Recent Progress In Medicinal Plants (Essential Oils-III And Phytopharmacology)

by J.N. Govil, Sanjib Bhattacharya

Overview

The objective of the volume 38 of Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants is to present the third volume on essential oils together with miscellaneous scientific materials concerning mainly pharmacological properties of medicinal plants, hence the name: essential oils III and phytopharmacology. Its contributors are from 11 countries namely Brazil, India, Japan, Nigeria, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, USA and Uzbekistan. The volume is the amalgamation of two sections namely essential oils III and phytopharmacology. The first section has nine chapters that deals with essential oils. The first three general chapters are on antimicrobial, psychopharmacological properties and controlled release formulation strategies of essential oils. The next five chapters are on individual essential oils namely dennettia oil, mentha oil, thyme oil, boswellia oil and spearmint oil. The sixth chapter deals with cyclodextrin complexation of essential oils for improving bioactivity. The second section has eight chapters. The first chapter details the challenges on standardization of herbal medicines. The second chapter describes the role of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in promoting growth and yield of active constituents of medicinal plants. The effect of olive oil on wound healing is dealt in the third chapter. The fourth chapter describes the implications of neem in treating diabetes mellitus. The fifth chapter presents chemical and pharmacological updates on Piper betel. Use of herbal medicine against microbial infection and resistance are explicated in the sixth chapter. The seventh chapter deals with the antiviral properties of medicinal plants. The last chapter elaborates the supply chain management of Indian medicinal plants. This composite volume is designed for professionals of interdisciplinary health sciences, food technology, pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacognosy, pharmacology, agriculture, botany, medicine, therapeutics, traditional medicine, complementary and alternative medicine, aromatherapy, herbalism, medical and public health sciences, policy-makers and marketing and economic strategists. It is addressed to undergraduates, post-graduates, teachers and researchers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626993310
Publisher:	Arts & Science Academic Publishing
Publication date:	06/30/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	486
File size:	12 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Dr. J.N. Govil (B. 1945): Obtained his Masters and Doctorate degrees from Agra University, Agra, India. In his career span of 41 years research experience at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Dr. Govil has been involved in the breeding of cross-pollinated, often cross-pollinated, and self-pollinated crops. His research is mainly focussed on breeding for better quality, disease resistance, and for higher productivity in Pennisetum, Sorghum, maize, chickpea, and pigeonpea. Dr. Govil has been well exposed to the international scientific community through various training programmes. He took his training in “Plant exploration and collection techinques” through IBPGR in 1982. He was also awarded the prestigious FAO/IBPGR Fellowship in “Genetic resources, evaluation, and data preparation and management” at the University of Birmingham, UK. In 1983, he made visits to gene banks located in Europe. He also participated in various international seminars and conferences, including “Food and Legume Improvement for Asian Farming Systems” in Thailand in 1986. Dr. Govil is credited with more than eighty research papers in various journals of national and international repute in various aspects of genetics, crop breeding, and topics on general agriculture. He has written and edited a number of books on medicinal Plants (2 Vols each of two Titles) and other books with international authors. A new series “Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants” has been published by Studium Press, LLC, USA in 25 volumes under Dr. Govil’s Chief Editorship. Dr. Govil has been Editor-in-Chief of the Journals, New Botanist (An International Journal of Plant Research) and Glimpses in Plant Research, since 1988. He has also guided more than a dozen post-graduate students. Dr. J.N. Govil was actively engaged through his leadership on pigeonpea breeding with special emphasis on “Breeding short duration pigeonpea varieties for improved management and low input conditions.” Through his intensive efforts over the last 20 years, nine varieties of early pigeonpea in arhar-wheat rotation have been released at national level.Currently, Dr. Govil has retired from ICAR and has joined as Publishing Director and Managing Editor with Studium Press LLC, USA. E-mail: [e-mail]



Sanjib Bhattacharya (b. 1983) received his B. Pharm. from West Bengal University of Technology in 2005 and M. Pharm. form Dibrugarh University in 2007. Presently he is serving as Assistant Professor in Bengal School of Technology and pursuing his doctoral degree form Jadavpur University. His prime research interest has been pharmacological and toxicological assessment of indigenous medicinal plants with special emphasis on antitumor and antidiabetic activities. His recent research objective is to modify and optimize the existing experimental models and to develop the newer ones for toxicological studies and to correlate different toxicological properties of the same plant. He has authored 19 review and 74 research papers in different national and international journals; 3 chapters in books and 24 abstracts published in different national and international conferences and symposia. He has been involved and working in editorial boards of several national and international journals such as Assistant Editor of Pharmacognosy Magazine [Impact factor: 0.432, PubMed Indexed], Pharmacognosy Reviews [PubMed Indexed] and Pharmacognosy Research [PubMed Indexed]; Founder and Associate Editor of Journal of Natural Sciences, Biology & Medicine [PubMed Indexed], Pharmacognosy Journal and Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results; Founder and Consultant Editor of Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research [PubMed Indexed], Section Editor (Pharmacognosy) of InPharm Communique; Editorial Board Member of Free Radicals & Antioxidants, Journal of Microbiology & Antimicrobials, International Journal of Nutrition & Metabolism, Journal of Developmental Biology & Tissue Engineering. He has also been acting as regular paper reviewer of a number of national and international journals. He is the Life Member of Indian Pharmaceutical association (IPA), Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI), InPharm Association, Pharmacognosy Network Worldwide (Phcog.Net), Society of Science Biology and Medicine (ScibiolMed.Org); Founder and Life Member of Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER); nominated as the Returning Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Sanjib Bhattacharya (b. 1983) received his B. Pharm. from West Bengal University of Technology in 2005 and M. Pharm. form Dibrugarh University in 2007. Presently he is serving as Assistant Professor in Bengal School of Technology and pursuing his doctoral degree form Jadavpur University. His prime research interest has been pharmacological and toxicological assessment of indigenous medicinal plants with special emphasis on antitumor and antidiabetic activities. His recent research objective is to modify and optimize the existing experimental models and to develop the newer ones for toxicological studies and to correlate different toxicological properties of the same plant. He has authored 19 review and 74 research papers in different national and international journals; 3 chapters in books and 24 abstracts published in different national and international conferences and symposia. He has been involved and working in editorial boards of several national and international journals such as Assistant Editor of Pharmacognosy Magazine [Impact factor: 0.432, PubMed Indexed], Pharmacognosy Reviews [PubMed Indexed] and Pharmacognosy Research [PubMed Indexed]; Founder and Associate Editor of Journal of Natural Sciences, Biology&Medicine [PubMed Indexed], Pharmacognosy Journal and Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results; Founder and Consultant Editor of Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology&Research [PubMed Indexed], Section Editor (Pharmacognosy) of InPharm Communique; Editorial Board Member of Free Radicals&Antioxidants, Journal of Microbiology&Antimicrobials, International Journal of Nutrition&Metabolism, Journal of Developmental Biology&Tissue Engineering. He has also been acting as regular paper reviewer of a number of national and international journals. He is the Life Member of Indian Pharmaceutical association (IPA), Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI), InPharm Association, Pharmacognosy Network Worldwide (Phcog.Net), Society of Science Biology and Medicine (ScibiolMed.Org); Founder and Life Member of Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER); nominated as the Returning Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS).