Prime Ayurvedic Plant Drugs

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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This handbook covers the medicinal and chemical properties of Ayurvedic medicines, the plants that produce them and the currently known organic compounds that occur therein. It provides therapeutic attributes of each plant as well as indicates its potential for use as modern herbal or molecular drug. It combines the works of Ayurvedic folk medicine with modern pharmacology, botany, and chemistry in a singularly effective way. It also provides a useful standardization of classical Ayurvedic formulations. Consisting of numerous photographs of medicinal plants, this handbook will serve as an excellent reference work for chemists, botanists, pharmacists, and medical professionals.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-06-28
Mått155 x 235 x 49 mm
Vikt1 593 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor826
Upplaga2
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031220746
OriginaltitelPrime Ayurvedic Plant Drugs

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Prof. Sukh Dev is an Organic Chemist who worked for his Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He served as a Lecturer at IISc and later for one year as Research Associate at the University of Illinois, Urbana (USA), before taking over as Head of the Division of Organic Chemistry (Natural Products) at the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, in 1960. In 1974, he shifted to the newly created Malti-Chem Research Centre, Nandesari, Vadodara, as its Research Director. In 1989, he moved to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, as INSA Research Professor, from where he retired in 1994. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Steven Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, at the University of Georgia, Athens, and at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. After his retirement from IIT, he has been a Visiting Professor (until 2010) at the Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi. He has been an Invited Speaker at several international conferences, symposia, and universities and research institutes all over the world. He is the recipient of several national awards including the S.S. Bhatnagar Memorial Award, American Chemical Society’s Ernest Guenther Award, and Third World Academy of Sciences Award in Chemistry. He was elected President of the Indian Chemical Society (1978–79) and in 1987 President of the Organic Chemistry Division of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. His research interests include natural products chemistry, especially biologically active compounds, organic synthesis, and new technology development. He has over 450 publications including 55 patents. He has authored 10 books and has contributed chapters to several other books.