Medicinal Plant Biodiversity of Lesser Himalayas-Pakistan
Title | Medicinal Plant Biodiversity of Lesser Himalayas-Pakistan PDF eBook |
Author | Arshad Mehmood Abbasi |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | 234 |
Release | 2011-12-16 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1461415756 |
The Himalayan region is among the largest mountains systems of the world with uncounted unique medicinal plants resources. The lesser Himalayas ranges are the extension of Greater Himalayas. They have unique ecology, vegetation and diversity of medicinal flora due to tremendous variation in the altitude, climate and associated wildlife. The utilization of medicinal plants in medicine suffers from the fact that although plants are used to treat diseases, scientific evidence is lacking in many cases. Different societies of the world use the plants according to their own beliefs and knowledge and previous experiences. Their knowledge about the use of the plants is usually not known to the other world or science. This book provides a brief introduction of Lesser Himalayas, ethnobotanical aspects, marketing and anthropogenic pressure on medicinal flora. It comprises one hundred medicinal plant species including Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms (Monocots and Dicots) along with their scientific description and traditional uses.
Medicinal Plant Biodiversity of Lesser Himalayas-Pakistan
Title | Medicinal Plant Biodiversity of Lesser Himalayas-Pakistan PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 236 |
Release | 2012-01-21 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781461415763 |
Medicinal Plant Biodiversity of Lesser Himalayas-Pakistan
Title | Medicinal Plant Biodiversity of Lesser Himalayas-Pakistan PDF eBook |
Author | Arshad Mehmood Abbasi |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | 234 |
Release | 2011-12-15 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 1461415748 |
Covering 100 medicinal plant species of the Lesser Himalayas including Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms, this book reviews ethnobotanical aspects, marketing and anthropogenic pressures, and also includes scientific description and traditional uses.
Wild Edible Vegetables of Lesser Himalayas
Title | Wild Edible Vegetables of Lesser Himalayas PDF eBook |
Author | Arshad Mehmood Abbasi |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 372 |
Release | 2014-10-15 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3319095439 |
Our intention with this book was to present the reader with the most accurate, significant, and up-to-date background and knowledge in the areas of ethnomedicinal and nutraceutical vegetation for the Lesser Himalayas in a comprehensive text. Wild Edible Vegetables of Lesser Himalayas provides a complete review of over 50 important plants of this region and details each species including photographs, botanical name, local name, family, flowering and fruiting period, status and habitat, parts used, distribution, ethnobotanical uses, cultural aspects, medicinal uses, and nutraceutical aspects. Medicinal uses include mode of preparation, method of application and diseases studied; cultural aspects and index; nutraceutical data provides analysis of fats, proteins, fibers, carbohydrates, ash, moisture content, dry matter, and energy value; elemental analysis includes various essential and toxic metals; phytochemical screening includes total phenolics, flavonoids, flavonols and ascorbic acid, and antioxidant potential in terms of DPPH scavenging activity, hydroxyl radical scavenging activity, H2O2 scavenging activity, Fe2+ chelating activity, ferric reducing antioxidant power, and phosphomolybdenum assay for each species. Wild Edible Vegetables of Lesser Himalayas is a concise and handy guide for scientists, scholars, and students interested in the study of agriculture, food science, nutraceutical science, bioscience, biodiversity, applied ethnobotany, ethnoecology, and ecology.
Ethnobotany of the Himalayas
Title | Ethnobotany of the Himalayas PDF eBook |
Author | Ripu M. Kunwar |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 2075 |
Release | 2021-12-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9783030574079 |
Research in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development. It has by now widely been recognized that “traditional” knowledge is always in flux and adapting to a quickly changing environment. Trends of globalization, especially the globalization of plant markets, have greatly influenced how plant resources are managed nowadays. While ethnobotanical studies are now available from many regions of the world, no comprehensive encyclopedic series focusing on the worlds mountain regions is available in the market. Scholars in plant sciences worldwide will be interested in this website and its dynamic content. The field (and thus the market) of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology has grown considerably in recent years. Student interest is on the rise, attendance at professional conferences has grown steadily, and the number of professionals calling themselves ethnobotanists has increased significantly (the various societies, like the Society for Economic Botany, the International Society of Ethnopharmacology, the Society of Ethnobiology, and the International Society for Ethnobiology currently have thousands of members). Growth has been most robust in BRIC countries. This new MRW on Ethnobotany of the Himalayas takes advantage of the increasing international interest and scholarship in the field of mountain research. It includes the best and latest research on a full range of descriptive, methodological, theoretical, and applied research on the most important plants in the Himalayas. Each contribution is scientifically rigorous and contributes to the overall field of study.
Medicinal Plants
Title | Medicinal Plants PDF eBook |
Author | Bassam Hassan |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | 194 |
Release | 2020-03-25 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1789858879 |
This book is focused on clarifying the anticancer effects (i.e., apoptotic, antiproliferative, antimetastatic, antiangiogenic) and mechanisms of most of the medicinal plants found in the world against solid and/or hematological cancers.
Himalayan Medicinal Plants
Title | Himalayan Medicinal Plants PDF eBook |
Author | Nikhil Malhotra |
Publisher | Academic Press |
Total Pages | 436 |
Release | 2021-01-20 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 012823430X |
The Himalayan Region is a mega hot spot for biological diversity. It supports over 1,748 plants species of known medicinal value. This title focuses on origin and distribution of Himalayan herbs, their medicinal potential, industrial significance, and research advancements pertaining to molecular breeding and omics-based approaches. Discusses evolved secondary biochemical pathways often in response to specific environmental stimuli Reviews conservation efforts Presents an in-depth analysis of 12 key species