Overview

Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh and West Bengal is a complete compendium. It provides the scientific name, classification, local name(s), historical background, local medicinal uses, botanical description, chemical constituents, pharmacological activity and toxicology of more than 100 medicinal spices used in Bengal. Chemical structures of active constituents are provided as well as numerous references. This book is an indispensable tool for researchers, as well as graduates in various disciplines, including pharmacy, pharmacology, medicine, biotechnology, nutrition, cosmetology and drug development. It is also suitable for anyone who is looking for natural products as leads to be developed in therapeutics, functional nutrition or cosmetology. Focuses on a group of herbs with economic importance – the spices. These herbs demonstrate the richness of chemical diversity and potential pharmacological applications Features field photos with local healers, markets and mode of preparation as well as providing a complete monograph for each plant Discusses the collection and observation of each medicinal spice and presents the ethnopharmacology recorded by the author in Bengal Provides a wealth of scientific information on medicinal spices from an expert in the field Fills an important niche due to the increasing global interests in natural foods and botanical drugs

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Author:   Christophe Wiart (University Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   0.589kg
ISBN:  

9781138735163

ISBN 10:   1138735167
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   01 May 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Family Acanthaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Acoraceae Martynov 1820 Family Agavaceae Dumortier 1829 Family Alangiaceae A.P. de Candolle 1828 Family Alismataceae Ventenat 1799 Family Amaranthaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Anacardiaceae R. Brown 1818 Family Annonaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Apiaceae Lindley 1836 Family Apocynaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Araceae A.L. de Jussieu 1763 Family Arecaceae Schultz-Schultzenstein 1832 Family Aristolochiaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Asphodelaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Asteraceae Martynov 1820 Family Balsaminaceae Berchtold and J. Presl 1820 Family Bignoniaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Bombacaceae Kunth 1822 Family Brassicaceae Burnett 1835 Family Bromeliaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Burseraceae Kunth 1824 Family Caprifoliaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Clusiaceae Lindley 1836 Family Combretaceae R. Brown 1810 Family Convolvulaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Crassulaceae J. Saint-Hilaire 1805 Family Cucurbitaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Dilleniaceae R.A. Salisbury 1807 Family Cyperaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Dioscoreaceae R. Brown 1810 Family Dipterocarpaceae Bl. 1825 Family Dracaenaceae Salisbury 1866 Family Ebenaceae Gürke 1891 Family Euphorbiaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Fabaceae Lindley 1836 Family Flacourtiaceae Richard ex A.P. de Candolle 1824 Family Gentianaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Gesneriaceae Richard et A.L. de Jussieu ex A.P. de Candolle 1816 Family Hydrophyllaceae R. Brown 1817 Family Lamiaceae Martynov 1820 Family Lauraceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Lecythidaceae A. Richard 1825 Family Leeaceae Dumortier 1829 Family Liliaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Lythraceae Jaume Saint-Hilaire 1805 Family Malpighiaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Malvaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Meliaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Menispermaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Molluginaceae Bartling 1825 Family Moraceae Link 1831 Family Moringaceae Martynov 1820 Family Musaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Myrtaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Nymphaeaceae R. A. Salisbury 1805 Family Oleaceae Hoffmannsegg et Link 1809 Family Onagraceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Orchidaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Oxalidaceae R. Brown 1818 Family Pandanaceae R. Brown 1810 Family Passifloraceae A.L. de Jussieu ex Roussel 1806 Family Phyllanthaceae Martynov 1820 Family Plumbaginaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Polygonaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Poaceae Barnhart 1895 Family Ranunculaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Rhamnaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Rosaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Rubiaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Rutaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Santalaceae R. Brown 1810 Family Sapindaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Sapotaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Scrophulariaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Smilacaceae Ventenat 1799 Family Solanaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Sterculiaceae E.P. Ventenat ex Salisbury 1807 Family Tiliaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Ulmaceae Mirbel 1815 Family Urticaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1879 Family Verbenaceae J. Saint-Hilaire 1805 Family Vitaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789 Family Zingiberaceae Martynov 1820

Reviews

Arranged alphabetically by botanical family, the highlighted herbs will be useful for researchers and students interested in the study of the potential pharmacological applications of these natural products. Each entry features field photos and ethnopharmacological uses, as well as a monograph. The information is geared toward various disciplines, including pharmacy, pharmacology, medicine, biotechnology, nutrition, cosmetology, and conventional drug development. - American Botanical Council, Issue 123, 2019

Author Information

Christophe Wiart (born August 12, 1967) is a French scientist. His fields of expertise are Asian ethnopharmacology, chemotaxonomy and ethnobotany. He has collected, identified and classified several hundred species of medicinal plants from India, Southeast Asia and China. Ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants in Asia Pacific; bioprospection, collection and identification of medicinal botanical samples and phytochemical and pharmacological study for the identification of lead compounds as novel antibacterial, anticancer, and antioxidant principles from rare plants from the rainforest of Southeast Asia.

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