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Bioprospecting of Tropical Medicinal Plants

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Editors:
  1. Karuppusamy Arunachalam

    1. Center for Studies in Stem Cells Cell Therapy and Toxicological Genetics (CeTroGen), Graduate Program in Health and Development in the Midwest RegionFaculty of Medicine (FAMED)Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS) Campo Grande, Cidade Universitária, Pioneiros, Brazil

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  2. Xuefei Yang

    1. Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources, Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming, China

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  3. Sreeja Puthanpura Sasidharan

    1. Department of Botany, NSS College Nemmara, Palakkad, India

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  • Covers a variety of techniques related to medicinal plants
  • Presents standardized analytical methods for the identification, isolation, structural elucidation of phytochemicals
  • Highlights drug discovery from tropical medicinal plants using molecular, nanotechnology and computational biology

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Table of contents (65 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Herbs Used by the Naga Tribes of Eastern Himalayas

    • Khikeya Semy, Ruokuonuo Kuotsu
    Pages 1-23

  3. Ethnomedicinal Use Reports of Seeds as Tapped from Herbal Vendors in North Maharashtra, India

    • Y. A. Ahirrao, M. V. Patil, D. A. Patil
    Pages 25-41

  4. An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers in Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary (GSWS) Tamil Nadu, India

    • Pious Soris Tresina, Murugeswaran Santhiya Selvam, Vallinayagam Sornalakshmi, Veerabahu Ramasamy Mohan
    Pages 43-106

  5. Ethnomedicinal Plants Used by Irula Tribal Settlement of Attappady in Palakkad District, Kerala, India

    • C. V. Jayalekshmi, Reshma K. Ramesh, M. Vijai, V. Suresh
    Pages 107-122

  6. Folk Medicine of Chittur Taluk in Palakkad District, Kerala, India

    • C. V. Jayalekshmi, S. Reshma, V. Suresh
    Pages 123-157

  7. Checklist Flora of Sunderdhunga Valley, Western Himalaya, with Emphasis on Ethno-Medicinal Plants

    • R. Manikandan, S. P. Nithya, R. Mehala Devi
    Pages 159-225

  8. Phytomedicines Used in Respiratory Diseases by Traditional Healers of Lakhimpur and Dhemaji Districts of Assam, India

    • Pinki Gogoi, Pyonim Lungphi, A. P. Das, Victor Singh Ayam
    Pages 227-241

  9. Understanding Phytomedicinal Gastronomic Culture of the Nagas in Nagaland, India

    • Lydia Yeptho, T. Ajungla
    Pages 243-252

  10. Medicinal Plants in the Indian Traditional Medicine and Current Practices

    • Ritee Basu, Sukanya Dasgupta, Spoorthy N. Babu, Ayesha Noor
    Pages 253-286

  11. Conservation of RET Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Their Traditional Medicines and Current Practices in Indian Himalayan Region

    • Rajeev Ranjan Kumar, Jaidev Chauhan, V. K. Purohit, P. Prasad, M. C. Nautiyal
    Pages 287-305

  12. Traditional Amchi Medicinal Practice in Trans-Himalaya of Nepal: Conservation and Bioprospecting

    • Neva Chaudhary, Suresh K. Ghimire, Ram P. Chaudhary
    Pages 307-327

  13. Appraisal of Medicinal Plants Diversity Inhabited in Deserts Areas

    • Salman Majeed, Muhammad Zafar, Mushtaq Ahmad, Shazia Sultana, Fethi Ahmet Ozdemir, Omer Kilic et al.
    Pages 329-356

  14. Bush Medicinal Plants of the Australian Wet Tropics and Their Biodiscovery Potential

    • Karma Yeshi, Phurpa Wangchuk
    Pages 357-379

  15. Trillium govanianum – A Promising Endemic Medicinal Herb of the Himalaya

    • Kausar Rashid, Sufiya Rashid, Aijaz Hassan Ganie, Irshad A. Nawchoo, Mudasir A. Tantry, Anzar A. Khuroo
    Pages 381-408

