Plant Biodiversity, Ethnobotany and Anthropogenic Interventions of Western Ghats Forests – Saputara and Purna

Plant Biodiversity, Ethnobotany and Anthropogenic Interventions of Western Ghats Forests – Saputara and Purna

Author: Dr. Rita N. Kumar

Publisher: Google Book Publishers

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Total Pages: 244

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Biodiversity most commonly refers to the number and variety of distinct organisms (species) living on the Earth. Biological variety encompasses all life forms on earth including species of plants, animals and microorganisms and the ecosystem and ecological processes. Biodiversity stands for the number, variety and variability of living organisms. Biodiversity areas are featuring outstanding concentrations of species, and experiencing incomparable loss of habitat. It was observed recently that the present 25 hotspots of the world have been raised to 34 hotspots with a new list of 9 new hotspots in the great range of the Himalayas and the island nation of Japan. In general, the 34 important areas once covered 15.70% of the Earth’s land surface. In total, 86% of the hotspots have already been destroyed, such that the intact remnants of the hotspots now cover only 2.30% of the Earth’s land surface. These areas together, now cover 1.4% of the land on the Earth. Tropical forests appear in 15 hotspots, Mediterranean-type zones in 5 and 9 hotspots are majorly of islands. 16 hotspots are in tropical area, about 20% of the human population lives in the hotspot regions. India is one of the leading hotspots in terms of endemics. The three hotspot of Biodiversity in India are i) Eastern Himalaya harbouring 9,000 species of plants with 3500 endemic species; ii) Western Ghats possessing 5800 plant species with about 2000 endemics; and iii) The Andaman and Nicobar Islands harbour about 83% endemic species. The Western Ghats of India extends upto 1,80,000 sq km, extraordinarily rich in biodiversity. The existing forests are highly fragmented and facing the prospect of increasing degradation. The Western Ghats cover the portion of the Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamilnadu. Keeping all these in minds, the present book Plant Biodiversity, Ethnobotany and Anthropogenic Interventions of Western Ghats Forests – Saputara and Purna covers an in-depth and systematic study of forest vegetation in terms of community structure analysis, qualitative community structure, quantitative community structure, ethnobotanical studies, and anthropogenic pressures in biodiversity rich forests (Saputara and Purna), a northern extreme regions of Western Ghats. The book would definitely be the need of an hour for forest managers, forest conservationists, policy makers, and decision authorities to prevent the unrestrained exploitation of forest biodiversity and resources, destruction of potential forested habitats, and uncontrolled interactions of man and technology with forest ecosystems of the world.


Ethnobotany of India

Ethnobotany of India

Author: T. Pullaiah

Publisher:

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781771884044

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10. Useful Plants of Western Ghats -- 11. Ethnobotany of Mangroves with Particular Reference to West Coast of Peninsular India -- 12. Sacred Groves of Western Ghats: An Ethno-Based Biodiversity Conservation Strategy -- 13. Ethnobryology of India -- Index


Nature and Medicine - Traditional Uses, Chemistry and Bioprospecting of Natural Products

Nature and Medicine - Traditional Uses, Chemistry and Bioprospecting of Natural Products

Author: K S Vinayaka

Publisher: JPS Scientific Publications, India

Published: 2021-06-04

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9788194715436

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Nature is complete and self-fulfilling in its wholeness. Our forefathers were able to harness the properties of plants, animals and mineral matter to medicate their bodies and to live long and fruitful lives. We have always been passionate about the nature, the source of the medicaments having healing properties. There exists a wealth of information that has been transcribed down from various different cultures across the world. People from most parts of the world rely on medicinal plants for meeting their primary healthcare. According to WHO, 3/4th of population especially living in remote areas depends on medicinal plants as traditional medicine. These natural products have since been harnessed by owners of big Pharma to make medicines for profit. It is well known that a vast majority of drugs available in marked have their origin from natural sources like plants and animals as the leads and the chemistry of most of these drugs have their origin in natural products. Artemisinin, quinine, digoxin, morphine, vincristine and vinblastine are few among the important drugs obtained from natural sources like plants. This book is a collection of chapters that have been written by various authors on different aspects of natural products such as traditional utilization of plants in different localities of India and other parts of the world, chemistry of natural products and screening of natural products for various biological activities. The reader of this book will surely get at least preliminary idea about the role of natural products in human welfare. Moreover, the therapeutic potential of plants mentioned in the chapters may encourage preservation of traditional knowledge on the medicinal properties of the plants.


Understanding Coatings Raw Materials

Understanding Coatings Raw Materials

Author: Vijay Mannari

Publisher: Vincentz Network

Published: 2015-04-07

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9783866308831

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What are paints and coatings composed of? This efficient reference book offers an optimum overview of the different constituents of the different types of coatings, explaining the chemistry, system and impacts of coating raw materials. That way, newcomers to the field of coatings gain a quick basic knowledge whereas chemists and laboratory assistants will find valuable insights on future trends and developments in the field of raw materials.


Medicinal Plants

Medicinal Plants

Author: M Daniel

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1439842795

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The selection of plants studied in this treatise is based on its significance, and its representation of members of different taxonomic families as well as of different classes (and subclasses) of compounds. All the available data on the chemical compounds and the pharmacological studies on these plants/compounds have been incorporated. The plants


Ethnobotany of India, Volume 2

Ethnobotany of India, Volume 2

Author: T. Pullaiah

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-12-01

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 1315341921

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This is the second of a five-volume set. This series of volumes on the ethnobotany of different regions of India melds important knowledge in one place. India is one of the most important regions of the old world and has culturally rich and diverse knowledge systems. The expert authors have been selected to summarize information on the various aspects of ethnobotany of India, such as ethnoecology, traditional agriculture, cognitive ethnobotany, material sources, traditional pharmacognosy, ethnoconservation strategies, bioprospection of ethnodirected knowledge, and protection of ethnobotanical knowledge.


Bioactive Compounds from Plants

Bioactive Compounds from Plants

Author: Derek J. Chadwick

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-30

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0470514019

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Useful throughout history for their medical as well as other benefits, plant-derived compounds have gained particular importance recently, due to environmental factors. The isolation and characterization of plant products, the identification of their role in the plant, and ways of synthesizing identical compounds or more potent analogues are covered. Also includes methods of culturing plant tissues and genetic engineering as a means of increasing the yield of desired substances from plants. Special emphasis is placed on plants previously unknown to Western scientists.