Overview
- A unique book with color microscopic images
- Detailed microscopic information of plant and powder characters
- The best guide for herbal drug microscopy of Indian medicinal plants?
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About this book
Adulteration and misidentification of herbal drugs can cause serious health problems to consumers. The first step in quality control of medicinal plants is ensuring the authenticity of the desired species for intended use, with anatomical study playing a critical role in identifying and authenticating medicinal plants. A product of numerous years of experience and research, Indian Herbal Drug Microscopy is a vital resource for identifying and evaluating Indian medicinal plants.
Comprised of four concise and comprehensive chapters, the book presents stepwise procedures for sectioning of plant material, histo-chemical staining techniques, and the anatomy of forty well-known and medicinally important plants, including Arjuna, Ashoka, Ashwagandha, Cinchona, Cinnamon, Ginger, Kurchi, Rauwolfia, Turmeric, Tulsi, and Vasaka. The book is also supplemented with color photographs and hand-drawn microscopic images.
Written by authorities in the field, Indian Herbal Drug Microscopy is a valuable guide for herbal drug microscopy of Indian medicinal plants.
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Shailendra S. Gurav
Government College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, Tal- Karad, India
Mrs. Nilambari S. Gurav
Sudhakarrao Naik Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, Amaravati, India
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Indian Herbal Drug Microscopy
Editors: Shailendra S. Gurav, Nilambari S. Gurav
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9515-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-9514-7Published: 20 November 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4727-0Published: 01 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-9515-4Published: 20 November 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 207
Number of Illustrations: 78 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Physiology, Plant Biochemistry, Plant Sciences, Cell Biology, Plant Anatomy/Development, Developmental Biology