Indian Medicinal Plants and Therapeutic Uses

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-20424-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 410 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

This book offers profiles of more than 400 medicinal plant species. It features detailed descriptions and popular nomenclature, chemical constituents, properties and actions, pharmacological principles, and therapatic uses. The book includes a number of medicinal plants such as Ashwagandha, Guduci, Kalamegha Thulasi, Tavak, Adaraka, and more. These plants are known to be rich in antioxidants, vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates, dietary fibers, amino acids and minerals, and antiviral and antibacterial properties and boosts the immune system, without causing any side effects.

- Features detailed descriptions and popular nomenclature, chemical constituents, properties and actions, pharmacological principles, and therapeutic uses

- Useful for herbal scientists and plant scientists, and those doing research in the pharmaceutical industry

- Describes the medicinal uses of more than 400 medicinal plant species from India

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ramakrishna, Akula

Rao, Srinath

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

About the Authors

Preface

Acknowledgments

A

Abroma augusta (L.) L.f.

Acacia leucophloea Willd.

Acacia mellifera (M. Vahal) Benth

Acacia senegal Willd.

Acalypha ciliata Forsk

Achillea millefolium L.

Achyranthes bidentata Blume

Aconitum chasmanthum Stapf ex Holmes.

Aconitum ferox Wall. ex Ser.

Actaea acuminata Wall. ex Royle

Actaea spicata Linn.

Actinodaphne aungustifolia Hook. fil. & Thomsex Mesin

Adansonia digitata L.

Adenanthera pavonina Linn

Aerva persica (Burm. f.) Merr.

Aganosma dichotoma (Roth) K. Schum

Agave angustifolia Haw.

Aglaia roxburghiana Miq. Hiern

Agrimonia eupatoria L.

Agropyron repens Beauv.

Ailanthus excelsa Roxb.

Ajuga bracteosa Wall. ex Benth.

Albizia lebbeck (Linn.) Willd.

Albizzia saman (Jacq.) F. Muell.

Alhagi pseudalhagi (Bieb.) Desv

Allamanda cathartica Linn.

Allium ascalonicum Linn.

Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach.

Althaea officinalis Linn.

Altingia excelsa Noronha

Amaranthus tricolor Linn.

Amberboa divaricata Kuntz.

Ammania baccfera L.

Amomum aromaticum Roxb

Amorphophallus campanulatus (Roxb.) Blume ex Decne

Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch

Anacyclus pyrethrum DC

Anchusa italica Retz

Andrographis echioides (L.) Nees

Anemonastrum obtusilobum (D. Don.) Mosyakin

Angelica archangelica Linn.

Angelica glauca Edgew

Annona muricata L.

Annona reticulata L.

Anogeissus latifolia (Roxb. ex DC.) Wall. ex Guill. & Perr.

Anthemis nobilis Linn

Apium leptophyllum (Pers.) F. Muell. ex Benth.

Aquilaria allocha Roxb.

Arctium lappa Linn.

Armoracia lapathifolia Gilib

Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.

B

Baccaurea ramiflora Lour.

Baliospermum montanum (Willd.) Muell.Arg

Balsamodendron myrrha Nees.

Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss.

Barleria prionitis L.

Barringtonia acutangula (Linn.) Gaertn.

Bauhinia purpurea Linn.

Bauhinia racemosa Lamk

Bauhinia tomentosa Linn.

Bergenia ciliata (How) Stemb.

Berringitonia acutangula (L.) Gaerth.

Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) B. Heyne ex Roth.

Blepharispermum subsessile DC.

Borassus flabellifer L

Breynia androgyna (L.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.

Breynia retusa (Dennst.) Alston

Brugmansia suaveolens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Bercht. & Presl

C

Callicapra pedunculata R.Br.

Callicarpa macrophylla Vahl

Capparis zeylanica L.

Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L. Andersson.

Cassia tora (L.)

Cerbera manghas L.

Chenopodium ambrosioides L.

Chromolaena odorata (L.) R. M. King and H. Robinson

Cissampelos pareira L.

Clerodendrum paniculatum L.

Clerodendrum phlomidis Linn.f.

Clerodendrum serratum (Linn.) Moon

Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels

Cocculus pendulus (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst) Diels.

Cochlospermum gossypium DC.

Coleus zeylanicus (Benth). L. H. Cramer.

Convolvulus arvensis L.

Couroupita guianensis Aubl.

Crataeva nurvala Buch-Ham

Crescentia cujeta L

Crinum defixum Ker. Gawl.

Crinum latifolium L.

Crotalaria burhia Buch.-Ham

Cuminum cyminum L.

Curcuma amada ROXB.

Cyperus scariosus R. Br.

D

Decalepis hamilteionii Wght & Arn.

Desmodium laxiflorum Sensu Miq., p.p.

Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf

Dialium Coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr.

Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb

E

Elephantopus scaber L.

Elytraria acaulis (L.fil.) Lindau

Eranthemum roseum (Vahl) R. Br.

Eryngium foetidum L.

F

Ferula foetida L.

Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeusch.

Flacourtia montana Graham

G

Galinsoga parviflora (Cav.)

