Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh and West Bengal Botany, Natural Products, & Ethnopharmacology

About this book

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

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

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Biography

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.