Medicinal Plants: New Vistas of Research. 2 Parts. 1993. (Glimpses in Plant Research,vols. 10 & 11). figs. tabs. map. XLIII,570 p. gr8vo. Cloth.

The resurgence of interest in medicinal plant investigation isadequately supported by the material set forth in the present volume.The publication has contributions by over 50 experts both from India and abroad on various aspects of medicinal plant and provide recent data concerning: Ethnobotany: studies of traditional drugs: Experimental cultivation and economics of commercially important drugs; Tissue culture and Biotechnology; Biochemistry and Chemistry of plant products;Botanical identification and Standardization of drugs, etc. There is an author and subject index. Each paper/chapter has comprehensive bibliography and illustrations and photographs wherever necessary.