Multifacial Application Of Drug Plants

India has been a source of rich amount of the medicinal plant wealth. The efficacy of Indian medicinal plants, particularly of those growing in temperate and alpine Himalay is fairly well known. Many life-saving drugs are being prepared from different parts of the plants. Indian system of Medicine alone has identified 1500 medicinal plants, of which 500 species are commonly used in preparation of herbal drugs. In the present book’Multifacial Applications of Drug Plants’,Various aspects of drug plants and their uses in various diseases are discussed. Most of the contributions are on the Conservation and Management of Medicinal Plants, Traditional and Ethnobotanical Uses of Important Plants in different parts of the country, Particularly in Uttarakhand. Some of the aspects on Intellectual Property Right and Medicinal Plant Biodiversity Conservation are also discussed. An Integrated approach for proper utilization of medicinal plants is also given. This is hoped the book will serve as a guide for conservation, cultivation and utiliazation of plant wealth in a proper way for the benefits of human beings. Contents Chapter 1: Conservation and Management of Medicinal Plants in India by Bikram Singh Sajwan and Chandra Prakash Kala; Chapter 2: Medicinal Plant Resources in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve in the Central Himalayas by K P Chamoli, L S Rawat, Ganga Singh, K S Rao and R K Makhuri; Chapter 3: Micropropagation of Chlorophytum borivilianum to Boost its Cultivation by Archana Rani, Harsh Kumar, M Kumar and J K Handoo; Chapter 4: Ethnobotanical Recordings of Some Important Medicinal Plants of Roopokundk Area of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (NDBR),Uttarakhand by Laxmi Rawat, Deepak Kholiya and H B Vashistha; Chapter 5: Traditional, Ethnobotancial and Economical Uses of Some Valuable Medicinal Plants by Das Moumita and S P Bajpai; Chapater 6: Healthy Cutting and Successful Planting Rate of Geranium (pelargonium gravelens) During Different Seasons in a Commercial Nursery at Pauri Garhwal by P K Bahuguna and Nirmala Negi; Chapter 7: Shifting Traders in Farming Patern in Agra Region: A Survey by Pratibha Verma and Jai Knox; Chapter 8: Scenario and the Prospect of Ethnomedicinal Research in Gujarat by Parabia Minoo,Pathak smita,M N Reddy,Sheth Falguni and Parabia Farzub; Chapter 9: Prospects and Problems in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Cultivation by S K Chauhan and Sanjay Raina; Chapter 10: Contribution to the Ethnobotany of Balaghat District,Madhya Pradesh by K P Sahu, S K Masih and J L Shrivastava; Chapter 11: Medicinal Food Plants in Sericulture: Uses and Conservation by P K Srivastav; Chapter 12: Effect of Organic Manure on Yield and Quality of Betelvine (Pipet brrylr L.) by A pariari,M M Imam and S M Chowdhary; Chapter 13: Impacts of sulphur Dioxide on Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek by Princee Gupta; Chapter 14: Effect of Different Concentrations of Ocimum Sanctum on Morphological Changes in French Bean Infested with Meloidogyne incognita by Ranjana Saxena, Archana Batham and Shruti Pathak; Chapter 15: The Use of Plants (Sal, Maljhan, Sagon, Dhak) in the Preparation of Dona and Pattals by Deepika and Navneet; Chapter 16: Garlic: A Potent Ethnomedicine for Pain in Falangial Joints by T P Mall, Babli Singh and D P Singh; Chapter 17: Ethnobotanical Observations on Certain Species of Weed Plants of Medicinal Uses by Anil Kumar Dhiman; Chapter 18: Diseases of Some Medical Plants in Uttarakhand by Shubhra Bhandari and N S K Harsh; Chapter 19: Plants of Medicinal Importance in Kujapuri Hills Garhwal Himalaya