  16. Comprehensive Review on Wild Basil Genus Orthosiphon of Lamiaceae

    • K. Abirami, P. Revathi, K. Thenmozhi, K. Sowndhararajan
    Pages 409-426

  17. Zingiberaceae Plants: A Cornucopia of Promising Chemotherapeuticals for Cancer Cure

    • T. Soumya, P. R. Jayasree, P. R. Manish Kumar
    Pages 427-462

  18. Moringa oleifera Accessions: Perspectives and Application as Nutraceuticals and Phytomedicines

    • Nikita Patel, Ramar Krishnamurthy
    Pages 463-479

  19. An Overview of Ethnobotany, Phytochemicals, and Pharmacological Properties of Ficus Species

    • Sreeja Puthanpura Sasidharan, Xuefei Yang, Karuppusamy Arunachalam
    Pages 481-509

  20. Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don and Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz

    • Sunil Kumar, Bikarma Singh
    Pages 511-527
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About this book

This book focuses on natural products, in particular medicinal plants and their derived products, as an indispensable source of bioactive molecules that serve as either drug candidates or lead compounds for drug design and discovery . There are several advantages for plant-derived therapeutics, including wide availability, diverse pharmacological actions, and a generally good profile of safety and tolerability. Over the recent years, there have been numerous reports from clinical studies testifying the efficacy and safety of medicinal plants and phytochemicals in treating human diseases. A plethora of basic studies has also unraveled molecular mechanisms underlying the health benefits of herbal medicines. Nevertheless, issues such as identification of bioactive ingredients, standardization of the products, and drug interactions remain to be systematically documented. Bioprospecting of Tropical Medicinal Plants represents a comprehensive analysis of natural products, mainly medicinal plants and phytochemicals. It includes detailed medicinal properties and pharmacological action from in vitro models to clinical trials. The goal is to present the readers a carefully curated collection of plant-derived natural products and their underlying molecular mechanisms.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Studies in Stem Cells Cell Therapy and Toxicological Genetics (CeTroGen), Graduate Program in Health and Development in the Midwest RegionFaculty of Medicine (FAMED)Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS) Campo Grande, Cidade Universitária, Pioneiros, Brazil

    Karuppusamy Arunachalam

  • Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources, Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming, China

    Xuefei Yang

  • Department of Botany, NSS College Nemmara, Palakkad, India

    Sreeja Puthanpura Sasidharan

About the editors

Karuppusamy Arunachalam, PhD, is the Visiting Professor of Center for Studies in Stem Cells, Cell Therapy and Toxicological Genetics (CeTroGen), Graduate Program in Health and Development of the Midwest Region Faculdade de Medicina Dr. Hélio Mandetta (FAMED), Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul Brazil. He was awarded as a President’s International Fellowship Initiative, (PIFI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (2020), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Before joining the KIB in 2020, he spent 5 years in the Area Pharmacology Laboratory, Department of Basic Sciences in Health, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), Brazil as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. He is working on wide range of topics, including Ethnobotany, Biotechnology, Ethnopharmacology and Pre-clinical pharmacology, with a major focus being the herbal drug development. In recent years, he has been exploring Natural Products with an emphasis in phytochemical and Pharmacology, Neutraceuticals and Polysaccharides. Arunachalam K has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles. He published 4 books and 7 book chapters. In addition, he secured the 4 registered international patents (Brazil) and 1 granted National patent (India).


Xuefei Yang, PhD, Professor, is the group leader of Ethnobotany and Natural Resource Management of Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). She was trained in multidisciplinary such as Ethnoecology, Global Change Biology, Natural Resource Management, Biodiversity Conservation, Fungal Ecology, Spatial Ecology, and Forestry Ecology. She holds a PhD in Biology granted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006 and three Master Degrees from KIB in China, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) in the Netherlands, and the Center for Space Science, Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP, affiliated to the United Nations) in India, respectively. Since 2006, she worked as a scientist at KIB on a broad range of research topics and had been promoted as an associate Professor in 2010 and group leader of Ethnobotany in 2014. She has published around 70 research articles on peer-reviewed journals and three books.


Sreeja Puthanpura Sasidharan PhD, is an Assistant professor (contract) of Department of Botany, NSS College, Nemmara, Palakkad, Kerala, India. She has completed her graduation from Calicut University, Kerala and post-graduation, M.Phil and Ph.D from Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu. Presently she is working in the field of bioprospection of medicinal plants with phytochemical and pharmacological studies. She has published 13 research articles with the citation number of 85 in google scholar and 4 book chapters, in various reputed International journals/publishers. In addition, she has published two books in Springer International publisher. She have two years of teaching and 5 years of research experiences

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