Book ID: 52787
Govil, J.N., V.K. Singh and Shamima Hashmi (eds.)
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 Indiaand abroad on various aspects of medicinal plant and provide recent dataconcerning: Ethnobotany: studies of traditional drugs: Experimentalcultivation and economics of commercially important drugs; Tissueculture and Biotechnology; Biochemistry and Chemistry of plant products;Botanical identification and Standardization of drugs, etc. There is anauthor and subject index. Each paper/chapter has comprehensive bibliography and illustrations and photographs wherever necessary.