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Importance of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Human Life

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Medicinal Plants and Environmental Challenges

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The plant kingdom includes a high number of species, producing a diversity of bioactive molecules with different chemical scaffolds. Over the centuries, the use of medicinal and aromatic plants has become an important part of daily life despite the progress in modern medical and pharmaceutical industry. They are now being progressively cosmetics, foods and teas, as well as alternative medicines. The growing interest in herbs and their ability to offer economical uses is a part of the movement towards greener economics and life styles. This movement is based on the belief that the plants have a vast potential for their use as a curative medicine. Medicinal and aromatic plants will also maintain their importance in the search for new, valuable sources of drugs and lead compounds. In view of the steadily rising demands on these important natural resources, attention should be paid to the sustainable forms of production and utilization.

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  1. Department of Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, 38156-8-8349, Arak, Iran

    Mansour Ghorbanpour

  2. Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, ShahidBeheshti University, G. C., Evin, Tehran, Iran

    Javad Hadian

  3. School of Plant Biology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia

    Shahab Nikabadi

  4. Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Fourth Floor, E-3 Block, Sector 125, Noida, 201303, UP, India

    Ajit Varma

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Ghorbanpour, M., Hadian, J., Nikabadi, S., Varma, A. (2017). Importance of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Human Life. In: Ghorbanpour, M., Varma, A. (eds) Medicinal Plants and Environmental Challenges. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68717-9_1

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