Overview
- Provides detailed information about the bioactive secondary metabolites of Himalayan plants
- Discusses the conservations strategies of threatened plants of Himalayan region
- Covers safety and toxicity of plants of Himalayas and sheds light on market importance and future mandates
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About this book
This book presents a comprehensive guide to traditional immunity-boosting medicinal plants of the Himalayas, their traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology, diversity, conversation, biotechnology, toxicology, as well as future prospective. All the chapters cover the latest advances in ethnobotany, phytochemistry, biochemistry, and biotechnology. The book offers a valuable asset for researchers and graduate students of chemistry, botany, biotechnology, microbiology, and the pharmaceutical sciences. The main purpose of the present book is to draw on the rich culture, folklore, and biodiversity of immunity-boosting medicinal plants of the Western Himalayas, with particular emphasis on the Indian Trans-Himalayan and Western Himalayan region. All the plants included in the present book are extensively used by the local tribes and people for their health-promoting properties from ancient times.
This book will be a substantial contribution to the knowledge of the region and the country. Also, the book will be very useful to scientists, graduates, and undergraduates, along with researchers in the fields of natural products, herbal medicines, ethnobotany, pharmacology, chemistry, and biology. Further, it is an equally significant resource for a person working in different traditional medicinal systems; doctors (especially those engaged in Ayurveda, Chinese traditional medicinal system, Amchi, and allopathy); the pharmaceutical industry (for drug design and synthesis); biochemistry and biotechnology sciences; and the agricultural sciences.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Immunity Boosting Medicinal Plants of the Western Himalayas
Editors: Ajay Sharma, Gulzar Ahmad Nayik
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9501-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-9500-2Published: 15 March 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-9503-3Published: 16 March 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-9501-9Published: 14 March 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 609
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, general, Plant Sciences, Ethnography