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. Medicinal Plants—Nature’s Pharmacy. Indian Traditional and Ethno Medicines from Antiquity to Modern Drug Development. Medicinal Fruit Trees of Southeast Asia. Medicinal Plants of China. Medicinal Plants of the Middle East. An Overview of the Medicinal Plants of Turkey. An Overview of the Ethnobotany of Turkmenistan and Use of Juniperus Turcomanica in Phytotherapy. Medicinal Plants of Ghana. Medicinal Plants of Australia: Melaleuca Alternifolia for the Production of Tea Tree Oil. Medicinal Plants of New South Wales, Australia. Medicinal Properties of Legumes. Artemisia spp. Poppy: Utilization and Genetic Resources. Ginger. Turmeric. Ginseng. Tea. Coffee (Coffea spp.). Yacon (Asteraceae; Smallanthus sonchifolius). Mint. Plantago ovata: Cultivation, Genomics, Chemistry, and Therapeutic Applications. Christmas Candle Senna: An Ornamental and a Pharmaceutical Plant. Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.). Aloe vera. Stevia rebaudiana—A Natural Substitute for Sugar. Ipecac—Carapichea ipecacuanha. Myrtus communis: Phytotherapy in the Mediterranean. Licorice (Glycyrrhiza species). Applications of Biotechnology and Molecular Markers in Botanical Drug Standardization and Quality Assurance.