ABSTRACT

This book highlights the importance of traditional medicines, focuses on the standardization of herbal medicine and evaluates opportunities for advancing drug research. It addresses issues in utilization of medicinal plants and shares the importance of herbs in neutraceutics. It provides most competitive techniques being used in research.

chapter 1|16 pages

Cabbage

A Storehouse of Nutraceuticals

chapter 2|30 pages

Phytonutrients

Their Relevance to Human Health

chapter 3|26 pages

Lukoskin

An Effective Herbal Treatment of Leucoderma Developed by Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research (DRDO), Haldwani

chapter 5|12 pages

Antidiabetic Herbal Formulations

An Effective Therapeutic Approach to Diabetes

chapter 8|28 pages

Promise of Medicinal Plants for Neurodegenerative Disease

Alzheimer’s, A Review

chapter 10|30 pages

Schefflera Genus (Araliaceae)

A Review of Its Botanical Description, Ethnobotanical Uses, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology