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Prof. Srinath Rao is retired professor from Department of Botany, Gulbarga University, Kalburgi, Karnataka, India. He is having 34 years of teaching Post graduate students of Botany and Biotechnology in the field of in vitro propagation of medicinal plants and in vitro enhancement of secondary metabolites. He has successfully guided 25 M.Phil and 27 Ph.D students. He has made significant contributions on in vitro propagation and enhancement of secondary metabolites in some important medicinal plants. He has presented papers in several international conferences held in USA, UK, Germany, France and Sri Lanka. Apart from this, he has given 50 invited lectures in national conferences and International conferences. He published more than 100 research papers in national and International Journals. He has completed 7 major research projects funded by UGC, CSIR and DST.

Dr. Akula Ramakrishna is currently a scientist at Bayer Crop Science, Bangalore, India. Dr. Ramakrishna holds a master's degree from Sri Krishna Devaraya University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in biochemistry from University of Mysore, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru. He is a Senior Research Fellow of CSIR, New Delhi. He is involved in various research fields such as Plant Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Plant secondary metabolites, Food Science and Technology and Vegetable quality analytics. He has published several research papers in the leading international journals, published books, reviews and book chapters. He is also serving as editorial board member, and reviewer for reputed international journals. Presented over 20 research papers in symposia in India and abroad, as well as few invited lectures in India. He attended the Fifth International Symposium on Plant Neurobiology held in 2009 in Florence, Italy. He also attended the Technical Community of Monsanto (TCM) held in 2016, in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a member of the Indian science congress association and society for biotechnologists (India). He is a fellow of the Society for Applied Biotechnology, India (2012), and recipient of Global Vegetable Research Excellence Award (2017), Global technology recognition, Rapid Recognition Award, and Special recognition from the Monsanto company.

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India is a major centre of origin and diversity of medicinal plants. The demand for medicinal plants is increasing, and this leads to unscrupulous collection from the wild and adulteration of supplies. Providing high-quality planting material for sustainable use and thereby saving the genetic diversity of plants in the wild is important. In this regard, some of the important medicinal plants and their therapeutic uses are provided. Indian Medicinal Plants and Therapeutic Uses offers a unique compendium of 198 medicinal plant species from India.

KEY FEATURES

• Provides a write-up on each plant, including popular nomenclature, occurrence and distribution, botanical description, and chemical constituents with references
• Presents plant parts and chemical constituents, properties and actions, pharmacological principles, parts used, methods of propagation, and therapeutic uses

• Describes the medicinal uses of more than 198 medicinal plant species from India This book is of special interest to practitioners of alternative medicine, students of Ayurveda, researchers and industrialists associated with medical botany, pharmacologists, sociologists, medical herbalists, and those who are interested in medicinal plants.

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About the Authors

Preface

Acknowledgments

A

Abroma augusta (L.) L.f.

Acacia leucophloea Willd.

Acacia mellifera (M. Vahal) Benth

Acacia senegal Willd.

Acalypha ciliata Forsk

Achillea millefolium L.

Achyranthes bidentata Blume

Aconitum chasmanthum Stapf ex Holmes.

Aconitum ferox Wall. ex Ser.

Actaea acuminata Wall. ex Royle

Actaea spicata Linn.

Actinodaphne aungustifolia Hook. fil. & Thomsex Mesin **

Adansonia digitata L.

Adenanthera pavonina Linn

Aerva persica (Burm. f.) Merr.

Aganosma dichotoma (Roth) K. Schum

Agave angustifolia Haw.

Aglaia roxburghiana Miq. Hiern **

Agrimonia eupatoria L.

Agropyron repens Beauv.

Ailanthus excelsa Roxb.

Ajuga bracteosa Wall. ex Benth.

Albizia lebbeck (Linn.) Willd.

Albizzia saman (Jacq.) F. Muell.

Alhagi pseudalhagi (Bieb.) Desv

Allamanda cathartica Linn.

Allium ascalonicum Linn. **

Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach.

Althaea officinalis Linn.

Altingia excelsa Noronha

Amaranthus tricolor Linn.

Amberboa divaricata Kuntz.

Ammania baccfera L.

Amomum aromaticum Roxb

Amorphophallus campanulatus (Roxb.) Blume ex Decne

Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch

Anacyclus pyrethrum DC

Anchusa italica Retz

Andrographis echioides (L.) Nees

Anemonastrum obtusilobum (D. Don.) Mosyakin

Angelica archangelica Linn.

Angelica glauca Edgew

Annona muricata L.

Annona reticulata L.

Anogeissus latifolia (Roxb. ex DC.) Wall. ex Guill. & Perr.

Anthemis nobilis Linn

Apium leptophyllum (Pers.) F. Muell. ex Benth.

Aquilaria allocha Roxb.

Arctium lappa Linn.

Armoracia lapathifolia Gilib

Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.

B

Baccaurea ramiflora Lour.

Baliospermum montanum (Willd.) Muell. Arg

Balsamodendron myrrha Nees.

Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss.

Barleria prionitis L.

Barringtonia acutangula (Linn.) Gaertn.

Bauhinia purpurea Linn.

Bauhinia racemosa Lamk

Bauhinia tomentosa Linn.

Bergenia ciliata (How) Stemb. **

Berringitonia acutangula (L.) Gaerth.

Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) B. Heyne ex Roth.

Blepharispermum subsessile DC.

Borassus flabellifer L

Breynia androgyna (L.) Chakrab. & N.P. Balakr.

Breynia retusa (Dennst.) Alston

Brugmansia suaveolens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Bercht. & Presl

C

Callicapra pedunculata R.Br.

Callicarpa macrophylla Vahl

Capparis zeylanica L.

Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L. Andersson.

Cassia tora (L.)

Cerbera manghas L.

Chenopodium ambrosioides L.

Chromolaena odorata (L.) R. M. King and H. Robinson

Cissampelos pareira L.

Clerodendrum paniculatum L.

Clerodendrum phlomidis Linn.f.

Clerodendrum serratum (Linn.) Moon

Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels

Cocculus pendulus (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst) Diels.

Cochlospermum gossypium DC.

Coleus zeylanicus (Benth). L. H. Cramer.

Convolvulus arvensis L.

Couroupita guianensis Aubl.

Crataeva nurvala Buch.-Ham

Crescentia cujeta L.

Crinum defixum Ker. Gawl.

Crinum latifolium L.

Crotalaria burhia Buch.-Ham

Cuminum cyminum L.

Curcuma amada ROXB.

Cyperus scariosus R. Br.

D

Decalepis hamilteionii Wght & Arn.

Desmodium laxiflorum Sensu Miq., p.p.

Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf

Dialium Coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr.

Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb

E

Elephantopus scaber L.

Elytraria acaulis (L.fil.) Lindau

Eranthemum roseum (Vahl) R. Br.

Eryngium foetidum L.

F

Ferula foetida L.

Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeusch.

Flacourtia montana Graham

G

Galinsoga parviflora (Cav.) **

Galium aparine Linn

Garcinia indica Choisy

Gardenia gummifera L.

Gentiana kurroo Royle.

Gmelina asiatica L.

Gnidia glauca (Fresen.) Gilg.

Gynandropsis gynandra (Linn.) Briq.

H

Helleborus niger Linn.

Hibiscus sabdariffa (L.) **

***Hippophae rhamnoides…