medicinal uses of glabrous trees (Osmanthus fragrans) in Pauri Garhwal Region/Prasanna Bahuguna, P.P. Badoni, Pankaj K. Bahuguna and H.K. Joshi. 47. Medicinal use of plant solanum pseudocapsicum found in Garhwal Himalaya/Prasanna Bahuguna, P.P. Badoni, H.K. Joshi and Pankaj K. Bahuguna. Index.

"India has been a source of rich amount of the medicinal plant wealth. The efficacy of Indian medicinal plants, particularly of those growing in temperate and alpine Himalayas is fairly well known. Many life-saving drugs are being prepared from different parts of the plants. Indian system of medicine alone has identified 1500 medicinal plants, of which 500 species are commonly used in preparation of herbal drugs.

In the present book \'Multifacial Applications of Drug Plants\', various aspects of drug plants and their uses in various diseases are discussed. Most of the contributions are on the conservation and management of medicinal plants, traditional and ethnobotanical uses of important plants in different parts of the country, particularly in Uttarakhand. Some of the aspects of intellectual property rights and medicinal plant biodiversity conservation are also discussed. An integrated approach for proper utilization of medicinal plants is also given. This is hoped the book will serve as a guide for conservation, cultivation and utilization of plant wealth in a proper way for the benefits of human beings."