Herbal Technology: Recent Trends and Progress

Authors: M. Daniel, Arun Arya, & Vinay M. Raole
ISBN: 9788172334796
Book Format: Hard Bound
Binding: Hard Bound
Language: English
Edition: 1
Imprint: Scientific Publishers
Year: 2019
Pages: 308
Size (Inch): 6.5 x 9.75
Weight: 780 Gms

About the Book:
Herbal Technology: Recent Trends and Progress is a comprehensive book on the various trends and aspects of this recent branch of Botany. Herbal Technology encompasses all the diverse ways of utilizing the multifarious potentialities of plants for human welfare. There are currently five aspects in this discipline: Medicinal Plants, Natural Dyes, Biopesticides, Biofertilizers, and Biofuel, although more may be added as researchers continue exploring this field.

The first section on Medicinal Plants discusses biomarkers, both pharmacognostic and phytochemical, for a number of medicinal plants, along with several ethnobotanical surveys. The second section covers Natural Dyes, focusing on dyes from plants like Rohira, Katha, Ravenchi wood, Annatto, Babool, and Banana, applied on various textiles. In the Biofertilizers section, papers on the utility of marine algae, blue-green algae, and AM fungi are included. The final section, on Biofuels, presents the utility of biogas and various new sources of fatty oils.

This book serves as a reference for students, teachers, and professionals in fields such as Medicinal Plants, Natural Dyes, Biopesticides, Biofertilizers, and Biofuel.

Table of Contents:

1. Herbal technology: Concepts & Prospects

2. Phytotechnology-Value addition to Biodiversity through chemoprospection

3. Medicinal plants mentioned in Atharva Veda

4. Korku uses of some lesser-known monocotyledonous ethnomedicinal plants of Melghat

5. Medico-botanical survey of Vanaspatibet of Wadwal Nagnath

6. Observations on ethnomedicinal plants of Danta forest in North Gujarat

7. Conservation through propagation of the state flower Sassurea obvallata: an under-explored medicinal herb of Uttaranchal

8. Medicinal mushrooms for a healthy life

9. Cultivation of Reishi mushroom [G. lucidum (Layes) Karst]

10. Micromorphological characters as biomarkers for some medicinal plants of Gujarat

11. Pharmacognostic & phytochemical analysis of Ficus benghalensis Linn. & Ficus religiosa L.

12. Pharmacognostic and phytochemical studies on Woodfordia floribunda Salisb. and L. flos-reginae Retz.

13. Studies on the Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry of Sida veronicaefolia L.

14. Pharmacognostic and Phytochemical studies on Euphorbia thymifolia Linn. & E. hirta L.

15. Silica bodies as biomarkers of a few medicinal plants of the Poaceae

16. Studies on the biomarkers of Ammania baccifera L. & Lawsonia inermis Linn.

17. Studies on the pharmacognosy and hypoglycemic activity of Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.

18. Effect of C. alata Linn. leaf extract on anti-oxidant enzymes in normal & streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

19. Studies on Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry of Jatropha curcas Linn and Jatropha gossypifolia Linn

20. TLC screening of in vitro produced phytosterols of Clerodendrum phlomidis L.

21. In vitro produced flavonoids of Boerhavia diffusa Linn.

22. Curing of plasmid-mediated vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus using herbal naphtho-quinones

23. Rohira (Tecomella undulata) leaves, a new source of dye for cotton and silk fabric

24. Dyeing of cotton fabric with Katha and Ravenchi wood

25. Dyeing of cotton with Bixa orellana Linn. seeds

26. Dyeing of cotton, silk & wool yarns by Babool (Prosopis juliflora) flowers

27. Fermentation process in dyeing cotton and silk fabrics with banana peel

28. Application and evaluation of microencapsulated perfumes on three textile fabrics

29. Medicinal herbs for dyeing normal and grey hair

30. Biocontrol agents and their interaction with agricultural crops

31. Control of toxicogenic fungi by essential oil from the pericarp of Citrus

32. Antifungal activity of floral extracts of Calotropis procera & Mimusops elengi

33. Marine algae as a biofertilizer

34. Efficacy of biofertilizers with nitrogen levels on the productivity of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

35. Yield potential of BGA Biofertilizers for paddy crop

36. Occurrence of A.M. Fungi as a phosphate fertilizer in soils of Vadodara

37. Biogas: A potent biofuel

38. Some new vegetable oils as sources of biofuel