Herbal Medicine in India: Indigenous Knowledge, Practice, Innovation and its Value

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This book highlights the medical importance of and increasing global interest in herbal medicines, herbal health products, herbal pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, food supplements, herbal cosmetics, etc. It also addresses various issues that are hampering the advancement of Indian herbal medicine around the globe; these include quality concerns and quality control, pharmacovigilance, scientific investigation and validation, IPR and biopiracy, and the challenge that various indigenous systems of medicine are at risk of being lost. The book also explores the role of traditional medicine in providing new functional leads and modern approaches that can offer elegant strategies for facilitating the drug discovery process. The book also provides in-depth information on various traditional medicinal systems in India and discusses their medical importance. India has a very long history of safely using many herbal drugs. Folk medicine is also a key source of medical knowledge and plays a vital role in maintaining health in rural and remote areas. Despite its importance, this form of medicine largely remains under-investigated. Out of all the traditional medicinal systems used worldwide, Indian traditional medicine holds a unique position, as it has continued to deliver healthcare throughout the Asian subcontinent since ancient times. In addition, traditional medicine has been used to derive advanced techniques and investigate many modern drugs. Given the scope of its coverage, the book offers a valuable resource for scientists and researchers exploring traditional and herbal medicine, as well as graduate students in courses on traditional medicine, herbal medicine and pharmacy. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Globalisation of Ayurveda: Importance of Scientific Evidence Base (Kaushik Chattopadhyay)....Pages 3-7 Siddha, an Indigenous Medical System of Peninsular India (Subramani Parasuraman, Pandurangan Perumal)....Pages 9-21 Rejuvenation of Interests in Herbal Remedies as Elixir of Life (Ambarish Mukherjee, Mousumi Banerjee)....Pages 23-39 An Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plants Used by Ethnic People of Thoubal and Kakching District, Manipur, India (Raja Chakraborty, Saikat Sen, Nongmaithem Randhoni Chanu, Akoijam Bishaljit Singh, Pratap Kalita)....Pages 41-49 Scientific Basis for Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants Against Alzheimer’s Disease (Atanu Bhattacharjee, Raja Chakraborty, Saikat Sen)....Pages 51-67 Integrating Indigenous Systems of Medicines in the Healthcare System in India: Need and Way Forward (Vandana Roy)....Pages 69-87 Home Herbal Garden for Promotion of Herbal Health Care System in Tripura (Pawan K. Kaushik, Poulami Saha)....Pages 89-100 Cultivation of Medicinal Plants: Special Reference to Important Medicinal Plants of India (Tridip Bhattacharjee, Saikat Sen, Raja Chakraborty, Praveen Kumar Maurya, Arup Chattopadhyay)....Pages 101-115 Front Matter ....Pages 117-117 Preclinical and Clinical Trials of Indian Medicinal Plants in Disease Control (Md. Harun Al Rashid, Anindita Kundu, Vivekananda Mandal, Phurpa Wangchuk, Subhash C. Mandal)....Pages 119-142 Plant Latex: A Rich Source of Haemostatic Proteases (Maheshwari Kumari Singh, O. S. Bindhu)....Pages 143-153 Antidiabetic Activity of Indian Medicinal Plants (Vibha Rani, Anubhuti Gupta, Megha, Sakshi Awasthi, Tanya Suneja, Mohini Yadav et al.)