Ethnopharmacology of Wild Plants

The book provides valuable information on wild plants and their ethnopharmacological properties discussion on ethnobotany phytotherapy diversity chemical and pharmacological properties including antifungal anti-inflammatory and antiprotozal properties. The chapters include a wide range of case studies giving updated evidence on importance of wild plant resources from different countries including Nepal India Brazil Chile Argentina Colombia Egypt Peru etc. In addition some specific species are used to explain their potential properties. Discussing traditional usage and pharmacological properties of wild plants this book is entirely different from other related publications and useful for the researchers working in the areas of conservation biology botany ethnobiology ethnopharmacology policy making etc.