Megha Rawat, H B Vasistha and Mridula Negi; Chapter 20: Utilization and Cultivation of Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae) by Pooja Gupta and R K Sharma; Chapter 21: certain Asian Medicinal Plants by Bindu Arora and Gopal Saxena; Chapter 22: Regeneration Behaviour of Certain Medicinal Plants by Archana Pandey and S P Bajpai; Chapter 23: Study on the Ancient Traditional Therapeutic Methods of Kaljikhal Block of District Print Garhwal (Uttarakhand) by Vinod kumar; Chapter 24: Intellectual Property Rights and Medicinal Plant Biodiversity Conservation An App Approach to Serve Society in Sustainable Way by Deepak D Ramteke, V D Nagrale, S B Zade and C J Khune; Chapter 25: Neem Bark: A Potent Ethnomedicine for Corn by T P Mall and Babli Singh; Chapter 26: Satawar Cultivation for Promoting Rural Economy in Bihar by Rolly, C Prabha and A K Gupta; Chapter 27: Medicinal Uses of Glabrous Trees (Osmanthus fragrans) in Pauri Garhwal Region by Prasanna Bahuguna, P P Badoni, Pankaj K Bahuguna and H K Joshi; Chapter 28: Observation on Ethnobotany of the Bhotia (Tribal Community), Uttarakashi, Uttarakhand by M P S Parmar, M D Kushwah and Suresh Kumar; Chapter 29: Loss of Medicinal Plant Diversity of Shakumbhari Devi Hills of Shivalik Range by Piyush Kumar Patel and Manjul Dhiman; Chapter 30: Phenology of Alpine Plants in Garhwal Himalaya, India by S P Joshi, M M Srivastava, Pramodkumar and Asha Dobhal; Chapter 31: Elephantopus scaber L,: A traditional Panacea for Several Ailments by S C Tripathi and Manjulla Srivastava; Chapter 32: Ethnomedicinal Plants Used by Gonds Tribe of Naoradehi Sanctuary of Sagar (M P) by Kaushlesh Pathak, S P Bajpai, C D Athaya and Yogendra Thakur; Chapter 33: Health Values of Medicinal Plants in Ancient Literature by D S Malik, P K Bhari and Yogesh Shastri; Chapter 34: Floral Diversity of Gurukula Kangri University Campus, Hardwar (Uttarakhand) and its Medicinal Significance by P K Bhari and Rashmi Yadav; Chapter 35: Medicinal Plants: A High Potential Market by Pooja Sharma; Chapter 36: Medicinal Flora at Karan Singh Pur Distt-Bulanshahar(U P) by J P Singh and Shakum Singh; Chapter 37: An Overview of Jatropha Plantation and its Application by Nitin Kanboj, A K Chopra and D S Malik; Chapter 38: Bio-environmental Management of Malaria with Uses of Herbal Plant by Vinod kumar and A K Chopra; Chapter 39: Utilisation of Medicinal Plants: Need for an Integrated Approach by Alka Thapliyal, Kapil Kumar, M G Dastidar, M G Dastidar, Padma Vasudevan and T R Sreekrishnan; Chapter 40: Traditional Medicinal Plants of Apocynacece by Anubhav Arora and Harendra kumar; Chapter 41: Medicinal Plants of Ramnagar Forest division in Kumaon Region by Shikha Pandey and Ila Prakash; Chapter 42: Ethnobotanical Recordings of Some Important Plants of Sambarpat Area of Western Madhya Pradesh by S K Mahajan, D R Khanna and M L Mahajan; Chapter 43: Medicinal Plant Germplasm Conservation and Tissue Culture in Uttarakhand: An Economic Aspect by S Gupta, Pramod Kumar and A P Uniyal; Chapter 44: Herbs and Ayurvedic Remedies for Cholesterol Treatment by A K Tripathi and S N Singh; Chapter 45: Healthy Cutting and Successful Planting Rate of Geranium (Pelarogonium gravelens) During Different Seasons in a Commercial Nursery at Pauri Garhwal by P K Bahuguna, H K Joshi, A K Dobriyal, P C Phoondami, S Goswami, Prasanna Bahuguna and Nirmala Negi; Chapter 46: Medicinal Uses of Glabrous Trees (Osmanthus fragrans) om Pauri Garhwal Region Prasanna Bahuguna, P P Badoni, Pankaj K Bahuguna and H K Joshi; Chapter 47: Medicinal Use of Plant Solanum pseudocapsicum Found in Garhwal Himalaya by Prasanna Bahulguna, P P Badoni, H K Joshi and Pankaj K Bahuguna