Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh and West Bengal
Botany, Natural Products, & Ethnopharmacology
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- English
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Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh and West Bengal
Botany, Natural Products, & Ethnopharmacology
About This Book
Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh and West Bengal is a complete compendium. It provides the scientific name, classification, local name(s), historical background, local medicinal uses, botanical description, chemical constituents, pharmacological activity and toxicology of more than 100 medicinal spices used in Bengal. Chemical structures of active constituents are provided as well as numerous references. This book is an indispensable tool for researchers, as well as graduates in various disciplines, including pharmacy, pharmacology, medicine, biotechnology, nutrition, cosmetology and drug development. It is also suitable for anyone who is looking for natural products as leads to be developed in therapeutics, functional nutrition or cosmetology.
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Focuses on a group of herbs with economic importance – the spices. These herbs demonstrate the richness of chemical diversity and potential pharmacological applications
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Features field photos with local healers, markets and mode of preparation as well as providing a complete monograph for each plant
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Discusses the collection and observation of each medicinal spice and presents the ethnopharmacology recorded by the author in Bengal
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Provides a wealth of scientific information on medicinal spices from an expert in the field
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Fills an important niche due to the increasing global interests in natural foods and botanical drugs
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1 Family Acanthaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
1.1 Acanthus ilicifolius L.
1.2 Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Wall. ex Nees
1.3 Barleria longifolia L.
1.4 Barleria prionitis L.
1.5 Ecbolium linneanum Kurz.
1.6 Justicia adhatoda L.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction to Book Series
- Preface
- About the Author
- Chapter 1 Family Acanthaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 2 Family Acoraceae Martynov 1820
- Chapter 3 Family Agavaceae Dumortier 1829
- Chapter 4 Family Alangiaceae A.P. de Candolle 1828
- Chapter 5 Family Alismataceae Ventenat 1799
- Chapter 6 Family Amaranthaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 7 Family Anacardiaceae R. Brown 1818
- Chapter 8 Family Annonaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 9 Family Apiaceae Lindley 1836
- Chapter 10 Family Apocynaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 11 Family Araceae A.L. de Jussieu 1763
- Chapter 12 Family Arecaceae Schultz-Schultzenstein 1832
- Chapter 13 Family Aristolochiaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 14 Family Asphodelaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 15 Family Asteraceae Martynov 1820
- Chapter 16 Family Balsaminaceae Berchtold and J. Presl 1820
- Chapter 17 Family Bignoniaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 18 Family Bombacaceae Kunth 1822
- Chapter 19 Family Brassicaceae Burnett 1835
- Chapter 20 Family Bromeliaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 21 Family Burseraceae Kunth 1824
- Chapter 22 Family Caprifoliaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 23 Family Clusiaceae Lindley 1836
- Chapter 24 Family Combretaceae R. Brown 1810
- Chapter 25 Family Convolvulaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 26 Family Crassulaceae J. Saint-Hilaire 1805
- Chapter 27 Family Cucurbitaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 28 Family Cyperaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 29 Family Dilleniaceae R.A. Salisbury 1807
- Chapter 30 Family Dioscoreaceae R. Brown 1810
- Chapter 31 Family Dipterocarpaceae Blume 1825
- Chapter 32 Family Dracaenaceae Salisbury 1866
- Chapter 33 Family Ebenaceae Gürke 1891
- Chapter 34 Family Euphorbiaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 35 Family Fabaceae Lindley 1836
- Chapter 36 Family Flacourtiaceae Richard ex A.P. de Candolle 1824
- Chapter 37 Family Gentianaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 38 Family Gesneriaceae Richard et A.L. de Jussieu ex A.P. de Candolle 1816
- Chapter 39 Family Hydrophyllaceae R. Brown 1817
- Chapter 40 Family Lamiaceae Martynov 1820
- Chapter 41 Family Lauraceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 42 Family Lecythidaceae A. Richard 1825
- Chapter 43 Family Leeaceae Dumortier 1829
- Chapter 44 Family Liliaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 45 Family Lythraceae Jaume Saint-Hilaire 1805
- Chapter 46 Family Malpighiaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 47 Family Malvaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 48 Family Meliaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 49 Family Menispermaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 50 Family Molluginaceae Bartling 1825
- Chapter 51 Family Moraceae Link 1831
- Chapter 52 Family Moringaceae Martynov 1820
- Chapter 53 Family Musaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 54 Family Myrtaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 55 Family Nymphaeaceae R.A. Salisbury 1805
- Chapter 56 Family Oleaceae Hoffmannsegg et Link 1809
- Chapter 57 Family Onagraceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 58 Family Orchidaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 59 Family Oxalidaceae R. Brown 1818
- Chapter 60 Family Pandanaceae R. Brown 1810
- Chapter 61 Family Passifloraceae A.L. de Jussieu ex Roussel 1806
- Chapter 62 Family Phyllanthaceae Martynov 1820
- Chapter 63 Family Plumbaginaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 64 Family Poaceae Barnhart 1895
- Chapter 65 Family Polygonaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 66 Family Ranunculaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 67 Family Rhamnaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 68 Family Rosaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 69 Family Rubiaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 70 Family Rutaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 71 Family Santalaceae R. Brown 1810
- Chapter 72 Family Sapindaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 73 Family Sapotaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 74 Family Scrophulariaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 75 Family Smilacaceae Ventenat 1799
- Chapter 76 Family Solanaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 77 Family Sterculiaceae E.P. Ventenat ex Salisbury 1807
- Chapter 78 Family Tiliaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 79 Family Ulmaceae Mirbel 1815
- Chapter 80 Family Urticaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 81 Family Verbenaceae J. Saint-Hilaire 1805
- Chapter 82 Family Vitaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789
- Chapter 83 Family Zingiberaceae Martynov 1820
- References
- Bibliography
- Index of Binomial Denominations
- Index of Common Names
- Index of Local Names