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Recent Progress
in
Medicinal Plants

Volume 25
Chemistry and Medicinal Value

RECENT PROGRESS IN MEDICINAL PLANTS:

Series Editors : J.N. Govil and V.K. Singh

VOLUMES PUBLISHED

Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants
Volume
Chemistry and Medicinal Value

V.K. Singh

Assistant Director (Botany)
Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine
(Dept. of AYUSH, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare)
61-65, Institutional Area, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India

J.N. Govil

Former Principal Scientist
Division of Genetics
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
New Delhi, India

Series Editors : J.N. Govil and V.K. Singh

Copyright 2009

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About the Series

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