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Springer Medicinal And Aromatic Plants Healthcare And Industrial Applications 2021 Edition by Aftab T.
Before the concept of history began, humans undoubtedly acquired life benefits by discovering medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) that were food and medicine. Today, a variety of available herbs and spices are used and enjoyed throughout the world and continue to promote good health. The international market is also quite welcoming for MAPs and essential oils. The increasing environment and nature conscious buyers encourage producers to produce high quality essential oils. These consumer choices lead to growing preference for organic and herbal based products in the world market. As the benefits of medicinal and aromatic plants are recognized, these plants will have a special role for humans in the future. Until last century, the production of botanicals relies to a large degree on wild-collection. However, the increasing commercial collection, largely unmonitored trade, and habitat loss lead to an incomparably growing pressure on plant populations in the wild. Therefore, medicinal and aromatic plants are of high priority for conservation. _x000D__x000D_Given the above, we bring forth a comprehensive volume, "Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Healthcare and Industrial Applications", highlighting the various healthcare, industrial and pharmaceutical applications that are being used on these immensely important MAPs and its future prospects. This collection of chapters from the different areas dealing with MAPs caters to the need of all those who are working or have interest in the above topic._x000D_ Table of contents :- History and role of medicinal and aromatic plants in human healthSheng QinThe key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Medicinal Plant of Jiangsu Province, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, ChinaEmail: shengqin@jsnu.edu.cnSecondary metabolites of medicinal and aromatic plants and their disease fighting propertiesPaul HorrocksSchool of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Hornbeam Building,Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UKEmail: p.d.horrocks@keele.ac.ukHealthcare challenges in developing countries: Role of medicinal and aromatic plantsWen-Quan WangSchool of Chinese Pharmacy, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China Email: wwq57@126.comMarketing of medicinal plants: A growing commercial sectorChandra Prakash KalaNational Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Health & FamilyWelfare, Government of India, 36- Janpath, Chandralok Building, NewDelhi- 110 001, IndiaEmail: cpkala@yahoo.co.ukInternational market prospects for medicinal and aromatic plantsRalf R. MendelDepartment of Plant Biology, Braunschweig University of Technology, GermanyEmail: r.mendel@tu-bs.deThe conservation and utilization of medicinal plant resourcesElisabeth HsuInstitute of social and cultural anthropology, Faculty of oriental studies, University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomEmail: Elisabeth.hsu@anthro.ox.ac.ukEconomic importance of medicinal plants in developing countriesTewin TencomnaoAge-Related Inflammation and Degeneration Research Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok- 10330, ThailandEmail: tewintencomnao@gmail.comPhytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicity of important medicinal plantsTomokazu Kohiba-KoshibaDepartment of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JapanEmail: tomokazu@c.metro-u.ac.jpImproving quality of medicinal and aromatic plants though technological developmentsShashi Pandey RaiLaboratory of Morphogenesis, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, IndiaEmail: shashi.bhubotany@gmail.comUnderstanding the mechanisms of action of medicinal plants Lucie BeaulieuDepartement des Sciences des Aliments, Institut sur la Nutrition et les Aliments Fonctionnels (INAF), 2425, rue de l'Agriculture, Universite Laval, Quebec, QC G1V 0A6, CanadaEmail: lucie.beaulieu@fsaa.ulaval.caIndustrial utilization of medicinal and aromatic plantsH. J. Barrales-CurenoLaboratorio de Productos Naturales, Area de Quimica, Departamento de Preparatoria Agricola. AP74 Oficina de correos Chapingo, Universidad Autonoma Chapingo, Km 38.5 Carretera Mexico-Texcoco, Texcoco Estado de Mexico, 56230.Email: hebert.jair@uiep.edu.mxIntroduction of green technology for extraction of active constituents from medicinal and aromatic plantsMauji RamGreen Technology Department, Ipca Laboratories Ltd., Sejavta-457002, Dist. Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaEmail: tyagi_mjt@rediffmail.comPhytoremediation potential of medicinal and aromatic plantsShafaqat AliDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Faisalabad, PakistanEmail: shafaqataligill@yahoo.comMedicinal and aromatic plants and herbal drugsKhalid Rehman HakeemDepartment of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Makkah Province, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaEmail: kur.hakeem@gmail.comAromatic plants as a source of bioactive compounds and uses in fragrance industryPriyanka VermaPlant Biotechnology Division, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226015, IndiaEmail: priyankaurbest@gmail.comEssential oil-bearing plants and their commercial valueM. Masroor A. KhanDepartment of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, IndiaEmail: masruur@gmail.comEntrepreneurship and agribusiness development through medicinal and aromatic plantsJ. B. KomaraiahDepartment of Economics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221 005, U.P. Email: jbkomaraiah@gmail.com