CONTENTS:-
Theme I: Pharmacology of Natural Plant Products
1 Traditional and modern medicines from Fungi / Cedric J. Pearce and Nicholas H. Oberlies
2 Tribulus terrestris L. and Smilax species-Chemistry and bioactivity / I. Kostova, D. Dinchev and A. Ivanova
3 Evaluation of the toxic effect of aqueous extract of the bark of Morinda morindoides root in male Wistar rats / Olukunle, J.O., Abatan, M.O., Adenubi, O.T., Ajayi, O.L. and Thomas F.C
4 Molecular basis for anticancer and adjunctive therapeutic potential of Thymoquinone in oncologic disease / Sanjeev Banerjee, Mansi Parasramka, Fazlul H Sarkar and Ramzi M Mohammad
5 Antimicrobial guided isolation of three bioactive constituents from Ficus botryocarpa Fruit Latex / J.S. Wau, A.H. Harakuwe, S. Akoitai, D. Timi, H. Sakulas, R. Gubag-Sipou and P. Wangiwan
6 Supercritical fluids technology in new herbal drug discovery / Vimal Kumar
7 Anti-ischemic effect of Ginkgo biloba extract: facts and myths / Jan Lehotsky, Martina Pavlikova, Maria Kovalska, Stanislav Straka and Peter Kaplan
8 Scientific validation of the anticancer activity of the Alstonia scholaris Linn. / Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga
9 In vitro antimicrobial activity of roots of Bombax ceiba Linn.–An ethnomedicinal plant / Vartika Jain, S.S. Katewa and S.K. Verma
10 Pharmacognostic standardization of leaves of Buchanania lanzan Spreng / Hitesh Shingadia, Meenakshi Vaidya and Hardik Joshi
11 Essential oil growth for predication of major chemical constituents of an isointermedeol rich Strain of Cymbopogon flexuosus (Nees ex Steud.) Wats (a chemotype of Indian origin) by using energy indices at sub–tropical environment having potential anticancer activity / A.K. Shahi
12 Pharmacognostic standardization of Vitex negundo Linn. (Verbenaceae) / Meenakshi Vaidya
13 Influence of initial concentrations of cholesterol on the uptake of cholesterol by the standard Lactobacillus strains and Lactobacillus isolates / Khushbu Singhal, Joshi Harshada and Chaudhary B.L.
14 Enhancing the yield of Gymnemic acid, a potent antidiabetic agent from Gymnema sylvestre R.Br. by Microwave-assisted extraction and evaluation of its bioavailability / Suhas Pednekar , Nilesh Joshi, Sasikumar Menon, Sunita Shailajan and Bhalerao Khairnar
15 Esophageal mucoprotective effects of curcumin on cadmium chloride induced toxicity in swiss albino mice / Preeti Singh, PriyaMogra, Vandana Sankhla, Kanchan Deora, and Abha Patni
Theme II: Traditional Knowledge and Biodiversity Conservation
1 The role of folk or herbal medicine in developing modern drugs and nutraceuticals / P. Pushpangadan and Vipin Mohan Dan
2 Impact of historical texts on today’s medicinal plant knowledge-Implications for ethnopharmacology / Marco Leonti
3 Creation of a sustainable economic and social business model between Senna-producing villagers in the Thar Desert and a California herbal product company / Josef A. Brinckmann
4 Ethnomedicine and discovery of drugs in Indian context: An overview / N. C. Shah
5 Ethnomedicine in drug discovery - Let history tell the future / Pulok Mukherjee, Neelesh K. Nema, S. Pandit, P. Venkatesh, S. Bhadra and Kakli Mukherjee
6 Ethnomedicine: A potential resource for some typical health ailments of global concern / Tribhubana Panda
7 In situ conservation of medicinal plants in Rajasthan / Satish Kumar Sharma, Anita Jain & S.S. Katewa
8 Ethnomedicinal plants and practices of Coastal Karnataka / M.J. Bhandari and K.R. Chandrashekar
9 Ethnomedicinal practices of Nyishi (Daffla) tribe of Arunachal Pradesh / R.C. Srivastava
