Ethnobotany of India, Volume 5
The Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India
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Ethnobotany of India, Volume 5
The Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India
About This Book
Ethnobotany of India, Volume 5: The Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India is the fifth of a five-volume set on the ethnobotany of India. Bringing together in one place information on the ethnobotany of the Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India, this volume presents the valuable details of the ethnobotanical aspects of many plants of the region. Competent authors have been selected to summarize information on the various aspects of ethnobotany of India, such as ethnoecology, traditional agriculture, cognitive ethnobotany, material sources, traditional pharmacognosy, ethnoconservation strategies, bioprospection of ethno-directed knowledge, and documentation and protection of ethnobotanical knowledge.
With chapters written by experts in the field, the book provides comprehensive information on the tribals (the indigenous populations of the region) and knowledge on plants that grow around them. The volume looks at
- ethnic diversity of people of the region
- ethnic food plants and food preparation
- ethnomedical aspects of plants of the region, including hepatoprotective properties, uses to alleviate skin diseases, contraceptive uses,
- the trade in Indian medicinal plants
- mulitidisciplinary approaches for herbal medicine exploration
The volume includes the details of the plants studies, their medicinal uses, their scientific names, the specific parts used, and how the plants are used, providing the what, how, and why of plant usage. The book is well illustrated with 23 color and 6 b/w illustrations.
Together, the five volumes in the Ethnobotany of India series presents the available ethnobotanical knowledge of India in one place. India's ancient and culturally rich and diverse information and use of ethnobotany will be valuable to those in the fields of botany and plant sciences, pharmacognosy and pharmacology, nutraceuticals, and others. The books also consider the threat to plant biodiversity imposed by environmental degradation, which impacts cultural diversity.
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R&D - Phytochemistry and Pharmacognosy, Sami labs Ltd, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore, India, E-mail: [email protected]
Department of Botany, Kakatiya University, Warangal-506009, India, E-mail: [email protected]
Centre of Repository of Medicinal Resources, School of Conservation of Natural Resources, Foundation for Revitalization of Local Healthand Traditions, 74/2, Jarakabande Kaval, Attur P.O., Via Yelahanka, Bangalore - 560106, India, E-mail: [email protected]
Department of Botany, Kakatiya University, Warangal - 560009, Telangana, India
Stri Roga & Prasuti Tantra (Gyne & Obs), SKSS Ayurvedic Medical College, Sarabha, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, E-mail: [email protected]
R&D - Phytochemistry and Pharmacognosy, Sami Labs Ltd, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore-560058, India, E-mail: [email protected]
Centre of Repository of Medicinal Resources, School of Conservation of Natural Resources, Foundation for Revitalization of Local Healthand Traditions, 74/2, Jarakabande Kaval, Attur P.O., Via Yelahanka, Bangalore - 560106, India, E-mail: [email protected]
Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan-731235, West Bengal
Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam - 530003, India
R&D Center for Conservation Biology and Plant Biotechnology, Shivashakti Biotechnologies Limited, S. R. Nagar, Hyderabad - 500038, Telangana, India, E-mail: [email protected]
Department of Genetics, Shadan P. G. Institute of Biosciences for Women, Osmania University, Hyderabad - 500004, Telangana, India, E-mail: [email protected]
Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur-515003, Andhra Pradesh, India, E-mail: [email protected]
Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan - 731235, West Bengal, India, E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Department of Pharmacognosy, Hindu College of Pharmacy, Guntur - 522002, A.P., India, E-mail: [email protected]
Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam - 530003, India
Department of Botany, PMB Gujarati Science College, Indore - 452001, Madhya Pradesh, India, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam - 530003, India, E-mail: [email protected]
Value Added Corporate Services Pvt. Ltd, Chennai - 600090, Tamil Nadu, India
Arogyadham (J.R.D. Tata Foundation for Research in Ayurveda and Yoga Sciences), Deendayal Research Institute, Chitrakoot, Dist. Satna (M.P) - 485334, India, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Department of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad - 500007, Telangana, India, E-mail: [email protected]
Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam - 530003, India
Centre of Repository of Medicinal Resources, School of Conservation of Natural Resources, Foundation for Revitalization of Local Healthand Traditions, 74/2, Jarakabande Kaval, Attur PO., Via Yelahanka, Bangalore - 560106, India, E-mail: [email protected]
Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR - National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow - 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India, E-mail: [email protected]
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
AAAS | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
AICRPE | All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Ethnobiology |
AIT | Automated Identification Technology |
ASU | Ayurveda, Siddha, or Unani |
AZ | Azadirachtin |
CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
CDER | Centr... |
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