Ethnobotany, 2 Volume Set

Ethnobotany deals with relationship between people and plants. Since ancient times plants were used to cure all types of illness and diseases all over the world. The traditional knowledge of medicincal valued plants communicated from one generation to another generation and plays a significant role in the development of traditional medicines. The ethnobotanical research provides information about medicinal plants that can cure fatal diseases.

This book has fourteen chapters that include various aspect of Ethnobotany viz: Introduction to Ethnobotany; Ethnobotany: Past, Present and Future; Ethnobotany and Ayurveda; Important Sacred Plants in India; Grace of Butter tree; Diversity, Indigenous use of the Ethnomedicinal flora of various plants of India; Ethnobotany and Modern system of Medicine; Plants of folklore from myth to magic; Different tribal committee of India and Historical journey and its prospective in India.

This book is highly relevant to innovated and enhance knowledge about Ethnobotany and helpful for undergraduate, post-graduate students, research scholars and faculty. The book incorporates chapters authored by eminent botanists who are working in the field of Ethnobotany since a long time.

Ethnobotany, Volume 1

List of Contributors
Preface

Chapter 1 : Introduction to Ethnobotany
Chapter 2 : Ethnobotany : Past, Present and Future Scenario
Chapter 3 : Ethnobotany and Ayurveda
Chapter 4 : Ethnobotanically Important Sacred Plants in India
Chapter 5 : The Grace of Butter Tree (Madhuca Species) : Ethnobotanical Uses and Traditional Practices
Chapter 6 : A Review of Distribution, Diversity, Indigenous Use and Utilization of the Ethnomedicinal Flora of Doon Valley, Uttarakhand, India
Chapter 7 : Role of Ethnobotany in Modern Medicines with Special Reference to Rauvolfia Serpentina, Trichopus Zeylanicus, Artemisia Species and Withania Somnifera
Chapter 8 : Selected Ethnomedicinal Plants used by Tribals in Pratapgarh District, Rajasthan
Chapter 9 : Indigenous Medicinal Practices of Gaddi Tribal Community in Western Himalaya
Chapter 10 : Ethnobotany and Indian Traditional Systems of Medicine
Chapter 11 : Plants of Folklore : From Myth to Magic
Chapter 12 : Ethnobotany : A Historical Journey and It's Prospects in India
Chapter 13 : Tribal Communities of India : A Review
Chapter 14 : Ethno-medicinal Plants Used Among the Tribal and Rural People of Poonch District in PirPanjal Region of Jammu and Kashmir

Ethnobotany, Volume 2

List of Contributors
Preface

Chapter 1 : Ethno-medicinal Importance of Quranic and Prophetic Plants
Chapter 2 : The Study of Some Crude Drugs of Fruit Origin
Chapter 3 : Ethnobotanical Study of Flora of Manipur, A Biodiversity Hotspot Region of North East India
Chapter 4 : Phytomolecules in Treatment of Urolithiasis : A Review
Chapter 5 : Ethnobotany as a Tool to Protect the Interests of Ethnic Group
Chapter 6 : Traditionally Used Medicinal Plants for Cancer Theraphy
Chapter 7 : Phyto-molecules and Diabetes
Chapter 8 : Natural Resource Use Pattern for Self Sustenance by the Natives of Tissa Region of Himachal Pradesh in Western Himalaya, India
Chapter 9 : Legal Perspectives of Usage, Commercialization and Protection of Traditional and Drug-Yielding Plants in India
Chapter 10 : Forest Dwellers to Knowledge Spreaders : Participatory Forest Management in India
Chapter 11 : Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights
Chapter 12 : Ethnobotanical Survey : An Approach to Drug Discovery
Chapter 13 : Role of Spices in Cancer Treatment
Chapter 14 : Ethnomusicology