Short description:

This book presents information on less known medicinal plant species in various regions of the world. The book investigates current advances in medicinal plant science and includes detailed information on the use of green nanotechnology, characterization of plants, conservation, and pharmacological activities of selected plants.

Long description:

Sustainable Uses and Prospects of Medicinal Plants presents information on less known and underexplored medicinal plant species in various regions of the world. The book investigates current advances in medicinal plant science and includes detailed information on the use of green nanotechnology, characterization of plants, conservation, revitalization, propagation, and pharmacological activities of selected plants. A volume in the Exploring Medicinal Plants series, it collects information on less known medicinal plant species in various regions of the world for documentation profiling their ethnobotany, developments in their phytochemistry, and pharmacological activities and provides an in-depth look at some specific herbal medicines of importance, threatened and less known species and addresses sustainable utilization and conservation of medicinal plants to ensure existence and use.

Appropriate for plant and biodiversity conservation organisations, community leaders, academicians, researchers, and pharmaceutical industry personnel, the book comprises innovative works with information of what is expected to address sustainability in the future.

Table of Contents:

1. Sustainable uses of medicinal plants and prospects: a brief overview






2. Protecting the endemism of threatened cyclotide-rich medicinal plants: The tropical African experience








3. Traditional medicinal plant use in improving the livelihoods and well-being of Namibian communities








4. Antiviral and Immune Boosting Potentials of Four Common Edible Flowers








5. Characterization and docking studies of immunomodulatory active compounds from Rhododendron arboreum Sm. leaves








6. Herbal and Traditional Medicine Practices against Viral Infections: Perspectives against COVID-19








7. Traditional herbal remedies used in management of acute bronchitis, common cold and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 in Southern Africa








8. Solanum nigrum seed viability and germination and soil modulation effect on seedling emergence








9. Indian medicinal plants and their potential against?coronaviruses








10. Scientific Evaluation and Biochemical Validation of Efficacy of Extracts and Phytochemicals from Zimbabwe: A Review of Prospects for Development of Bioproducts








11. Sustainable agricultural practices of industrially utilized tropical medicinal plants








12. Prospects for sustainable cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants in India








13. The role of indigenous knowledge systems in sustainable utilization and conservation of medicinal plants








14. Metabolomics approach: A tool for understanding Alzheimer?s Disease








15. Can phylogenetics clear plant taxonomic confusion for conservation and sound bioprospecting?








16. Spices as potential human disease panacea








17. Commercialization of medicinal plants: Opportunities for trade and concerns for biodiversity conservation








18. Ethnomedicinal and other ecosystem services provided by threatened plants: A case study of cycads








19. Discovery of antibacterial lead compounds from three South African marine algae








20. An endophytic Beauveria bassiana (Hypocreales) strain enhances the flavonol contents of Helichrysum petiolare








21. Ethnobotanical study of plants used for the management of diabetes mellitus in South Africa








22. Traditional healthcare practices of herbal drugs in Uttarakhand Himalayas, India








23. Physicochemical characterization, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory activities of turmeric-black cumin home-grown COVID-19 herbal mixture








24. Medicinal plants and the challenges of climate to health security in Nasarawa State, Northwest Nigeria