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Ethnobotany: Medicinal Plants

Akansha Singh Mohammad Waseemul Islam

9781774690031
299 pages
Arcler Education Inc
Overview
This book provides ethnobotanical data about the traditional uses of medicinal plants across the world. This book aims to analyze and evaluate the use of medicinal crops among different groups of people. The book mentions that medicinal plants can be used to treat various diseases, especially respiratory diseases and skin diseases. It discusses the importance of traditional usage of plants to treat and prevent some common and certain rare diseases. There are also medicinal uses of some local plant taxa reported. The book mentions that medicinal plants represent natural remedies for various diseases in indigenous communities. Phytotherapy still maintains an important role in the treatment of ailments in many areas.
Author Bio
Dr. Akansha Singh, is presently working as Associate Professor & Head, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Parul University, India. She graduated from the Banaras Hindu University, with doctorate in Genetics and Plant breeding in the year 2012. She has also worked as Research Scientist in Bioved Research Society, Allahabad, India. She was working as Postdoctoral fellow in University of Mumbai before joining her current position. She has authored a number of national and international publications.