Medicinal plants have received an impetus recently due to revival of attention in natural products in form of herbal medicines demanding convincing knowledge on their phytochemistry, status, cultivation and utilization. Medicinal plants in the Sultanate of Oman have tremendous potential in terms of ethnomedicinal and food applications. However, these treasures of Oman have not been fully explored until recently. Several medicinal plants indigenous to Oman have been used for several centuries in form of traditional medicine for the prevention and treatment of diseases. The first volume of this book uncovers information about sustainable use of selected medicinal plants, their phytochemistry and efforts made to conserve them to ensured continues supply. This volume reveals systematic information about promising 132 medicinal plants in Oman with botanical names, common names, synonyms, local names, family, habitat and distribution, chemical constituents, cultivation and collection, pharmacological activity, uses (a. common uses; b. traditional uses; therapeutic uses), toxicity and clinical data, status, patents, and their marketed products or industrial application. Each of the 132 plants has a high-resolution color photograph, plant description, and location. The chapters are written by well experienced authors in the field. A uniform chapter structure throughout the book has been designed to keep consistency. This book is especially valuable to academicians, phytochemists, pharmacologists, herbalists, agriculturists, biotechnologists, natural product researchers, and industrialists involved in the production of herbal drugs. Salient Features:
Provides common uses, traditional uses, therapeutic uses of 132 medicinal plants.
Uncover the detailed phytochemistry of each medicinal plant.
Offer systematic information about their geographical distribution and current status of these plants.
Updated information about their pharmacology, mechanism of action, and toxicity are mentioned in detail.
Genus Abelmoschus Medik. Genus Abutilon Mill. Genus Acacia (Senegalia Raf. and Vachellia Whight & Arn.). Genus Acalypha L. Genus Achyranthens L. Genus Acridocarpus Guill., Perr. & A.Rich. Genus Adansonia L. Genus Adenosciadium H.Wolff. Genus Adenium Roem. & Schult. Genus Aerva Forssk. Genus Aizoon L. Genus Alectra Thunb. Genus Aloe L. Genus Allophylus L. Genus Alternanthera Forssk. Genus Amaranthus L. Genus Anagallis L. Genus Ammi L. Genus Anastatica L. Genus Andrachne L. Genus Argemone L. Genus Anthemis L. Genus Anticharis Endl. Genus Anogeissus (Terminalia L. ) Genus Apium L. Genus Ageratum L. Genus Arnebia Forssk. Genus Azima Lam. Genus Aristolochia L. Genus Artemisia L. Genus Arthrocaulon Piirainen & G.Kadereit Genus Asperugo L. Genus Asplenium L. Genus Asphodelus L. Genus Asteriscus (Pallenis (Cass.) Cass. Genus Astragalus L. Genus Atractylis L. Genus Atriplex L. Genus Bacopa Aubl. Genus Balanites Delile Genus Basananthe Peyr. Genus Berberis L. Genus Bergia L. Genus Bidens L. Genus Blepharis Juss. Genus Blumea DC. Genus Boerhavia Vaill. ex L. Genus Boscia Lam. Genus Boswellia Roxb. ex Colebr. Genus Cadaba Forssk. Genus Cadia Forssk. Genus Calligonum L. Genus Calendula L. Genus Calotropis R.Br. Genus Capparis Tourn. ex L. Genus Caralluma (Desmidorchis Ehrenb.) Genus Cardiospermum L. Genus Chenopodium L. Genus Carduus L. Genus Carissa L. Genus Caudanthera Plowes Genus Carthamus L. Genus Centaurea L. Genus Centaurium Hill Genus Ceratonia L. Genus Chlorophytum Ker Gawl. Genus Chrozophora Neck. ex A.Juss. Genus Cichorium L. Genus Cissus L. Genus Cistanche Hoffmanns. & Link Genus Citrullus Schrad. Genus Citrus L. Genus Clematis L. Genus Cleome L. Genus Corbichonia Scop. Genus Commiphora Jacq. Genus Convolvulus L. Genus Corchorus L. Genus Cordia L. Genus Cornulaca Delil Genus Corallocarpus Welw. ex Hook.f. Genus Ceropegia L. Genus Cressa L. Genus Crotalaria L. Genus Croton L. Genus Cucumis L. Genus Cuscuta L. Genus Cymbopogon Spring. Genus Cyphostemma (Planch.) Alston Genus Cyperus L. Genus Dalbergia L.f. Genus Dalechampia Plum. ex L. Genus Daphne Tourn. ex L. Genus Datura L. Genus Delonix Raf. Genus Dionysia Fenzl Genus Dipcadi Medik. Genus Diplotaxis DC. Genus Dipterygium Decne. Genus Dodonaea Mill. Genus Dorstenia Plum. ex L. Genus Dracaena Vand. ex L. Genus Ducrosia Boiss. Genus Dyerophytum Kuntze (Pumbago Tourn. ex L.). Reference
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