Pharmacology of Bombax ceiba Linn.

This work is the first monograph devoted solely to Bombax ceiba, popularly known as the Red Silk Cotton Tree. Consisting of seven chapters, it covers all relevant aspects of this plant, from its historical and spiritual importance, to its botanical charac

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Vartika Jain Surendra K. Verma •

Pharmacology of Bombax ceiba Linn.

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Dr. Vartika Jain Department of Botany University College of Science Mohanlal Sukhadia University Udaipur 313003, Rajasthan India

ISSN 2193-4762 ISBN 978-3-642-27903-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-27904-1

Dr. Surendra K. Verma Department of Medicine Indigenous Drug Research Centre RNT Medical College Udaipur 313001, Rajasthan India

e-ISSN 2193-4770 e-ISBN 978-3-642-27904-1

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Foreword

The bio-cultural diversity of nature has gifted wide range of resources of therapeutically important ethno-medicinal plants. Presently numerous plants and their molecules have been screened and identified as natural bioactive products, which not only enrich the therapeutic compendium but also provide rich source of new pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, agrochemicals and others. The pharmaceutical industries are working on proving the benefits of various botanicals for our health and nutraceuticals for another rapidly expanding market. I found that this comprehensive treatise on Bombax ceiba Linn. has hi