Medicinal Plants From Farm to Pharmacy
This book offers a fresh look on a variety of issues concerning herbal medicine - the methods of growing and harvesting various medicinal plants; their phytochemical content; medicinal usage; regulatory issues; and mechanism of action against myriad of hu
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inal Plants From Farm to Pharmacy
Medicinal Plants
Nirmal Joshee • Sadanand A. Dhekney Prahlad Parajuli Editors
Medicinal Plants From Farm to Pharmacy
Editors Nirmal Joshee Agricultural Research Station Fort Valley State University Fort Valley, GA, USA Prahlad Parajuli Department of Neurosurgery Wayne State University Detroit, MI, USA
Sadanand A. Dhekney Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD, USA
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Foreword
Plants have been used to satisfy a wide variety of human needs since the dawn of civilization, especially those that contribute towards meeting the increasing demand for food. A number of plant species that provide health benefits in addition to meeting the dietary needs have been discovered and used for the prevention and treatment of ailments. While such plant species were primarily collected from the wild, processed locally, and used in conjunction with local traditions, there has been an increasing trend in the commercial cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants, large-scale extraction of the active compounds, along with their processing and marketing as dietary supplements. Furthermore, several chemical compounds with specific mode of action in the human body have been discovered, tested, and produced as drugs. This trend has been catalyzed by sharing of information across the globe, providing impetus to research towards discovering potential life-saving drugs. This has also facilitated regulations to ensure generation o
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