Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement：Medicinal Plants, Volume 6

Medicinal Plants, Volume 6 of the Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement series summarizes landmark research and describes medicinal plants as nature’s pharmacy.
Highlights


Examines the use of molecular technology for maintaining authenticity and quality of plant-based products
Details reports on individual medicinal plants including their history, origin, genetic resources, cytogenetics, and varietal improvement through conventional and modern methods, and their use in pharmaceutical, cosmeceutical, nutrition, and food industries
Explains how to protect plants with medicinal properties from deforestation, urbanization, overgrazing, pollution, overharvesting, and biopiracy
Brings together information on germplasm resources of medicinal plants, their history, taxonomy and biogeography, ecology and biodiversity, genetics and breeding, exploitation, and utilization in the medicine and food industries


Written by leading international experts and an innovative panel of scientists, Medicinal Plants offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on medicinal plant genetic resources and their increasing importance in pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical industries, medicine, and nutrition around the world.
Includes eight-page color insert more than 25 full color figures

Landmark Research in Medicinal Plants, Ram J. SinghMedicinal Plants—Nature’s Pharmacy, Ram J. Singh, Ales Lebeda, and Arthur O. TuckerIndian Traditional and Ethno Medicines from Antiquity to Modern Drug Development, Janardan Singh, Umesh C. Lavania, and Suman SinghMedicinal Fruit Trees of Southeast Asia, Christophe WiartMedicinal Plants of China, Zhongzhen Zhao, Zhitao Liang, Ping Guo, and Hubiao ChenMedicinal Plants of the Middle East, Shahina A. GhazanfarAn Overview of the Medicinal Plants of Turkey, Munir Ozturk, Salih Gucel, Ernaz Altundag, Tuba Mert, Cigdem Gork, Guven Gork, and Eren AkcicekAn Overview of the Ethnobotany of Turkmenistan and Use of Juniperus Turcomanica in Phytotherapy, Svetlana Aleksandrovna Pleskanovskaya, Mamedova Gurbanbibi Atayevna, Munir Ozturk, Salih Gucel, and Mehri AshyraliyevaMedicinal Plants of Ghana, P. Addo-Fordjour, A. K. Anning, W. G. Akanwariwiak, E. J. D. Belford, and C. K. FirempongMedicinal Plants of Australia: Melaleuca Alternifolia for the Production of Tea Tree Oil, Enzo A. PalomboMedicinal Plants of New South Wales, Australia, Joanne Packer and Jitendra Gaikwada, David Harrington, Shoba Ranganathan, Joanne Jamie, and Subramanyam VemulpadMedicinal Properties of Legumes, J. B. Morris, Barbara Hellier, and J. ConnettArtemisia spp, Zohara Yaniv, Nativ Dudai, and Uriel BachrachPoppy: Utilization and Genetic Resources, Jenő Bernáth and Éva NémethGinger, K. Nirmal Babu, M. Sabu, K. N. Shiva, Minoo Divakaran, and P. N. RavindranTurmeric, K. Nirmal Babu, K. N. Shiva, M. Sabu, Minoo Divakaran, and P. N. RavindranGinseng, Kwang-Tae ChoiTea, A. K. A. Mandal, S. Babu, and R. S. Senthil KumarCoffee (Coffea spp.), Juan Carlos Herrera, Hernando A. Cortina, François Anthony, Nayani Surya Prakash, Philippe Lashermes, Alvaro L. Gaitán, Marco A. Cristancho, Z. Ricardo Acuña, and Darci R. LimaYacon (Asteraceae; Smallanthus sonchifolius), A. Lebeda, I. Doležalová, E. Fernández, and I. ViehmannováMint, Arthur O. Tucker and Sherry KittoPlantago ovata: Cultivation, Genomics, Chemistry, and Therapeutic Applications, Manoj K. Dhar, Sanjana Kaul, Pooja Sharma, and Mehak GuptaChristmas Candle Senna: An Ornamental and a Pharmaceutical Plant, J. B. MorrisFenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.), S. K. MalhotraAloe vera, José Imery-BuizaStevia rebaudiana—A Natural Substitute for Sugar, Vikas Jaitak, Kiran Kaul, V. K. Kaul, Virendra Singh, and Bikram SinghIpecac—Carapichea ipecacuanha, Carlos Roberto Carvalho and Luiz Orlando de OliveiraMyrtus communis: Phytotherapy in the Mediterranean, Munir Ozturk, Salih Gucel, Ali Celik, Ernaz Altundag, Tuba Mert, Eren Akcicek, and Sezgin CelikLicorice (Glycyrrhiza species), Marjan Nassiri-Asl and Hossein HosseinzadehApplications of Biotechnology and Molecular Markers in Botanical Drug Standardization and Quality Assurance, Kalpana Joshi, Preeti Chavan-Gautam, and Bhushan Patwardha