That's great!!! Our group has lot of hidden talents of which we only get a glimpse. Congradulations, Nudrat ji,
On 18 December 2010 23:42, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > *Medicinal Plants: * A Holistic Approaches > > *Dr. Sayed Nudrat Zawar* > > * * > > *ISBN: **978-93-80235-58-5* > > *Details: 2011, xviii+ 600p.,figs.,tabls.,ind., 120 col.plts.,25cm* > > *Price: INR 2950.00 USD 90.00* > > > The present work traces the journey followed, giving a brief account of the > contribution of all the major civilizations to the development of medicinal > systems. The book further speaks about several prominent personalities of > each medicinal system who helped in shaping the system. Each civilization > recorded their medicinal knowledge in some or the other form that are called > the ‘Herbals’. This work gives a compilation of herbals from the > Mesopotamians until Renaissance period. Thus provides an insight into > medicinal practices of each period. These herbals were the source of > medicinal knowledge and were relied upon by medicinal practitioners until > the nineteenth century. > > > Nineteenth century led to the discovery of substances such as alkaloids, > glycosides, resins, volatile oils, gums, tannins, etc collectively called > secondary metabolites. A small fraction of these constituents have been > isolated and explored for their medicinal properties. Secondary metabolites > is very vast topic hence, selected categories of secondary metabolites have > been discussed. This book also discusses in brief, their biosynthesis along > with their role as pharmaceuticals. > > > Though Allopathy remains as the mainstream in health care, herbal medicines > have been main source of primary healthcare in many nations. These herbal > medicines are the synthesis of therapeutic experiences of generations of > practicing physicians of indigenous systems of medicine for over hundreds of > years. Each country, each region, each tribe has their own traditional > health care system. The practice, the belief and the basis of a few > traditional systems, prevalent in each continent are discussed providing a > brief insight into these traditional systems of medicine. > > > This book also includes monograph of 120 plants. Scientific data along with > traditional uses are included in these monographs to highlight their usage > as mainstream pharmaceuticals. > > > > *Chapter-1 :* Herbal Medicine : Evolution of Medicine and Human Society > > *Chapter-2 :* History of Medicinal Systems: Development Down the Ages > > *Chapter-3 :* Herbals: The Sources of Herbal Knowledge > > *Chapter-4 :* Phytochemicals: Source of Novel Therapeutic Compounds > > *Chapter-5 :* Traditional Medicine: Medicinal Systems Prevalent Today > > *Chapter-6 :* Monographs of Selected Plants > > > Glossary of Action > > Terminologies > > Colour Plates > > Bibliography > > > > Book can be obtained from the following publisher: > > > SUMIT PAL JAIN > > NEW INDIA PUBLISHING AGENCY > > 101, Vikas Surya Plaza, CU Block > > LSC market, Pitam Pura, New Delhi-88 (India) > > Tel: +91-011-27341616, 1717 > > web: www.nipabooks.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ITPmods" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<itpmods%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/itpmods?hl=en-GB. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1475 members & 57,000 messages on 16/12/10 & with a database of around 4400 species on 30/11/10)
