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Medicinal Plants: Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Conservation

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Editors:
  1. Sumita Jha

    1. Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

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  2. Mihir Halder

    1. Department of Botany, Barasat Government College, Kolkata, India

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  • Covers the latest advancement in biodiversity conservation strategies for medicinal plant
  • Describes the potential roles of medicinal plants for the treatment of COVID-19
  • Valuable resource for those who work on medicinal plants, phytochemistry and pharmaceutical industry

Part of the book series: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity (SDEB, volume 33)

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This contributed volume provides a comprehensive, in-depth and subject-based reviews on the current status of active ingredients, sustainable use, biodiversity and conservation of certain endangered medicinal plants. The book also explores conventional and non-conventional biotechnological interventions for their biodiversity conservation. Medicinal plants have been used in worldwide as a major source of raw material for the traditional herbal healthcare practices as well as for drug discovery and development in pharmaceutical industry. The cumulative consequences of various human activities and environmental factors cause decline in the biodiversity of medicinal plants at an unprecedented rate worldwide. Thus, the overall understanding of ecology, species and genetic diversity along with assessment of the status of different threats and their impact on medicinal plants is crucial to sustain existing biodiversity, its utilization and conservation. All the latest advancements in the biotechnological approaches for the conservation research of endangered medicinal plants and the future perspectives have been described. This book provides comprehensive reviews spreading over about 25 chapters divided in three sections. The chapters of this book are written by recognized scientists in their respective fields which are useful to students, academicians, researchers, botanists, biotechnologists, policy makers, conservationists and industries interested in biodiversity conservation and medicinal plant research for the production of secondary metabolites.

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Biodiversity and Endangered Species of Medicinal Plants

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Current Status of Population Extinction and Biodiversity Crisis of Medicinal Plants

      • Mihir Halder, Sumita Jha
      Pages 3-38

    3. Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Phytochemical Diversity: A Fountainhead of Potential Drugs Against Human Diseases

      • Mihir Halder, Sumita Jha
      Pages 39-93

    4. Threats and Opportunities for Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants in Brazilian Atlantic Forest Based on the Knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

      • Sofia Zank, Natalia Hanazaki, Maiara Cristina Gonçalves, Patrícia Aparecida Ferrari, Bianca Pinto de Morais
      Pages 95-113

    5. Climate Change Impact on Medicinal Plants: An Insight from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

      • Iyan Robiansyah, Enggal Primananda, Rizmoon Nurul Zulkarnaen, Hendra Helmanto, Yayan Wahyu Candra Kusuma, Angga Yudaputra
      Pages 115-131

    6. Securing Conservation Status of Paris polyphylla, a Medicinally Important Plant of the Indian Himalayan Region

      • Mohd Tariq, Shyamal Kumar Nandi, Indra Dutt Bhatt
      Pages 133-154

    7. Endophytic Fungal Diversity in Solanaceous Medicinal Plants and Their Beneficial Impact

      • Diptesh Biswas, Avijit Chakraborty, Sk Moquammel Haque, Biswajit Ghosh
      Pages 155-201

    8. Genetic Studies on Threatened Medicinal Plants of Brazil: Mind the Gap!

      • Liliana Essi
      Pages 203-218

    9. Medicinal Plants of North-East India: Biodiversity and Their Ethnomedicinal Values

      • Judith Mary Lamo, Linu John, Satyawada Rama Rao
      Pages 219-247

  3. Conservation of Medicinal Plants

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249
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    2. Strategies for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants

      • Monika Sharma, Lalit Saini, Prasann Kumar, Sonam Panigrahi, Padmanabh Dwivedi
      Pages 251-263

    3. Scientific Databases for Conservation of Medicinal Plants

      • Syamsul Hidayat, Dyah Subositi, Irmanida Batubara, Esti Munawaroh, Sjaiful Afandi, Ria Cahyaningsih
      Pages 265-287

    4. International Trade of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs)

      • Marina Silalahi, Endang C. Purba, I. Gusti Ayu Rai Sawitri, Anisatu Z. Wakhidah, Eny Yuniati
      Pages 289-306

    5. Inventorization of Ecology, Ethnobotany, and Conservation Status of Dactylorhiza hatagirea: Problems, Progress, and Prospects

      • Laxman Singh, Shyamal Kumar Nandi, Indra Dutt Bhatt, Anil K. Bisht
      Pages 307-325

    6. Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants

      • Maura Lins dos Santos, Deepak Chandran, A. S. Lejaniya, Luiz Everson da Silva
      Pages 327-341

    7. Traditional Practices of Ethnomedicinal Plants in the North-Eastern Region of India and Their Conservation for Sustainable Utilization

      • Asem Mipeshwaree Devi, Roseeta Devi Mutum, Moirangthem Lakshmipriyari Devi, Khedashwori Devi Khomdram, Pukhrambam Premi Devi, Lourembam Hitlar Singh et al.
      Pages 343-374

    8. Occurrence and Diversity of Major Naphthoquinones in Higher Plants: Their Distribution and Conservation Strategies

      • Indranil Santra, Suproteem Mukherjee, Sk Moquammel Haque, Biswajit Ghosh
      Pages 375-435

    9. Astragalus fridae: Genetic Source, Applications, and Conservation

      • Fardad Didaran, Ali Akbar Ghasemi-Soloklui, Mojtaba Kordrostami
      Pages 437-450

    10. Tinospora cordifolia as a Potential Candidate for Health Care of Post-Menopausal Women

      • Anmol Bhandari, Gurcharan Kaur
      Pages 451-464
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

    Sumita Jha

  • Department of Botany, Barasat Government College, Kolkata, India

    Mihir Halder

About the editors

Professor. Sumita Jha (nee Mukherjee), FNASc., FWAST, received her M.Sc. (1975) and Ph.D. (1981) from the University of Calcutta, Kolkata. She joined the same University as UGC Research Scientist in 1985 and as a faculty member in Botany in 1990. She was appointed Associate Professor in 1993 and became Professor in 2001. She has been involved in teaching courses on plant biology, molecular genetics, and biotechnology. Prof. Jha’s group has developed transgenic cell and organ cultures in a number of rare, endangered indigenous medicinal plants for the production of high-value pharmaceuticals. 

Dr. Mihir Halder, Assistant Professor in the Post Graduate Department of Botany, Barasat Government College, West Bengal, India, received his B.Sc. with honors in Botany (2007) from Presidency College, Kolkata and M. Sc. in Botany (2009) from University of Calcutta, India. He was awarded Ph.D. in Biochemistry (2017) from University of Calcutta. He is actively engaged in teaching courses on Genetics, Cell and Molecular Biology and Plant Biotechnology for over seven years. His research interest includes medicinal plant biotechnology and cytogenetics.




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Medicinal Plants: Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Conservation

  • Editors: Sumita Jha, Mihir Halder

  • Series Title: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9936-9

  • 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: 978-981-19-9935-2Published: 08 July 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-9938-3Due: 04 November 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-9936-9Published: 07 July 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2352-474X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2352-4758

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 906

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology

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