Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction: Utilization/Significance of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

   • Ákos Máthé

   Pages 1-12

3. Botanical Aspects of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

   • Ákos Máthé

   Pages 13-33

4. Chemical Diversity of Medicinal Plants

   • Imre Máthé

   Pages 35-60

5. Application of Spectroscopic Methods and Hyphenated Techniques to the Analysis of Complex Plant Extracts

   • Dejan Gođevac, Milka Jadranin, Ivana Aljančić, Vlatka Vajs, Vele Tešević, Slobodan Milosavljević

   Pages 61-85

6. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAP): How Do They Adapt to the Environment?

   • A. Cristina Figueiredo, José G. Barroso

   Pages 87-112

7. Breeding and Germplasm Preservation

   • Christoph Carlen, Xavier Simonnet

   Pages 113-130

8. Conservation of Wild Crafted Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and Their Habitats

   • Dea Baričevič, Ákos Máthé, Tomaž Bartol

   Pages 131-144

9. Challenges and Decision Making in Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

   • Zora Dajic-Stevanovic, Dejan Pljevljakusic

   Pages 145-164

10. Cultivation and Breeding of Cannabis sativa L. for Preparation of Standardized Extracts for Medicinal Purposes

    • Sayed Farag, Oliver Kayser

    Pages 165-186

11. Sustainable Fertilization in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

    • Alessandra Carrubba

    Pages 187-203

12. Sustainable Weed, Disease and Pest Management in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

    • Alessandra Carrubba, Gabriella Lo Verde, Adele Salamone

    Pages 205-235

13. Introduction to the Precision Medicinal Plant Production

    • Miklós Neményi

    Pages 237-255

14. Medicinal Plants to Control Diseases and Pests

    • Vera Sergeeva

    Pages 257-271

15. Quality Assurance of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants- Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GAP & GCP)

    • A. K. S. Rawat, S. K. Tewari

    Pages 273-303

16. In Vitro Micropropagation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

    • Ákos Máthé, Fathi Hassan, Ahmad Abdul Kader

    Pages 305-336

17. Herbal Medicinal Preparations in Different Parts of the World

    • Dezső Csupor

    Pages 337-358

18. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Scientific Databases

    • Tomaz Bartol, Dea Baricevic

    Pages 359-373

19. International Trade of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

    • Klaus Dürbeck, Teresa Hüttenhofer

    Pages 375-382

20. Medicinal Plants Conservation Strategies for Primary-Healthcare and Livelihood at Local Level: An Examination of Initiatives in South Asia

    • A. K. M. Shahidullah, C. Emdad Haque

    Pages 383-402

Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) have accompanied mankind from its very early beginnings. Their utilization has co-evolved with homo sapiens itself bringing about a profound increase in our scientific knowledge of these species enabling them to be used in many facets of our life (e.g. pharmaceutical products, feed- and food additives, cosmetics, etc.). Remarkably, despite the new renaissance of MAPs usage, ca. 80 % of the world’s population is relying on natural substances of plant origin, with most of these botanicals sourced from the wild state. This first volume and ultimately the series, provides readers with a wealth of information on medicinal and aromatic plants.

• Botanical Sciences
• Cultivation
• Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
• Sustainable Utilization
• Wild-crafting
• Systematic Botany

• Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science, University of West Hungary, Budapest, Hungary

  Ákos Máthé

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