Traditional Phytotherapy

Contents: Preface. 1. Studies on the antidermatophytic activity of ranunculus sceleratus Linn. and pongamia pinnata pierre/K.K. Sharma, J. Kotoky and J.C. Kalita. 2. Ligand based virtual screening on some of the Anticancer phytochemicals to develop a novel inhibitor of B-catenin against cancer/Dhrubajyoti Gogoi, A.K. Verma, R.K. Singh, M.J. Bordoloi, R.L. Bezbaruah, R.D. Kangabam, Salam Pradeep and B.K. Konwar. 3. Biodiversity traditional knowledge IPR and rationalization of traditional phytomedicine in the context of North East India/Hui Tag, P. Kalita and A.K. Das. 4. Isolation and characterization of active principles from artemisia caruifolia Roxb./Padma Acharyya and N.C. Baruah. 5. The role of medicinal plants in traditional medicine and current therapy/Manika Das. 6. Anticancer and cytotoxic effect of Mylabris cichorii extract against Dalton's Lymphoma ascites induced tumor model/Akalesh Kumar Verma, Surya Bali Prasad and Manobjyoti Bordoloi. 7. Prevention of biopiracy of traditional knowledge in North East India: some loopholes and remedies/Rajib Lochan Borah. 8. A brief review on some of the medicinal properties of tea Camellia sinensis L./Nizara Bhattacharyya....

The North Eastern Region of India possesses more than 2000 medicinal and aromatic plant species accounting for about 20 per cent of the total plant diversity of India. This volume is the collection of 18 selected full papers submitted for the seminar held on 2nd and 3rd December 2010 at Namrup College, Assam, India on the theme Recent Trends in Traditional Phytotherapy: safety efficacy Drug discovery and priority issues.