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 plantspecies, including important medicinal pteridophytes and higher plants.General chapters on genesis, drugs, drug action, antimicrobialpotential in vitro, prevention of aduleration, origin, evolution anddispersal of medicinal plants, occurrence in the Himalayas and the costal states of South India, and adaptation in the arid and semi aridzones of Indian deserts. Origin of generic names, botanicaldescription, vernacular names, occurrence and distribution, parts ofplant used, medicianl uses and folklore of each species are given.