Prime Ayurvedic Plant Drugs

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This book represents an unsurpassed resource in the English language on Indian medicines, the plants that produce them and the currently known organic compounds that occur therein. It is beautifully organized and written in an admirably succinct and clear style. But beyond that, it is visually beautiful because of the outstanding color photographs of each plant and the extreme care that has been taken with the layout, chemical formulae and printing. It is an elegant and esthetically pleasing volume from page one to the end, page 500. Professor Sukh Dev, one of the giants in Indian chemistry of the twentieth century, deserves much credit for the prodigious effort and high scholarship that went into the creation of this admirable work. He has fused the works of Ayurvedic folk medicine with modern pharmacology, botany and chemistry in a singularly effective way. I expect that this book will prove to be of value for a long time and that it may sow the seeds for future advances in medicinal science. I am reminded of Professor Sukh Devs last major work, a two-volume opus on the triterpene class of complex naturally occurring organic molecules which towers over every other book in the field, as it will for a long time. About The Author Sukh Dev is an organic chemist who worked for his Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees at the Indian Institute of Science (I.I.Sc.), Bangalore. He served as a lecturer at the I.I.Sc., and later for one year as Research Associate at the University of Illinois, Urbana (USA), before taking over as Head of the Division of Organic Chemistry Chemistry (Natural Products) at the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune in 1960. In 1974 he shifted to the newly created Malti-Chem Research Centre, Nandesari, Vadodara, as its Research Director. In 1989 he moved to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi as INSA Research Professor, from where he retired in 1994. He has been a visiting Professor at the Steven Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, at the University of Georgia, Athens, and at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. After his retirement from IIT, he has been a visiting Professor (until 2010) at the Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi. He has been an invited speaker at several international conferences, symposia, and universities and research institutes all over the world. He is the recipient of several national awards including the S.S. Bhatnagar Memorial Award, the American Chemical Society’s Ernest Guenther Award, and the Third World Academy of Sciences Award in Chemistry. He was elected President of the Indian Chemical Society (1978–79), and in 1987 President of the Organic Chemistry Division of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry for the term 1987–89. His research interests include natural products chemistry, especially biologically active compounds, organic synthesis, and new technology development. He has over 450 publications including 55 patents. He has authored 10 books, and has contributed chapters to several other books. Table Of Contents Section I: General Introduction Section II: Monographs 1. Abies spectabilis 2. Acacia catechu 3. Achyranthes aspera 4. Acorus calamus 5. Adhatoda zeylanica 6. Aegle marmelos 7. Aloe vera 8. Alpinia galanga 9. Alstonia scholaris 10. Andrographis paniculata 11. Argyreia nervosa 12. Asparagus adscendens 13. Asparagus racemosus 14. Azadirachta indica 15. Bacopa monnieri 16. Barleria prionitis 17. Benincasa hispida 18. Berberis aristata 19. Bergenia ciliata 20. Boerhavia diffusa 21. Bombax ceiba 22. Boswellia serrata 23. Butea monosperma 24. Caesalpinia bonduc 25. Calotropis procera 26. Cannabis sativa 27. Carum carvi 28. Cassia absus 29. Cassia angustifolia 30. Cassia fistula 31. Cassia tora 32. Cedrus deodara 33. Celastrus paniculatus 34. Centella asiatica 35. Cissus quadrangularis 36. Clitoria ternatea 37. Coccinia grandis 38. Commiphora wightii 39. Convolvulus microphyllus 40. Costus speciosus 41. Crataeva nurvala 42. Crocus sativus 43. Cuminum cyminum 44. Curculigo orchioides 45. Curcuma longa 46. Curcuma zedoaria 47. Cyperus rotundus 48. Desmodium gangeticum 49. Eclipta alba 50. Embelia ribes 51. Emblica officinalis 52. Eugenia jambolana 53. Ficus bengalensis 54. Fumaria indica 55. Garcinia morella 56. Glycyrrhiza glabra 57. Gymnema sylvestre 58. Hedychium spicatum 59. Hemidesmus indicus 60. Holarrhena antidysenterica 61. Hygrophila auriculata 62. Inula racemosa 63. Lawsonia inermis 64. Leptadenia reticulata 65. Leucas aspera 66. Litsea glutinosa 67. Mallotus philippensis 68. Mangifera indica 69. Momordica charantia 70. Moringa oleifera 71. Mucuna pruriens 72. Nardostachys jatamansi 73. Nelumbo nucifera 74. Nigella sativa 75. Ocimum sanctum 76. Phyllanthus fraternus 77. Picrorhiza kurroa 78. Piper longum 79. Pluchea lanceolata 80. Plumbago zeylanica 81. Psoralea corylifolia 82. Pterocarpus marsupium 83. Pueraria tuberosa 84. Punica granatum 85. Rauvolfia serpentina 86. Rubia cordifolia 87. Salacia prinoides 88. Santalum album 89. Saussurea lappa 90. Semecarpus anacardium 91. Sida cordifolia 92. Swertia chirayita 93. Terminalia arjuna 94. Terminalia bellirica 95. Terminalia chebula 96. Tinospora cordifolia 97. Tribulus terrestris 98. Trigonella foenum-graecum 99. Valeriana jatamansi 100. Vitex negundo 101. Withania somnifera 102. Zingiber officinale 103. Zingiber zerumbet Section III: Annexures 1. Glossary of Botanical Terms 2. Glossary of Medical and Biochemical Terms 3. Activity-wise Plant Listing 4. Plant-wise Activities Indexes 1. Botanical Names 2. Ayurvedic Plant Names 3. Biologically Active Chemical Compounds