Introduction to Medicinal Botany

The present book contains essential information on the basic concepts, definitions, approaches and applications in medicinal botany. Efforts have been made to provide reliable data and enormous information on herbal medicine, pharmacognosy, analytical pharmacognosy, pharmacology and phytochemistry. The book is supplemented with the Multiple Choice Questions to check reader's level of understanding. The information contained in the book is clear, accurate and up-to-date, obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. We have given equal importance to text, figures and tables for textual clarifications. It is written in clear and concise language to enhance self-motivation and learning skills of the students. This book will be equally useful for undergraduate and post-graduate students and researchers engaged in the different disciplines of medicinal botany, including ethnobotany, ethnomediicne, pharmacognosy, pharmacology, phytochemistry, pharmaceutics, phytomedicine and other related fields.