Chamomile
Medicinal, Biochemical, and Agricultural Aspects
1st Edition
Published on 14. July 2014
316 pages
978-1-4665-7760-2 (ISBN)
Description
In use as a medicinal plant since time immemorial in Europe and the Middle East, chamomile is gaining popularity in the Americas, Australia, and Asia. The spectrum of disease conditions in which it is used in traditional medicine systems is, quite simply, mind boggling. There is, without a doubt, a growing demand for this plant and therefore a grow
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
32 s/w Abbildungen, 34 s/w Tabellen
32 b/w images and 34 tables
File size
5,54 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4665-7760-2 (9781466577602)
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Person
Dr. Moumita Das is presently Assistant Director in the National Centre for Innovation in Distance Education at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Earlier she was the Assistant Director at the National Centre for Innovation in Distance Education (NCIDE), IGNOU. She did her graduation and post-graduation from the University of Delhi. For her PhD, she did research at the Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow. She was a research fellow at the Institute for Genomics and Integrative Biology, where she worked in the field of drug discovery. Dr. Das has published many papers in journals of national and international repute. Her areas of interest include medicinal plants and sustainable development.
Content
Introduction to Chamomile. Chamomile: Botany. Chamomile: Medicinal Properties. Chamomile oil and extract: Localization chemical composition, extraction and identification. Genetics and Breeding of Chamomile. Cultivation of Chamomile. Chamomile: Patents and Products.
