Herbal Insecticides, Repellents and Biomedicines: Effectiveness and Commercialization
This book looks closely at herbal product development and commercialisation. In spite of an ever-growing demand, there is a dearth of safe and effective herbal products that meet consumers’ expectations. Therefore, this book takes it upon itself to elabor
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Herbal Insecticides, Repellents and Biomedicines: Effectiveness and Commercialization
Herbal Insecticides, Repellents and Biomedicines: Effectiveness and Commercialization
Vijay Veer • Reji Gopalakrishnan Editors
Herbal Insecticides, Repellents and Biomedicines: Effectiveness and Commercialization
Editors Vijay Veer Defence Research Laboratory (Defence Research and Development Organisation) Tezpur, Assam, India
Reji Gopalakrishnan Defence Research Laboratory (Defence Research and Development Organisation) Tezpur, Assam, India
ISBN 978-81-322-2702-1 ISBN 978-81-322-2704-5 DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-2704-5
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Foreword
Indians have vast inherited knowledge about traditional and herbal medicines as India being one of the megacentres of biodiversity is home to a large number of plant and animal species. The traditional health-care practices in the country are based on the exploration of this rich biodiversity for the benefit of mankind. Most of the traditional practitioners use traditional medicines according to their own way including method of preparations, recipes, etc. But it is true that rationality or claims are perhaps missing when scientifically judged. The traditional medicines are composed of plants, minerals, and organic matter, whereas herbal drugs are prepared from medicinal plants and have phyto-constitution. The advancements in modem medicine have led to a scenario where many of these indigenous traditional knowledge resources were underutilized due to lack of their proper standardization. However, in recent times there is a renewed interest of academic and government institutions and pharmaceutical companies to tap the potential of natural products as sources of biome
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