"The majority of modern drugs are based on phytochemicals produced from ethnomedicinal plants. Due to high global usage and demand for medicinal herbs, cultivation and bioprospecting of these plants has enormous potential for the future. This new book, Bioprospecting of Ethnomedicinal Plants: Sustainable Utilization and Restoration, highlights the importance of bioprospecting plants of ethnic origins in a sustainable manner while discussing effective methods of bioprospecting. Focusing on sustainable utilization, management ...
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"The majority of modern drugs are based on phytochemicals produced from ethnomedicinal plants. Due to high global usage and demand for medicinal herbs, cultivation and bioprospecting of these plants has enormous potential for the future. This new book, Bioprospecting of Ethnomedicinal Plants: Sustainable Utilization and Restoration, highlights the importance of bioprospecting plants of ethnic origins in a sustainable manner while discussing effective methods of bioprospecting. Focusing on sustainable utilization, management of ethnomedicinal plants, and their bioprospecting methods, this volume provides an understanding of the importance of sustainability and bioprospecting for formulating novel chemical compounds and new drugs from raw materials from ethnomedicinal plants cultivated and collected from the wild for healthcare and nutritional practices. The volume provides extensive information on medicinal plant diversification, cultivation techniques, biotechnological approaches, and modern and traditional usages. It also provides information for developing new strategies and formulating new policies for the systematic management and conservation of medicinal resources for future use. The volume looks at medicinal plant-based agroforestry systems, pests and diseases that afflict medicinal and aromatic plants, the use and preference of medicinal plants among indigenous communities, the changing marketing scenario of medicinal and aromatic plants, and much more. Covering the major areas of sustainable utilization and conservation practices of medicinal plants, this volume will be a valuable resource for academicians, researchers, scientific communities, research scholars and students, botanical institutes, etc. It can also be used as a baseline document for policy developers working in the areas of conservation and utilization of medicinal plants"--
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New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 26 p. Contains: Unspecified, Illustrations, black & white, Illustrations, color, Halftones, black & white, Halftones, color, Line drawings, black & white, Line drawings, color.
