Book ID: 70332
Handa, S. S. and M. K. Kaul
Supplement to Cultivation and Utilization of Medicinal Plants. 1996. XV,849 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Aims at providing a compendium of information on botany, agronomy,chemistry and technological aspects of medicinal plants. Covers plantscontaining alkaloids, steroids, flavonoids, glycosides, terpenoids,cathartics, adaptogens, anti - inflammatories, insecticides, additivesand other active metabolites. Includes also contributions on traditionalmedicine/ Ethnomedicine, nomenclatural ambiguity of plants used in Indian systems of medicine, conservation of diversity, geneticimprovement, biotechnology and cultivation / Chemistry of somemedicinal mushrooms.