Leafy medicinal herbs : botany, chemistry, postharvest technology and uses / edited by Dawn C.P. Ambrose (ICAR Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Regional Centre, Coimbatore, India), Annamalai Manickavasagan (College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman), Ravindra Naik (ICAR Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Regional Centre, Coimbatore, India).
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2016Copyright date: 2016Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 282 pages) : color illustrations, maps, chartsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- Herbs -- Therapeutic use
- Medicinal plants
- Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000)
- Plant Morphology and Structure
- Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
- Plant Production
- Biological Resources (Plant)
- Crop Produce
- Food Processing (General)
- Food Composition and Quality
- Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products
- Composition and Quality of Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products
- Animal and in vitro Models for Pharmaceuticals, (New March 2000)
- Celery
- Chemical composition
- Cultivation
- Geographical distribution
- Medicinal plants
- Medicinal properties
- Nutritive value
- Origin
- Parsley
- Plant composition
- Plant morphology
- Plant physiology
- Processing
- Rosemary
- FF003
- FF030
- FF060
- FF100
- PP720
- QQ050
- QQ100
- QQ500
- SS200
- SS230
- VV450
- 615.8/8 23
- RM666.H33 L43 2016eb
This book contains 23 chapters focusing on the botany, chemistry and postharvest technology of leafy medicinal herbs, such as aloe, celery, coriander, bay laurel, parsley and rosemary, among others. Information on the general and pharmacological uses of these leafy medicinal plants are also presented.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Aloe Vera / Ravindra Naik, J.S. Rutra Priya and R. Arul Mari -- Ashwagandha / Paramadhas Sudha and Alagirisamy Reni -- Basil / Darach Lupton, Muhammad Mumtaz Khan, Rashid Abdullah Al-Yahyai and Muhammad Asif Hanif -- Bay / Hülya Çakmak, Seher Kumcuoğlu and Şebnem Tavman -- Betel Vine / S. Jacob, K. Annamalai, S. Reetha Subashini, J.S. Rutra Priya and Ravindra Naik -- Celery / Svein Øivind Solberg -- Centella / Terrence Madhujith and Subajiny Sivakanthan -- Chester / A.F. Alonge -- Coriander / Maripillai Munusamy Pragalyaashree and Venkatachalam Thirupathi -- Curry Leaf Plant / Dawn C.P. Ambrose -- Fenugreek / Gopal Amuthaselvi and Dawn C.P. Ambrose -- Lemongrass / Salome Amarachi Chime and Ikechukwu V. Onyishi -- Mint / Maria do Carmo Ferreira and Aline de Holanda Rosanova -- Moringa / Anthonia O. Oluduro, Dawn C.P. Ambrose, Aregbesola Oladipupo Abiodun and Alice L. Daunty -- Oregano / K. Hüsnü Can Başer and Neşet Arslan -- Parsley / Ghazi Daradkeh and Musthafa Mohamed Essa -- Patchouli / H.G. Ramya -- Rosemary / Milda E. Embuscado -- Sage / Ahmad Ghorbani -- Senna / Kuntal Das -- Spinach / Periyasamy Suganya and A. Sangamithra -- Stevia / Ramanathan Parimalavalli and S. Radhai Sri -- Thyme / Rashid Abdullah Al-Yahyai and Darach Lupton.
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