An International Textbook on Medicinal Plants of India An Ethnobotanical Research.

In The Current Context, An International Textbook on Medicinal Plants of
India An Ethnobotanical Research is an outcome of all Ethnobotanist working in
various parts of India or Nationwide explorating their biota with ethnic uses of
medicinal plants for Societal cause their Novel Approach towards Scientific
Community which is based on Applied Aspects of Science from Laboratory to
Land.
Dr. J. W. Harshberger first coined the Term Ethnobotany on 4 December
1895, at a lecture in Philadelphia, to describe his field of inquiry, which he defined
as the study of “plants used by primitive and aboriginal peoples”. In the year
1896, he published the term and suggested to scientific community the term
“Ethnobotany”
Since from then onwards different parts of world Ethnobotany is growing
like Tributaries of Mega rivers originated from Philadelphia. From various parts
of world Ethnobotanical Literature has been growing rapidly , with remarkable
number of documents in the form of Ethnography, Archeological Accounts,
Traveloegous, Gazettes, Herbals, Materia Medica, Unpublished Papers,
Manuscripts, and various initiative runs by Government at national and
International Levels .
There are various available Databases in the form of TRAMED,
NAPRALERT, PHARMEL, AYURBASE, NORISTAN and INMEDPLAN are
made availed on online platforms to acesss the indigenous data of Ethnomedicine.
This book covers a wide range of topics spanning Ethnic, Medicinal uses and
implication of plants biota for several prominent and notable speakers from
around the world will present their research findings.
Emerging and Advance field in Ethnobotany in the form database
bioinformatics considered as a transition bridge to connect Botany with medicine
nanotechnology. Chapter more eventually describes about Indigenous Plant
Knowledge of the Irulas: A Pathway to Sustainable Dental Care. More metabolites
that are functional are potential secretors of extracellular enzymes thus considered
to potential producers of metal nanoparticles and nanostructure by reducing
enzymes intracellularly or extracellularly useful for medicinal world hidden
treasure lies in the form of knowledge inside globe of Ethnobotany