CONTENTS

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction to the Book

   Monographs

Acacia catechu (Linn. f.) Willd.                                                                                  

Acorus calamus Linn. .                                                                                                                                                        

Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa                                                                                                                                                      

Aesculus indica (Wall. ex Cambess.) Hook. f.                                                                                                                                         

Albizia lebbeck (Linn.) Benth.                                                                                                      

Allium sativum Linn.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Alpinia galanga (Linn.) Willd.                                                                                                                                                         

Alstonia scholaris (Linn.) R. Br.                                                                                                                                                        

Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Wall. ex Nees                                                                                             

Anethum sowa Roxb. ex Flem.                                                                                                                         

Asparagus racemosus Willd.                                                                                                                                                                 

Azadirachta indica A. Juss.                                                                                                                                                                   

Bacopa monnieri (Linn.) Wettst .                                                                                                                                                                        

Berberis aristata DC.                                                                                                                                                                   

Bergenia ciliata (Haw.) Sternb.                                                                                                                                                      

Boerhavia diffusa Linn.                                                                                                                                                               

Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr                                                                                                                                                 

Caesalpinia bonduc (Linn.) Roxb. Emend Dandy & Excell.                                                  

Carum carvi Linn.                                                                                                                                                    

Cassia fistula Linn.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Cassia tora Linn.                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Celastrus paniculatus Willd.                                                                                                                                                                               

Centella asiatica (Linn.) Urb.                                                                                                                                                                                 

Cinnamomum verum J. Presl                                                                                                                                                             

Cissampelos pareira Linn.                                                                                                                                                                                            

Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhandari                                                                                                                                                               

Crateva nurvala Buch.-Ham                                                                                                                                                                       

Crocus sativus Linn.                                                                                                                                                                          

Cuminum cyminum Linn.                                                                                                                                                                               

Curcuma longa Linn.                                                                                                                              .                                                                                                         

Cyperus rotundus Linn.                                                                                                                                                                                        

Desmodium gangeticum Linn. DC.                                                                                                                                                             

Dioscorea bulbifera Linn.                                                                                                                                                                                           

Eclipta prostrata (Linn.) Linn.                                                                                                                                                                          

Elettaria cardamomum (Linn.) Maton                                                                                                                                                                         

Embelia ribes Burm. f.                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Enicostema axillare (Poir. ex Lam.) A. Raynal                                                                                                                                                     

Eucalyptus globulus Labill.                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Euphorbia neriifolia (Linn.)                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Ficus benghalensis Linn.                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Ficus religiosa Linn.                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Garcinia pedunculata Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham                                                                                                                                                        

Gloriosa superba Linn                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Gmelina arborea Roxb.                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) ex R. Br Sm.                                                                                                                                                                      

Hedychium spicatum Sm.                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Inula racemosa Hook. f.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Justicia adhatoda Linn.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Momordica charantia Linn.                                                                                                                                                                                              

Morus alba Linn.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Mucuna pruriens (Linn.) DC.                                                                                                                                                                                                

Myristica fragrans Houtt.                                                                                                                                                                                   

Nardostachys jatamansi (D. