J. N. Govil - Flavonoids and Antioxidants

Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants

Volume 40

Flavonoids and Antioxidants

Chief Editor

J.N. Govil

Former Principal Scientist

Division of Genetics

Indian Agricultural Research Institute

New Delhi 110 012, India

Volume Editor

Manohar Pathak

National Institute of Science Communication

and Information Resources (NISCAIR)

Dr K S Krishnan Marg, Pusa Campus

New Delhi 110012, India

Series Editor: J.N. Govil

2016

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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.

Progress in medicinal plants research has undergone a phenomenal growth during last two decades. The input of biochemistry to pharmacology has grown. Molecular pharmacology puts more emphasis on the mode of action of drugs. Worldwide trend towards the utilization of natural plant remedies has created an enormous need for information about the properties and uses of the medicinal plants. Based on this rationale, the present series Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants broughtout eight volumes, in the first phase, providing edited information from over 225 original and review papers by eminent scientists and researchers from India and abroad on a wide range of topics in the areas of Ethnomedicine, Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, Aesthetics, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Crop Improvement, Production Technology, Trade and Commerce, Diseases and their Management etc. In continuation to these foregone efforts, further eight volumes (9-16) viz., Plant Bioactives in Traditional Medicine; Phytotherapeutics; Drug Development from New Molecules; Globalisation of Herbal Health; Search for Natural Drugs; Biopharmaceuticals; Natural Products; Phytomedicines,