Medicinal Plants: Culture, Utilization and PhytopharmacologyMedicinal Plants: Culture, Utilization and Phytopharmacology covers over 400 species. Each chapter gathers valuable information from a wide variety of sources, and supplies it to the user in convenient table format, arranged alphabetically by scientific name, followed by the common name. Data topics include: major constituents (active ingredients) and medicinal values of plants; toxicity or hazardous components; essential oils; value-added products and possible uses; cultivation and harvesting; diseases and insects found in medicinal plants. Three appendices (alphabetical listing of plants by common name, followed by the scientific name; essential oils and their derivation; active ingredients and their sources) provide handy cross-references to the Tables. |
Contents
Major Constituents and Medicinal Values | 1 |
Toxicity of Medicinal Plants | 67 |
Essential Oils and Fractions from Medicinal Plants | 111 |
ValueAdded Products and Possible Usage | 167 |
Cultivation and Harvesting | 225 |
Major Diseases and Insects Found in Medicinal Plants | 299 |
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