Chemistry of Phytopotentials: Health, Energy and Environmental Perspectives
Since the beginning of human civilization, plants have been our true companions. Plants contribute not only to our existence but also serve us through discovery, design and the treatment of various diseases where there is no satisfactory cure in modern me
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L. D. Khemani, M. M. Srivastava, S. Srivastava (Eds.)
Chemistry of Phytopotentials: Health, Energy and Environmental Perspectives
Editors Prof. L D Khemani Prof. M M Srivastava Dr. Shalini Srivastava
ISBN 978-3-642-23393-7 e-ISBN 978-3-642-23394-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-23394-4 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011938817 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
From the down of human civilization man is in close contact of nature and is still trying to find out solutions of their problems from natural sources. The plants have been considered as the most natural of all the other natural things and, therefore, attracted the attention of scientific community. There was a time not too long ago when most compounds came from plants. But beginning about 50 years ago, chemistry took over the charge from botany and started synthesizing the compounds. Infact, with increasing population, maintenance of our current standard of living and improvement in our quality of life forced the society to depend on the products of chemical industry. The 20th century has been highly successful in this regards. However, with advent of 21st century, a wave of environmental awareness and consciousness is developed regarding the side effects of used and generated hazardous chemical substances. An increasing concern is realized for using renewable natural resources in a manner which does not diminish their usefulness for sustainable development of future generations. Today, chemists, botanists, microbiologists, environmentalists, engineers and medicos have joined their hands for greening the chemistry and working for the search of remedies from natural resources.
The research all over the world on known and unknown plants has resulted in good amount of natural magic bullets. These researches have created interest and awareness among the people and they are changing their taste. The picture of advertisements noticed these days demonstrates the unmistakable trends of popularity of natural green products. Phytochemicals are classified as prim
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