Inventory of Medicinal Plants of India

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Non-aryan civilization and medicinal plants in India. 3. Indian epics and medicinal plants. 4. Philosopher’s stone and medicine. 5. Secondary metabolites of plants and medicine. 6. Different Indian systems of medicine. 7. Concept of illness in traditional systems 8. Revitalization of ayurveda systems. 9. Role of traditional medicine in rural health care system. 10. System of medicinal plants in Indian flora. 11. Status of medicinal plants in Samhitas and Nighantus. 12. Present status of medicinal plants. 13. Chemically known alkaloids. 14. Protection and conservation of medicinal or otherwise economically potential plants. 15. Negative list of export 16. Domestic legislation: an overview. 17. Herbal heritage of India. 18. The period of study of Indian vegetable drugs. 19. Synoptic review of unani medicine. 20. Synoptic review of siddha system of medicine. 21. Synoptic review of Amchi system of medicine. 22. Synoptic review of tribal medicine. 23. Synoptic review of veterinary medicine. 24. Medicinal plants in Bible. 25. Medicinal plants in Quran. 26. Medicinal plants in the puranas. 27. Value addition of medicinal plants. 28. Discussion on promoting the traditional plants. 29. Market price of some medicinal plants. 30. List of British and Indian pharmacopeial plants grown in India. 31. List of crude drug dealers. 32. Presentation of the medicinal plants. 33. Enumeration of medicinal plants. 34. Plates. 35. Selected references. 36. Index to botanical names.