MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS OF THE WORLD. SCIENTIFIC, PRODUCTION, COMMERCIAL AND UTILIZATION ASPECTS

1. Introduction: Utilization/Significance of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
2. Botanical Aspects of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
3. Chemical Diversity of Medicinal Plants
4. Application of Spectroscopic Methods and Hyphenated Techniques to the Analysis of Complex Plant Extracts
5. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAP): How Do They Adapt to the Environment?
6. Breeding and Germplasm Preservation
7. Conservation of Wild Crafted Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and Their Habitats
8. Challenges and Decision Making in Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
9. Cultivation and Breeding of Cannabis sativa L. for Preparation of Standardized Extracts for Medicinal Purposes
10. Sustainable Fertilization in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
11. Sustainable Weed, Disease and Pest Management in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
12. Introduction to the Precision Medicinal Plant Production
13. Medicinal Plants to Control Diseases and Pests
14. Quality Assurance of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants- Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GAP & GCP)
15. In Vitro Micropropagation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
16. Herbal Medicinal Preparations in Different Parts of the World
17. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Scientific Databases
18. International Trade of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
19. Medicinal Plants Conservation Strategies for Primary-Healthcare and Livelihood at Local Level: An Examination of Initiatives in South Asia
20. Phytogenic Feed Additives in Animal Nutrition
21. Multipurpose Herbs: Hidden Potentials and Dangers in the Garden

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.

Features
• Introductory volume in the series of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World
• Scientific information on MAPs
• Series is a storehouse of up-to-date information on our global wealth of medicinal and aromatic plants