Author Description

"Medicinal plants are our natural heritage and India is rich in medicinal plant diversity. The present book is a database on herbal crude drugs and provides information on Uttarakhand medicinal plants in trade. Crude drug is the basic material for manufacturing herbal medicines in all indigenous system. The trade name, life forms, parts used, status and their resource of 215 crude drugs were identified and information on quality and factors influencing the price of crude drugs were also provided. The availability of Herbal drugs in Uttarakhand at drug mandis, and a complete checklist of traders (48), Pharmacies (206), crude drugs (215) are given. The Crude Drugs Plants of Uttarakhand is fit for researchers, teachers, students, naturalist and pharm-industries" -- Back cover.