Ethnomedicinal Plants for Drug Discovery: Current Developments [Hardcover]

This book explains the translational aspects of ethnomedicinal plants of different geographical regions including India by explaining the medicinal properties against several diseases, genomic evolution in changing environments, metabolic profiling for biomarker discovery, the role of non-coding RNA in the synthesis of secondary metabolites, genome-wide transcriptome profiling, application of pluripotent stem cells for drug discovery, the importance of high-throughput omics, and genome-editing techniques. In addition, some of the chapters have been designed to describe the role of artificial intelligence, plant database, and network-based drug discovery to explore the medicinal importance of compounds as well as challenges and opportunities in drug discovery from ethnomedicinal plants. The book serves as a great source of information for the students, researchers/scientists of diverse fields such as pharmacognosy, plant physiologists, biotechnologists, and pharmaceutical scientists etc., working in the areas of phytotherapy from ethnomedicinal plants.

Chapter 1. History and Culture of Traditional and Ethnomedicinal Plants.- Chapter 2. Some Potential Traditional Ethnomedicinal plants among the tribals of India.- Chapter 3. Traditional Phytotherapy among the various tribal peoples of India.- Chapter 4. Traditional Phytotherapy Practices Among Diverse Tribal Communities in India.- Chapter 5. Traditional ethnomedicinal plants: A focus on the tribals of Mizoram, India. Chapter 6. Traditional ethnomedicinal plants: A rich source of bioactive molecules used in drug discovery and development.- Chapter 7. Traditional Ethnomedicinal Plants: Unveiling Rich Reservoirs of Bioactive Molecules for Drug Discovery and Development.- Chapter 8. Bioactivities, Pharmacological Properties, and Ethnomedicinal Uses of Juniper Berries (Genus Juniperus).- Chapter 9. Ocimum basilicum (Basil): A Medicinal Plant with Proven Ethnomedicinal Uses, Chemical Composition, BlóŸ