Contains 24 chapters covering holistic information on medicinal plants, their utilisation, conservation, cultivation and diseases with special reference to the Indian scenario. A comprehensive account of current advances in herbal based contraceptive research; Plants with anti-oxidative properties; Intellectual Property Right have added to the value of the book.
This book provides adequate background and current information on medicinal plants. It will be very useful for a variety of scholars, historians and practitioners of medicines, researchers in botany, phytochemistry and pharmacology and also phytogeographers and conservationists.