Galium aparine Linn

Garcinia indica Choisy

Gardenia gummifera L.

Gentiana kurroo Royle.

Gmelina asiatica L.

Gnidia glauca (Fresen.) Gilg.

Gynandropsis gynandra (Linn.) Briq.

H

Helleborus niger Linn.

Hibiscus sabdariffa (L.)

Hippophae rhamnoides Linn.

Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz.

Holoptelea intigrifolia Roxb.

Humulus lupulus Linn.

Hydnocarpus kurzii (King) Warb.

Hygrophila auriculata (Schumach.) Heine

Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit.

Hyssopus officinalis Linn.

I

Ibris amara L.

Ichnocarpus frutescens R. Br.

Ipomoea aquatica Forssk

Ipomoea digitata Linn.

Ipomoea muricata (Linn.) Jacq.

Ipomoea pes-caprae (Linn.) Sweet.

Ixora coccinea Linn.

J

Jasminum grandiflorum (L.)

Jatropha glandulifera Roxb.

Juglans regia Linn.

Justicia gendarussa Burm. f.

Justicia procumbens Linn.

Justicia repens (L.)

K

Kaempferia galanga Linn.

Kaempferia parviflora Wall. Ex. Baker

Kigelia pinnata Jacq. DC

L

Lactuca sativa Linn

Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) Kuntze

Lawsonia inermis Linn

Leea aequata Linn

Leonotis nepetaefolia (L.) R. Br.

Leonurus cardiaca Linn.

Lepidagathis cristata Willd.

Leucas aspera Spreng

Lippia nodiflora Rich.

Luffa acutangula (Linn.) Roxb

Luffa cylindrica (Linn.) M. J. Roem.

Luffa echinata Roxb.

Lycopus europaeus Linn.

M

Machilus macrantha Nees

Madhuca indica J. F. Gmel.

Majorana hortensis Moench

Malva sylvestris Linn

Memecylon umbellatum Burm.f.

Mimusops elengi (L.)

Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb) Korth.

Morinda citrifolia L.

O

Onosma bracteatum Wall.

Operculina turpethum (Linn.) Silva Manso

Origanum vulgare L.

Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq.

P

Pepromia pellucida (L.) Kunth

Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels

Phyllanthus reticulatus Poir

Pimenta Dioica (L) Merr.

Pimpinella anisum L.

Piper betle L.

Plantago asiatica L.

Pogostemon cablin Benth.

Premna serratifolia L.

R

Rauvolfia tetraphylla L.

Rehum emodi Wall. ex. Meissn

Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz

Rosmarinus officinalis L.

Rubia cordifolia (L.)

Ruellia tuberosa L.

Rumex vesicarius L.

S

Sarcostemma acidumm Wight. & Arn.

Saussurea lappa C. B. Clarke

Sida cordifolia Linn.

Smilax zeylanica L.

Soymida febrifuga (Roxb.) A.Juss.

Spondias pinnata (L. f.) Kurz.

Swertia chirayita (Roxb. ex Fleming) H. Karst

T

Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottl.) Roxb.

Thunbergia fragrans Roxb.

Thymus vulgaris L.

Trichopus zeylanicus Gaertn.

Trichosanthes tricuspidata Lour.

U

Uraria crinata (L.) Desv. ex DC.

V

Vernonia anthelmintica (L.) Willd.

W

Wikstroemia indica (L.) C. Meyer

X

Xanthium strumarium L.

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Srinath Rao is retired professor from Department of Botany, Gulbarga University, Kalburgi, Karnataka, India. He is having 34 years of teaching Post graduate students of Botany and Biotechnology in the field of in vitro propagation of medicinal plants and in vitro enhancement of secondary metabolites. He has successfully guided 25 M.Phil and 27 Ph.D students. He has made significant contributions on in vitro propagation and enhancement of secondary metabolites in some important medicinal plants. He has presented papers in several international conferences held in USA, UK, Germany, France and Sri Lanka. Apart from this, he has given 50 invited lectures in national conferences and International conferences. He published more than 100 research papers in national and International Journals. He has completed 7 major research projects funded by UGC, CSIR and DST.

Dr. Akula Ramakrishna is currently a scientist at Bayer Crop Science, Bangalore, India. Dr. Ramakrishna holds a master's degree from Sri Krishna Devaraya University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in biochemistry from University of Mysore, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru. He is a Senior Research Fellow of CSIR, New Delhi. He is involved in various research fields such as Plant Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Plant secondary metabolites, Food Science and Technology and Vegetable quality analytics. He has published several research papers in the leading international journals, published books, reviews and book chapters. He is also serving as editorial board member, and reviewer for reputed international journals. Presented over 20 research papers in symposia in India and abroad, as well as few invited lectures in India. He attended the Fifth International Symposium on Plant Neurobiology held in 2009 in Florence, Italy. He also attended the Technical Community of Monsanto (TCM) held in 2016, in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a member of the Indian science congress association and society for biotechnologists (India). He is a fellow of the Society for Applied Biotechnology, India (2012), and recipient of Global Vegetable Research Excellence Award (2017), Global technology recognition, Rapid Recognition Award, and Special recognition from the Monsanto company.