Contents: Vol. I. Preface. I. Potential and classification: 1. Potential of agroforestry as source of medicinal plants/A.S. Gill, A.K. Bisaria and S.K. Shukha. 2. Pharmacognosy of the plant Irvingia gabonensis (O'Rorke) Baill./E.M. Abdurahman, P.P. Rai, M. Shok and P.F. Olurinola. 3. Studies on the botanical identity of a Unani drug 'Badam-talkh'/Shamima Hashmi, Faizan Ahmad, M.A. Rashid and Wazahat Hussain. 4. Gliricidia sepium : a multipurpose legume for revegetating derelict ecosystems of the tropics/Nirmal Sharma, J.S. Qadry, B. Subramaniam and A.K. Sharma. II. Seed science and technology: 1. Development and maturation of soybean seed (Glycine max (L.) Merrill.)/A. Sabir-Ahamed and C.P. Thiagarajan. 2. Influence of delaying harvest on seed quality in soybean (Glycine max (l.) Merrill.)/A. Sabir-Ahamed and C.P. Thiagarajan. 3. Seed development and maturation of Echinochloa crus-galli/Jerlin R. and Jacqueline A. Selvaraj. 4. Standardisation of optimum season and seed treatments for yield and seed quality in Kolinji (Tephrosia purpurea Pers.)/N.S. Radha, K. Ramamoorthy and S. Sundareswaran. III. Diversity to plant development: 1. Foliar epidermis and petiole anatomy in some Nigerian Solanum Linn. Species in the sub-genus Leptostemonum (Bitt) Dun./H.C. Illoh and U.E. Inyang. 3. Rooting pattern of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf./A. Abdul Salam and Suja Eapen. IV. Diseases, symptoms and management of deficiencies: 1. Diseases of cultivated mints and their control/K.P. Singh and Akhtar Haseeb. 2. Effect of micronutrients applied at different growth stages of mulberry on the economic characters of silkworm (LXNB4D2)/N.V. Radha, P. Santhi and K. Ponnuswami. 3. Effect of combined micronutrient applied (Foliar sprayed) mulberry leaves on the economic characters of silkworm Bombyx mori, L./P. Santhi. V. Plant breeding and reproductive biology: 1. Studies on heterosis, combining ability and gene action for physical characters and yield in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)/R.N. Tewari, Ram Babu and D.C. Pachauri. 2. Morphogenetic responses of hardwood cuttings from 18 Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) varieties treated with Indole-Butyric Acid (IBA) and 2, 4-Dichlorophenoxy Acetic Acid (2,4-D) in Zaria, Nigeria/S.P. Bako and I.S. Majanbu. 3. Biology and growth of Portulaca quadrifida, L./K. Ponnuswamy, P. Santhi and O.S. Kandasamy. 4. Reproductive biology of some endangered medicinal plants of Kashmir Himalaya/M.A.A. Siddique, B.A. Wafai and Mehmooda. VI. Cytology and cytogenetics: 1. Chromosome configuration and evolution of base numbers in Anisomeles R. Br. (Lamiaceae)/J.E. Thoppil and J. Jose. 2. Breeding system of an important endangered medicinal plant (Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. Ex Royle) of Kashmir Himalaya - 1 Cytogenetics, resource allocation and propagation/M.A.A. Siddique, Mahmooda and B.A. Wafai. 3. Analysis of breeding system in Himalayan Mayapple : pollen mother cell meiosis and pollen production in Podophyllum hexandrum/M.A.A. Siddique, B.A. Wafai and Mahmooda. 4. Intranuclear distribution of Chiasmata in Rye Secale cereale L./D.B. Dhumale and K.P.S. Chauhan. Genera index. Author index.
Vol. II. Preface. VII. Traditional knowledge & future scope: 1. The practice of traditional medicine of the treatment of geriatric diseases/E.M. Abdurahman. 2. The practice of traditional medicine in the induction of local anesthesia/E.M. Abdurahman. 3. Evaluation of drug release from a new ointment base consisting of Dika Fat/E.M. Abdurahman, P.P. Rai, M. Shok and P.F. Olurinola. 4. Fixed oil from the stem of Cissus populnea Guill & Perr/H. Ibrahim, P.P. Rai, A.O. Adebayo and H.I. Abubakar. 5. Screening of Antiinflammatory agents from plant sources : newer perspectives/Surender Singh, Sumitra Yadav and Sangeeta Bhatia. 6. Folk herbal remedies for treating Diarrhoea and Dysentery in Uttar Pradesh, India/Zaheer Anwar Ali and V.K. Singh. 7. Folk herbal drugs of a Sub-Himalayan forest tract in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India - Gorakhpur forest division/V.K. Singh and Zaheer Anwar Ali. 8. Garlic - a medicine/S.P.S. Gill and P.S. Brar. 9. Plant drugs with hypoglycemic activity/M. Aslam, M.A. Jafri, Kalim Javed and Surender Singh. VIII. Tissue culture and biotechnological studies: 1. In Vitro pollen germination of some West African crop plants/L.S. Gill. 2. In Vitro regeneration of plantlets and differentiation of flower buds from explants of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L. Cultivar Jyoti)/Shikha Bansal and Y.K. Bansal. IX. Biochemical and biochemistry: 1. Effect of processed Amaranath leaves (Amaranthus spinosus) and maize meal on lipid metabolism in rats/Om Prakash. 2. Evaluation of Irvingia gabonensis seed fat as a suppository base/E.M. Abdurahman, P.P. Rai, M. Shok and P.F. Olurinola. 3. Relationship between organic and inorganic constituents of mulberry (Morus alba L.)/T.R. Rupa, M. Seshagiri Rao and K. Srinivasa Reddy. 4. Factors affecting production and quality of essential oil bearing crops/S.K. Tewari and P.N. Misra. 5. Chemotaxonomical studies on some species of Bauhinia L., Caesalpinia L., Cassia L., Hardwickia ROXB and Moullava adanson (Caesalpinioidea)/K. Kotreha and Y.N. Seethram. Genera index. Author index.
"Medicinal plant research has undergone a phenomenol growth during the last few decades and drug therapy based on traditional system of medicine now forms a major aspect of therapeutics. The wide acceptance of the earlier editions (Particularly Glimpses of Plant Research Vols. X & XI published in 1993) over more than a decade suggests that this series fills an important need. The present volume will satisfy this need more effectively. The present series of two parts will provide wide coverage on plant research with fundamental information on the breeding, plant development, reproductive biology, various disease of the plants, its cytology and cytogenetics and various pharmacological and therapeutic implications based on traditional knowledge cited in ancient system of medicine and modern scientific literature.
It is clear that the medicinal plant research as well as their therapeutic use has undergone major intellectual changes in recent years. I have attempted to reflect these changes by adding new material specially biotechnological research. I sincerely trust that this latest volume will assist students and researchers to provide new directions in medicinal plant research." (jacket)
