Book ID: 96061
Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants
11: Govil, J.N., V.K. Singh, C. Arunachalam: Drug development from Molecules. 2006. illus. figs. 472 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
In recent past there is a resurgence of interest in the study and use of medicinal plants. Many traditional plant based remedies are back in use and find increasing applications as (i) source of direct therapeutic agents, (ii) as raw material base for the elaboration of more complex semi- synthetic compounds, (iii) as models for new synthetic compounds and, (iv) as taxonomic markers for the discovery of new compounds.