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Medicinal Plants: Conservation Cultivation and Utilisation by Chopra, A K

ISBN: 9788170354864
Binding: Hard Bound
Biblio: xxiii+434p., col. plts., figs., tabls., ind., 25 c
Weight: 1055 gms
Pages: 457
Imprint: Daya Publishing House
Year: 2007
Price : Rs 2200.00
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About the Book
Local health traditions cannot be revitalized without ensuring the health of their medicinal plants resources base. For along term and sustainable utilization programme for medicinal plants, it is imperative that medicinal plants are not only domesticated and put under cutlivation, but also conserved in the wild. This book is first of its kind thereby adding a new dimension to the cultivation, conservation and utilisation of medicinal plants. According to current estimates about three fourth of the herbal drugs produced in India are used for curing human ailments. Based on different researchers, strategies on conservation, cultivation and utilization on medicinal plants, the book profiles over 100’s of such type of plants, which have been reported by different scientists, researchers, academicians and scholars of the country. The book highlights the current status of important medicinal plants of India and also has some interesting and vital tips. The book will be useful for research institutions, agencies, NGOs, scientists, academicians, importers and exporters, growers, suppliers, medicinal garden owners and all those working in the allied fields.