Dr. Salman Ahmed

Genera phoenix, castanospermum and cordia: traditional use- biological and phytochemical investigation

• Authors Details :  
• Muhammad Mohtasheemul Hasan ,  
• Salman Ahmed,  
• Syed Waseemuddin Ahmed

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The use of plants/herbs as medicine for the care of diseases goes back to time immemorial, and still, plants are the dominant form of medicine in the world. Most of the world's population primarily depends on raw plant products to meet their health care needs. Several drugs include atropine, caffeine, digoxin, ephedrine, quinine, theophylline, tubocurarine, and warfarin. Taxol, vincristine and vinblastin are also derived from plants and used in modern systems of medicine. The authors in this book present comprehensive information about the history of medicinal plants from time immemorial to modern. Besides this, the traditional use and biological and phytochemical investigation of genera Phoenix, Castanospermum and Cordia are included in this book.

Article Subject Details

• Pharmacognosy
• Pharmacology
• Pharmacology and toxicology
• Pharmacy

Article Keywords Details

• Castanospermum
• Cordia
• Medicinal plants
• Medicinal uses
• Pharmacology
• Phoenix
• Phytochemistry

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