Ethnobotany deals with relationship between people and plants. Since ancient times plants were used to cure all types of illness and diseases all over the world. The traditional knowledge of medicincal valued plants communicated from one generation to another generation and plays a significant role in the development of traditional medicines. The ethnobotanical research provides information about medicinal plants that can cure fatal diseases. This book has fourteen chapters that include various aspect of Ethnobotany viz: Introduction to Ethnobotany; Ethnobotany: Past, Present and Future; Ethnobotany and Ayurveda; Important Sacred Plants in India; Grace of Butter tree; Diversity, Indigenous use of the Ethnomedicinal flora of various plants of India; Ethnobotany and Modern system of Medicine; Plants of folklore from myth to magic; Different tribal committee of India and Historical journey and its prospective in India. This book is highly relevant to innovated and enhance knowledge about Ethnobotany and helpful for undergraduate, post-graduate students, research scholars and faculty. The book incorporates chapters authored by eminent botanists who are working in the field of Ethnobotany since a long time.
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2019
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 : Ethno-medicinal Importance of Quranic and Prophetic Plants Chapter 2 : The Study of Some Crude Drugs of Fruit Origin Chapter 3 : Ethnobotanical Study of Flora of Manipur, A Biodiversity Hotspot Region of North East India Chapter 4 : Phytomolecules in Treatment of Urolithiasis : A Review Chapter 5 : Ethnobotany as a Tool to Protect the Interests of Ethnic Group Chapter 6 : Traditionally Used Medicinal Plants for Cancer Theraphy Chapter 7 : Phyto-molecules and Diabetes Chapter 8 : Natural Resource Use Pattern for Self Sustenance by the Natives of Tissa Region of Himachal Pradesh in Western Himalaya, India Chapter 9 : Legal Perspectives of Usage, Commercialization and Protection of Traditional and Drug-Yielding Plants in India Chapter 10 : Forest Dwellers to Knowledge Spreaders : Participatory Forest Management in India