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Exploring Medicinal Orchids

Azamal Husen editor Manu Pant editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:18th Dec '24

£115.00

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Orchids are fascinating ornamental flowers with a huge market both as cut flowers and potted plants, but they are also used in the traditional medicine system as they can be rich in phytochemicals with exceptional medicinal properties. This book, Exploring Medicinal Orchids, is a comprehensive guide for medicinally important orchids, their diversity, and their use in traditional and folk medicines. It presents information on secondary metabolites of medicinally active orchid species, pharmaceutical and medicinal applications, and describes advanced techniques of biotechnology in the conservation of medicinal orchids.

Features

  • Dedicated chapters discuss phytochemical constituents and medicinal properties of orchids
  • Enriches the understanding of secondary metabolites of medicinal orchids and their pharmaceutical application
  • Elaborates the botanical, ethnomedicinal, and pharmacological aspects of various medicinal orchids
  • Demonstrates tissue culture systems for the conservation of medicinal orchids

A volume in the Exploring Medicinal Plants series, this book is a resource for academics, researchers, professors, and students working in the fields of medicinal plants and flowers, biodiversity conservation, herbal medicine, and plant biotechnology.

ISBN: 9781032555539

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 458g

146 pages