Herbal Technology : Recent Trends and Progress

Contents: Preface. 1. Herbal technology: concepts and prospects/M. Daniel. A. Medicinal Plants: 2. Phytotechnology-value addition to biodiversity through chemoprospection/A. Banerji. 3. Medicinal plants mentioned in Atharva Veda/Arun Arya. 4. Korku uses of some lesser known monocotyledonous ethnomedicinal plants of Melghat (Dist. Amravati)/Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Vinod D. Devarkar. 5. Medico-botanical survey of Vanaspatibet of Wadwal - Nagnath/S.D. Biradar, S. Modak and P.N. Kanthale. 6. Observations on ethnomedicinal plants of Danta Forest in North Gujarat/K.C. Patel and A.S. Reddy. 7. Conservation through propagation of the state flower Sassurea obvallata: an under-explored medicinal herb of Uttaranchal/Mitali Joshi and Uppendra Dhar. 8. Medicinal mushrooms for healthy life/Arun Arya and Chtra Arya. 9. Cultivation of Reishi mushroom [Ganoderma Lucidum (Layes) Karst]/Chitra Arya. 10. Micromorphological characters as biomarkers for some of the medicinal plants of Gujarat/Dipa Gohil, Vinay M. Raole and M. Daniel. 11. Pharmacognostic and phytochemical analysis of Ficus benghalensis Linn. and Ficus religiosa Linn./Richa Pandey and M. Daniel. 12. Pharmacognostic and phytochemical studies on Woodfordia floribunda Salisb. and Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Retz/Elizabeth M. Daniel, Susy Albert and M. Daniel. 13. Studies on the pharmacognosy and phytochemistry of one of the Balas, Sida veronicafolia Lam./Anamika Kumari and M. Daniel. 14. Pharmacognostic and phytochemical studies on Euphorbia thymifolia Linn. and E. hirta Linn./Sallykutty Thomas and M. Daniel. 15. Silica bodies as biomarkers of a few medicinal plants of the Poacea/Priya V. Nair and M. Daniel. 16. Studies on the biomarkers of Ammania baccifera Linn. and Lawsonia inermis Linn./Elizabeth M. Daniel, Susy Albert and M. Daniel. 17. Studies on the pharmacognosy and hypoglycemic activity of Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam./R. Remya and M. Daniel. 18. Effect of Cassia alata Linn. leaf extract on anti-oxidant enzymes in normal and streptozotocin induced diabetic rats/R. Remya, S. Sathya and A. Prakasam. 19. Studies on pharmacognosy and phytochemistry of Jatropha curcas Linn and Jatropha gossypifolia Linn./Sallykutty Thomas and M. Daniel. 20. TLC screening of in vitro produced phytosterols of Clerodendrum phlomidis L./Zankhana  Rathod, Monika Christian and O.P. Saxena. 21. In vitro produced flavonoids of Boerhavia diffusa Linn./Monika Christian, Zankhana Rathod and O.P. Saxena. 22. Curing of plasmid mediated vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus using herbal naphthoquinones/Sheetal Jahagirdar and P.K. Dhakephalkar. B. Natural Dyes: 23. Rohira (Tecomella Undulata) leaves, a new source of dye for cotton and silk fabric/Sabra Qureshi and Inderpal Rai. 24. Dyeing of cotton fabric with Katha and Ravenchi Wood/Anjali Karolia and Falguni Patel. 25. Dyeing of cotton with Bixa orellana Linn. seeds/E.M. Dedhia. 26. Dyeing of cotton, silk and wool yarns by babool (Prosopis juliflora) flowers/Vijaya Lunia and Shelly Arora. 27. Fermentation process in dyeing cotton and silk fabrics with banana peel (Musa Paradisiaca Var. Sapientum)/Inderpal Rai and Santosh Soni. 28. Application and evaluation of micro encapsulated perfumes on three textile fabrics/Deepa Rathi and Misty Rao. 29. Medicinal herbs for dyeing normal and grey hair/Shehnaz Y. Qureshi. C. Biopesticides: 30. Biocontrol agents and their interaction with agricultural crops/Dolly Kumar and Bhumika Naidu. 31. Control of toxicogenic fungi by essential oil from pericarp of Citrus/Neeta Sharma and Abhishek Tripathi. 32. Antifungal activity of floral extracts of Calotropis Procera and Mimusops Elengi/Vishal K. Muliya and Arun Arya. D. Biofertilisers: 33. Marine algae as a biofertiliser/Neelam Pereira, Verecar, X.N. and V.K. Dhargalkar. 34. Efficacy of biofertilisers with nitrogen levels on productivity of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)/H.P. Ponkia, K.H. Ribadia and D.R. Gondalia. 35. Yield potential of BGA biofertilisers for paddy crop/S.N. Nandan, K.B. Thakre and S.P. Khairnar. 36. Occurrence of A.M. Fungi-a phosphate fertilizer, in soils of Vadodara/Tanushree Chatterjee and Arun Arya. E. Biofuel: 37. Biogas - a potent biofuel: effect of different solid-to-water ratios on its production/Darshna Patel and P. Shilpkar. 38. Some new vegetable oils as sources of biofuel/Divya R. Nair, Purvi A. Patel and M. Daniel. Index. 

"Herbal Technology: Recent Trends and Progress is a comprehensive book on the various trends and the aspects of this recent branch of Botany. Herbal technology encompasses all the myriads of ways of utilizing the multifarious potentialities of plants for human welfare.

There are presently five aspects such as medicinal plants, natural dyes, biopesticides, biofertilizers and biofuel in this discipline, though more and more may added by the brilliant workers who tread this path at a later stage. Medicinal plants which form the first section contains a number of papers dealing with biomarkers, both pharmacognostic and phytochemical, on a good number of medicinal plants as well as many ethnobotanical surveys. Natural dyes form the second section and it covers the application of dyes from six plants such as Rohira, Katha, Ravenchi Wood, Annatto, Babool, banana on various textiles. A novel method of utilizing micro-encapsulated fragrances of lavender, rose, musk, lemon, sandalwood, tropical paradise and bouquet on various textiles in presented in another paper. In the third section on biopesticides, papers on biocontrol agents, control of toxicogenic fungi by phytochemicals and antifungal activity of plant extracts are included. In the section on biofertilizers papers on the utility of marine algae, blue green algae and Am fungi are included. In the last section, biofuels, the utility of biogas as well as a number of new sources of fatty oils have been presented.

This book will serve as a reference book for students, teachers and workers of medicinal plants, natural dyes, biopesticides, biofertilisers and biofuel. It will also of great use for NGOs and farmers who would be interested in value-addition of their trees, commercial manufacturers of natural products and even to a layman interested in the multifarious utilities of plants around."