Seabuckthorn : (Hippophae spp.): The Golden Bush

Contents: Foreword. Preface. List of contributors. 1. Botany of seabuckthorn/O.P. Chaurasia, Basant Ballabh and Zakwan Ahmed. 2. Morphology and anatomy of Seabuckthorn/Ranjit Singh, S.N. Mishra, Sanjai K. Dwivedi and Zakwan Ahmed. 3. Seabuckthorn in Ladakh/Sanjai K. Dwivedi, T. Stobdan and Shashi Bala Singh. 4. Seabuckthorn in Himachal Pradesh/Virendra Singh. 5. I. Seabuckthorn in Uttarakhand/V.K. Yadav, S.K. Sharma, V.K. Sah, V.K. Rao and Rohit Bisht. II. Seabuckthorn in Uttarakhand/H.B. Naithani and N.S. Bist. 6. Seabuckthorn in Sikkim Himalayas/B.C. Basistha. 7. Seabuckthorn in SOWA-RIGPA (Tibetan Medicine)/Padma Gurmet. 8. Seabuckthorn for food and health/Farhath Khanum and A.S. Bawa. 9. Nutritive value of fruits of seabuckthorn/Deepa H. Dwivedi and Sanjai K. Dwivedi. 10. Fodder values of seabuckthorn/V.K. Sharma, J.S. Chauhan and Desy Rani. 11. Phytochemical investigation on Indian seabuckthorn/K.P. Suja, K.S. Pradeep Kumar and A. Banerji. 12. Process for extraction oil and juice from seabuckthorn/V.V. Venugopalan, A. Ranjith, K. Sarinkumar and C. Arumughan. 13. Bioactive substances and therapeutic uses of Seabuckthorn/T. Parimelazhagan, O.P. Chaurasia and Zakwan Ahmed. 14. Mechanical harvesting of fruits of Seabuckthorn/Gautam Biswas, Sanjai K. Dwivedi, Sanjeev Sagar and T. Stobdan. 15. Frankia - Actinomycete symbiont of seabuckthorn/T. Stobdan, Sanjai K. Dwivedi and Zakwan Ahmed. 16. Seabuckthorn community structure, Frankia diversity and nitrogen fixation in the zones of North Sikkim/Bipin Kumar Sharma, Hridip Kumar Sharma, A.K. Shukla and S.C. Tiwari. 17. I. Neuro-chemical and neuro-psychophysiological modulation by "Seabuckthorn" with special reference to Senile Dementia of Alzheimer type and Parkinson's disease/Aruna Agrawal, G. Victor Rajamanickam and G.P. Dubey. II. Modulation of scholastic performance of protein energy malnourished (PEM) Children by seabuckthorn/Abhilasha Sharma, Aruna Agarwal, G. Victor Rajamanickam and G.P. Dubey. III. Seabuckthorn as an immunomodulatory agent with reference to age-related immuno-senescence/Aruna Agarwal, Sushma Tiwari, G.Victor Rajamanickam and G.P. Dubey. IV. Parkinson disease and role of seabuckthorn/Aruna Agarwal, Sushma Tiwari, G.Victor Rajamanickam and G.P. Dubey. V. Antioxidant effect of seabuckthorn/Aruna Agarwal, Sushma Tiwari, G.Victor Rajamanickam and G.P. Dubey. 18. Conservation of genetic resources of seabuckthorn/Sandhya Gupta and Sanjai K. Dwivedi. 19. Exploring seabuckthorn genome using molecular tools/R. Ghangal, S. Raghuvanshi and P.C. Sharma. Index. About the editors.

"Seabuckthorn (Hippophae species) is a miraculous plant of the cold arid Himalayan region. It is also found growing naturally in various countries of Asia, Europe and America. Almost every part of the plant, particularly fruits and leaves, are a rich source of vitamins and other bioactive substances like carotenoids, flavonoids and sterols etc., which provide it rich nutritional and medicinal properties. The fruit pulp and seed contains valuable oil which is used in preparation of various health foods, cosmetics and medicines. Recently, it has attracted attention of researchers, industrialists and ecologists alike, for its multipurpose value.

The principle aim of this book is to provide scientific information on seabuckthorn. This edited book covers most of the aspects such as distribution, botany, genetic diversity, properties/ phytochemistry, propagation, cultivation, harvesting, conservation and utilization etc. of seabuckthorn. The book includes 19 chapters contributed by 47 experts belonging to 23 different institutions. The chapters have been critically reviewed by eminent experts in the field. The present compilation would be extremely useful for the scientists, academicians, industrialist, environmentalists and people associated with ethnobotany, traditional medical systems and natural products."