Useful Books on Botanicals GMP for Botanicals Author: Robert Verpoorte and Pulok K. Mukherjee The long awaited book on Good Manufacturing Practices with a Nuts-and-Bolts approach to provide a no-nonsense and practical support for the industries and laboratories in the field of botanicals. In this edited volume, leading academics and industrial scientists have contributed with various aspects of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and novel methods for quality production of botanicals, their standardization, international regulatory status and related approaches for their implementation in the field of herbal medicines. The vast of body of knowledge incorporated in this volume will be useful to herbal medicine manufacturers, faculties of pharmacy as well as the serving scientists engaged in Pharmacognosy, phytochemistry and drug development from natural products. . Provides guidelines on GMP for botanicals . Provides a practical view on the production of botanicals . Explains the quest for GMP in herbal medicines . Identifies critical areas in the production and quality control of botanicals . Explains regulatory affairs governing herbal medicine usage of different countries . Focus on quality control and standardization of botanicals in the ambit of GMP . Newer aspects for evaluation of botanicals with mass spectroscopy, capillary electrophoresis and other newer techniques . Explain proven strategies with useful examples in the GMP for botanicals . Extensive references to each chapters in his context of herbal GMP Price: USD 63.00 INR 2500.00 BUY NOW A Handbook of Medicinal Plants: A Complete Source Book Author: Narayan Dass Prajapati, Dr. S. S. Purohit, Arun K. Sharma & Tarun Kumar The book describes more than 1346 medicinal plants found in the world and includes vernacular names, description, distribution, part use, utilization, active principles, agronomic practices and 870 colour photographs. Separate chapters on organic farming, bio-fertilizers and bio-pesticides used for sustainable cultivation of medicinal plants, tips for medicinal plants cultivation and multi-tier agriculture systems of medicinal plants have been presented. The book also includes complete addresses (including E-mail addresses) of research institutes and agencies, NGOs, importers and exporters, traders and commission agents, growers, seeds and planting materials suppliers, medicinal gardens, books, analytical testing facilities, market news services, important web sites of the world. Glossary of various terms used and common names of medicinal plants in different languages have been appended. Price: USD 63.00 INR 2500.00 BUY NOW A Handbook of Aromatic and Essential Oil Plants Author: Dr. Sheela Bedi, Dr. Tanuja & Dr. S. P. Vyas The diffusing fragrance and flavour of plants have been utilized world over for herbal medicines, pharmaceuticals, perfumery, aromatherapy and culinary purposes. The demand for plant based therapeutics has increased immensely in both developing and developed countries due to growing recognition that they are natural products, being nonnarcotic, having no side-effects and easily available at affordable prices since some of the aromatic plant species have the unique capability to grow under low tility, rainfed conditions and salinity effected soils with low inputs, therefore scientific cultivation of aromatic plants can became an important tool for socioeconomic development of rural masses and it can also provide green health alternatives in the form of eco-friendly products. Plants produce a range of bioactive compounds and are sources of large number of useful chemicals like alkaloids, steroids, flavonoids, hormones, phenols, tennins and many other compounds. Essential oils obtained from aromatic plants by distillation expression or extraction with suitable organic solvents represents a complex mixture of several compounds. A vast majority of essential oils, however are constituted by mixtures of volatile monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes. Among the four lakh plant species in the world, essential oils are found in a small number of only about 2000 species belonging to 60 families. Depending upon the botanical species, the volatile oils in these plants are stored and preserved in roots, leaves, seeds, bark, fruits, flowers and stem which may be emitting characteristic odour in their surroundings. The odour associated with the plant parts, has given rise to the age old perfumery traditions and over the years, the essential oils extracted from these plants have become precious and indispensable ingredients of fragrance, pharmaceuticals and flavour. These plant products are greatly utilized in confectionary, food, condiments, dental creams, mouth washes, soaps etc. The arrangement of the chapters is aimed to describe the fundamental and basic issues of aromatic and essential plants. The book provides information on various aspects of Aromatic and Essential plants, aromatherapy, evaluation of new aromatic plants, chemistry and phytochemistry of essential oils and aroma, essential oils, various preparations from medicinal aromatic plants, extraction technologies for medicinal aromatic plants in First Section. The Second Section of the book includes the complete description of individual plant with its botanical status, uses, chemistry, cultivation, extraction methods, etc. The Third Section of the book presents the short description of about 307 plants in the form of Directory. Price: USD 40.00 INR 1595.00 BUY NOW Our Contact Information Riddhi International Sonamukhi Nagar, Sangaria Fanta, Jodhpur, Rajasthan 342005 INDIA Tel.: +91 291 2764488 | Fax: +91 291 2764931 | E-mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.riddhionline.com * Price does not include shipping charges. 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