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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kishan Gopal RamawatPublisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.646kg ISBN: 9783642097980ISBN 10: 3642097987 Pages: 402 Publication Date: 19 October 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsMedicinal Plants: A Renewable Resource for Novel Leads and Drugs.- The Chemical Diversity of Bioactive Molecules and Therapeutic Potential of Medicinal Plants.- Indigenous People and Forests: Perspectives of an Ethnobotanical Study from Rajasthan (India).- Ginseng and Male Sexual Behavior.- Herbal Treatments for Erectile Dysfunction.- Harpagophytum procumbens – Traditional Anti-inflammatory Herbal Drug with Broad Therapeutic Potential.- The Role of Curcumin in Modern Medicine.- Proprietary Herbal Medicines in Circulatory Disorders: Hawthorn, Ginkgo, Padma 28.- The Effects of the Green Tea Polyphenol Epigallocatechin Gallate on the Central Nervous, Endocrine, and Innate Immune Systems.- Natural Products in Cancer Chemoprevention and Chemotherapy.- Artemisinin: A Versatile Weapon from Traditional Chinese Medicine.- Anticancer and Immunomodulatory Properties of Tinospora.- Safety and Efficacy of Phytomedicines in Cancer Prevention and Treatment.- Novel Leads from Herbal Drugs for Neurodegenerative Diseases.- Traditional Medicine for Memory Enhancement.- Neuroprotective Herbs for Stroke.- Biological Activity of Ginkgo.- Vitamin E Metabolic Modulation in Plants.- Herbal Drugs of Abuse.- Biological Activities of Kinetin.- Safety Issues of Phytomedicines in Pregnancy and Paediatrics.ReviewsAuthor InformationProfessor K.G. Ramawat (born in 1952) received his M.Sc. (1974) and Ph.D. (1978, Plant Biotechnology) from the University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India and became a faculty member in January of 1979. He joined M.L. Sukhadia University as an Associate Professor in 1991 and became a Professor in 2001. He served as Head of the Department of Botany (2001–2004), was in charge of the Department of Biotechnology (2003–2004), was a member of the task force on medicinal and aromatic plants at the Department of Biotechnology (Government of India, New Delhi; 2002–2005), and was a coordinator of the UGC-DRS and DST-FIST programs (2002–2007). He did his postdoctoral study at the University of Tours, France (1983–85) and subsequently worked as visiting professor at the University of Tours (1991) and University of Bordeaux 2, France (1995, 1999, 2003, 2006). He visited Poland under the auspices of an INSA-PAN academic exchange program (2005). He has published more than 100 research papers and review articles in reputed journals and books. He has edited two books on the biotechnology of secondary metabolites and of medicinal plants (Scientific Publishers, Enfield, USA). Professor Ramawat has completed several major research projects from UGC, CSIR, ICAR, DBT, and DST, and has supervised the doctoral theses of 16 students. He has been a member of the Plant Tissue Culture Association of India since 1991. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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