Sanjib Bhattacharya - Fixed Oils and Fats

COVER PHOTOGRAPHS

1. Pongamiapinnata flowers (Fabaceae) (Left Top Photograph)

2. Rotory oil extractor (Right Top Photograph)

3. Fixed oil refinery plant (Left Bottom Photograph)

4. Hydnocarpuspentandra (Flacourtiaceae) twig with fruits (Right Bottom Photograph)

Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants

Volume 33

Fixed Oils and Fats

Chief Editor

J.N. Govil

Former Principal Scientist

Division of Genetics

Indian Agricultural Research Institute

New Delhi 110 012, India

Volume Editor

Sanjib Bhattacharya

Bengal School of Technology

(A College of Pharmacy)

Sugandha, Hooghly 712 102, India

Chief Editor: J.N. Govil
Series Founded by: J.N. Govil & V.K. Singh

2012
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RECENT PROGRESS IN MEDICINAL PLANTS

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Medicinal plants are value added for the content and chemical composition of their active components. Therefore, the demand on plant based therapeutics has increased many fold in both developing and developed countries due to the growing recognition that they are natural products, being non-narcotic, having no side-effects, easily available at affordable prices. In a wider context, there is a growing demand for plant-based medicines, health products, pharmaceuticals, food supplements, cosmetics etc. International market of medicinal plants is over US $ 60 billion per year, which is growing at the rate of 7% and expected to be US $ 5 trillion by 2050. Herbal remedies would become increasingly important especially in developing countries.