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Informationen zum Autor R. O. B. Wijesekera Klappentext Providing a multidisciplinary view of the medicinal plant industry, this book comprehensively covers its growth and increasing globalization. The author discusses the need for developing countries to acquire technologies and techniques for programmed cultivation of medicinal plants and addresses a wide variety of topics including the old philosophies, modern impact of traditional medicines, and methods of assessing the spontaneous flora for industrial utilization. He highlights cultivation and climatic variations, biological assessment and formulation, process technologies, and phytochemical research.Multi-title/Card Deck Copywill be based on Promo Copy, once it's approvedLine Listing Zusammenfassung Presenting a multidisciplinary view of the medicinal plant industry, this book covers its growth. It discusses the need for developing countries to acquire technologies and techniques for programmed cultivation of medicinal plants. It highlights cultivation and climatic variations, biological assessment and formulation, and phytochemical research. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Plant-Derived Medicines and Their Role in Global Health; 2: Methodology of Economic Mapping of Medicinal Plants in the Spontaneous Flora; 3: Biological Preconditions for Cultivation and Processing of Medicinal Plants; 4: Agrotechnology of Medicinal Plants; 5: Climatic and Geographical Aspects of Medicinal Plant Constituents; 6: Methods for Biological Assessment of Plant Medicines; 7: Technologies for the Processing of Medicinal Plants; 8: Quality Control and Instrumental Analysis of Plant Extracts; 9: Formulation of Plant Extracts into Dosage Forms; 10: Some Current Trends in Medicinal Plant Research; 11: Traditional Remedies and Modern Assessment: The Case of Ginseng; 12: Utilization of Medicinal Plants: Recent Developments from the Chinese Experience; 13: Recent Developments from Indian Medicinal Plants; 14: Recent Research on Medicinal Plants in the African Region; 15: Screening and Processing of Plant Materials for Potential Pharmaceutical Needs: Experience and Applications in Three Continents; 16: Information on Medicinal Plants...