Molecular Biology and Pharmacognosy of Beneficial Plants. 2017. illus. XXIII, 284 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

Contents: 1. Phytochemical, pharmacological and In Silico Anticancer profile of bulbine frutescens: a medicinal plant from Asphodelaceae Family/Ajay Kumar, Prem Prakash Kushwaha and Amit K Sharma. 2. Toxicity of heavy metals as carcinogenic agent: mechanism and prevention by natural products/Jamal Akhtar Ansari and Nishat Fatima. 3. Microalgae: a source of nutraceutical and industrial products/Amit Kumar Singh, Risha ganguly and Abhay K. Pandey. 4. Pharmacological aspects of terminalia belerica/Ashutosh Gupta, Ramesh Kumar and Shashank Kumar. 5. The role of natural products in diabetes control/Firoj Hassan and Jamal Akhtar Ansari. 6. Neurogenic and Neuro-protective efficacy of Bacopa monnieri Extract in MPTP Mice Model of Parkinson's Disease/Shivani Pandey and Babita Singh. 7. Phytochemistry and pharmacological properties of ginger (Zingiber officinale)/Rajesh Wakchaure and Subha Ganguly. 8. Heavy metals, incidence, chemical risk and toxicity for medicinal plants: a review/Nishant Fatima and Jamal Akhtar Ansari. 9. An overview on the role of halophytes in livestock industry/Ameer Khusro and Chirom Aarti. 10. Mucuna Pruriens a Renewable Resource for Novel Plants Medicine/Shivani Pandey and Babita Singh. 11. Saffron (crocus sativus L.): a spice of immense therapeutic and culinary usage/Mona Kejriwal, Bina Rani and Murtaza Abid. 12. Biochemical aspects and therapeutic applications of Catharanthus roseus(L.) G. Don (Sadabahar)/Mona Kejriwal, Bina Rani and Raaz K. Maheshwari. 13. Ingenious therapeutic applicability of asphaltum (Shilajit) for dynamism, vivacity and wellbeing/Bina Rani, V.K. Swami and Ashok K. Kakaodia. 14. Pharmacologic overview of withania somnifera, the Indian ginseng/Shivani Pandey, Satyndra Kumar Yadav and Babita Singh. 15. Faking and counterfeiting of drugs: evaluation of pharmacy regulatory, privatization, social welfare services and its alternatives of Sudan/Abdeen Mustafa Omer. 16. Pharmacognosy, phytochemistry and reassuring therapeutic value of Ferula Foetida (Hing)/Bina Rani, Murtaza Abid, M.M. Abid Ali Khan. 17. Molecular biology and medicinal properties of Hyoscyamus niger L: A comprehensive review/Murtaza Abid, Sabiha Kazmi and Jamal Akhtar Ansari. 18. Nigella sativa (black Seed): pharmaceutical significance/Mohammad Israil Ansari, Pransu Srivastava and Murtaza Abid.