Book ID: 76230
Kaushik, Purshotam and Anil Kumar Dhiman
Medicinal Plants and Raw Drugs of India. 1999. 80 col. photographs. XI, 623 p. Hardcover.
Treatment of Indian materia medica and description of about 300 plant species, including important medicinal pteridophytes and higher plants.General chapters on genesis, drugs, drug action, antimicrobial potential in vitro, prevention of aduleration, origin, evolution and dispersal of medicinal plants, occurrence in the Himalayas and the costal states of South India, and adaptation in the arid and semi arid zones of Indian deserts. Origin of generic names, botanical description, vernacular names, occurrence and distribution, parts of plant used, medicicinal uses and folklore of each species are given.