Overview
- Comprehensive coverage of screening and development of biopesticides, repellents and phytomedicines
- Topics covered with a product development and commercialization point of view
- Describes patenting and regulatory approval of herbal products
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
The introductory chapters deal with the various strategies for disease vector control and provide an overview of herbal biomedicines. The subsequent chapter describes plants with mosquito larvicidal activity, including a comprehensive list of lethal concentrations against different mosquito species. The chapter on Himalayan plants discusses potential botanical insecticide sources and their chemical constituents before delving into the topic of natural insecticides of microbial origin and their efficacy against mosquitoes. Plant-derived insecticides belonging to different chemical classes and the extraction, purification and characterisation of bioactive compounds are illustrated, as well. The recent technological advances in the formulation of microbial, biochemical and botanical insecticides are also reviewed. Three chapters focus on important medicinal plants useful for treating human ailments, with special reference to the traditional healing practices of northeastern India. This is followed by a chapter on the production, use and safety of biopharmaceuticals and edible, plant-based vaccines.
The intellectual property issues related to herbal products in India including patents, trademarks, geographical indications, trade secrets and traditional knowledge resources are plainly examined. The book ends with a chapter on the herbal product registration process in India, wherein the data requirements for registration, clinical efficacy trials, toxicity studies, quality control, packaging and labelling are clearly explained. In conclusion, this bookis a step-by-step guide for the development of safe, effective and commercially viable herbal insecticides, repellents and biomedicines.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Reji Gopalakrishnan is a DRDO Scientist at the Defence Research Laboratory, Tezpur, India. He studied the simulation of insect population dynamics, pest damage on crop plants and pest-weather relationships during his masters and doctoral research at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He has more than 12 years of research experience in entomology and has one patent and many research publications in national and international journals. He is presently working on the development of disease vector monitoring tools and insect repellents. He has developed Dentrap, which is a trapping device for dengue, chikungunya, Japanese encephalitis and filariasis vectors and Toxmos, which is an aerosol formulation for application onto fabrics for personal protection from mosquitoes and other biting insects.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Herbal Insecticides, Repellents and Biomedicines: Effectiveness and Commercialization
Editors: Vijay Veer, Reji Gopalakrishnan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2704-5
Publisher: Springer New Delhi
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer India 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-2702-1Published: 02 March 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-3818-8Published: 08 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-2704-5Published: 15 February 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 258
Number of Illustrations: 89 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: Parasitology, Health Care Management, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Pharmacology/Toxicology