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The phytochemical investigation of the roots of Aegle marmelos revealed the presence of secondary metabolites like alkaloids, anthraquinones, cardiac glycosides, flavonoids, glycosides, phenols, saponins, steroids, tannins, terpenoids, amino acids, and ca
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nal Plants: Biodiversity, Sustainable Utilization and Conservation
Medicinal Plants: Biodiversity, Sustainable Utilization and Conservation
Shaik Mahammad Khasim Chunlin Long Kanchit Thammasiri • Henrik Lutken Editors
Medicinal Plants: Biodiversity, Sustainable Utilization and Conservation
Editors Shaik Mahammad Khasim Department of Botany and Microbiology Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India Kanchit Thammasiri Department of Plant Science Mahidol University, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
Chunlin Long College of Life and Environmental Sciences Minzu University of China Beijing, China Henrik Lutken Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences University of Copenhagen Taastrup, Denmark
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Preface
Plant wealth has been a source of medicine since the inception of human civilization. In spite of tremendous development in the field of synthetic drugs and antibiotics during the twenty-first century, plants play a vital role in modern as well as traditional medicine across the globe. According to WHO, 3.5 billion people have been depending on traditional medicine because of its safety features and effective curing of diseases. In recent past, there was a paradigm shift towards the herbal medicine for the reason that the pronounced adverse effects of many synthetic drugs and chemicals. Over 35,000 plants have been used in various human cultures around the world, while about 20,000 plants are marked for medicines and cosmetics. India is at the forefront in usi