....Pages 155-174 Novel Drug Delivery System in Phytochemicals: Modern Era of Ancient Science (Rinku Baishya, Jyoti L. Hati Boruah, Manob J. Bordoloi, Deepak Kumar, Pratap Kalita)....Pages 175-189 Plant Derived Polysaccharides as Pharmaceutical Excipients: An Overview (Rajendra Awasthi, Bhupesh Sharma, Giriraj T. Kulkarni)....Pages 191-204 Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles Using Herbal Extract (Subhashis Debnath, Dakshinamurthy Swetha, M. Niranjan Babu)....Pages 205-213 Sassurea lappa: A Scientific Review (Mohammad Kamil)....Pages 215-221 Agarwood: Medicinal Side of the Fragrant Plant (Pratap Kalita, Probin Kr. Roy, Supriyo Sen)....Pages 223-236 Processing and Potential Health Benefits of Betel Leaf (Piper betle L.) (Mitali Madhumita, Proshanta Guha, Ahindra Nag)....Pages 237-246 Front Matter ....Pages 247-247 Spatio-Temporal Imaging and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Analysis: New Avenues in Herbal Drug Discovery and Plant Metabolomics (Yogini S. Jaiswal, Leonard L. Williams)....Pages 249-261 Drugs from Our Ancestors: Tradition to Innovation (Pulok K. Mukherjee, Subhadip Banerjee, Amit Kar, Joydeb Chanda)....Pages 263-280 Phytochemical Analysis of Herbal Teas and Their Potential Health, and Food Safety Benefits: A Review (Patricia L. Mathivha, Titus A. M. Msagati, Vuyisile S. Thibane, Fhatuwani N. Mudau)....Pages 281-301 Extraction, Isolation, and Quantitative Determination of Flavonoids by HPLC (Ashim K. Sen, Dhanya B. Sen, Rajesh A. Maheshwari)....Pages 303-336 HPTLC Fingerprint in Herbal Drug Formulations (Tochhawng Lalhriatpuii)....Pages 337-362 Drug Discovery and Herbal Drug Development: A Special Focus on the Anti-diarrheal Plants of Bangladesh (Rownak Jahan, Khoshnur Jannat, Jannatul Ferdoes Shoma, Md. Arif Khan, Hossain Uddin Shekhar, Mohammed Rahmatullah)....Pages 363-400 Diversity of Antimutagenic Phytocompounds from Indian Medicinal Plants (Mohammad Shavez Khan, Iqbal Ahmad)....Pages 401-412 Health Benefits of Octacosanol and Other Long-Chain Aliphatic Fatty Alcohols from Plants (Yearul Kabir)....Pages 413-425 Folk Medicine of North East India and Drug Discovery: Way to Look Forward (Raja Chakraborty)....Pages 427-433 Front Matter ....Pages 435-435 Wild Edible Fruits of Northeast India: Medicinal Values and Traditional Practices (Lalduhsanga Pachuau, Rajat Subhra Dutta)....Pages 437-450 Fruits of Indian Subcontinent and Their Health Benefits (Jiwan S. Sidhu, Tasleem A. Zafar)....Pages 451-478 Emerging Roles of Nutraceuticals from Selected Fermented Foods in Lifestyle-Related Disease Prevention (Jahidul Islam, Hitoshi Shirakawa, Yearul Kabir)....Pages 479-488 Food Grains of India: A Brief Note on Their Therapeutic Potential (Saikat Sen)....Pages 489-508 Medicinal Aspect of Mushrooms: A View Point (Banani Das, Biplab De, Rishiraj Chetree, Subhash C. Mandal)....Pages 509-532 Study on Nutraceuticals of a Certain Ethnomedicinal Plants of Arunachal Pradesh, India (Chandan Tamuly)....Pages 533-544 Front Matter ....Pages 545-545 Herb-Drug Interactions: Focus on Adverse Drug Reactions and Pharmacovigilance of Herbal Medicines (Kuppusamy Asokkumar, Subramaniam Ramachandran)....Pages 547-571 Scientific Validation of Herbal Medicine (Vivek V. Bhosale, Dibyendu Banerjee)....Pages 573-579 Scientific Validation of Aristas (Vidhu Aeri, Shikha Mishra)....Pages 581-589 Challenges and Opportunities in Standardization of Homeopathic Drugs and Dilutions (Arun K. Sharma, Bitasta Mandal, Swati Madan, Satyendra K. Rajput)....Pages 591-598 Translation of Traditional Knowledge from Lab to Layman from Herbal Sources (M. Kannan, P. Sathiyarajeswaran, M. S. Shree Devi)....Pages 599-608 Role of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) in Preservation and Protection of Indigenous Medicinal Knowledge of India (Mohd Shoaib Ansari)....Pages 609-620 Correction to: Preclinical and Clinical Trials of Indian Medicinal Plants in Disease Control (Md. Harun Al Rashid, Anindita Kundu, Vivekananda Mandal, Phurpa Wangchuk, Subhash C. Mandal)....Pages C1-C1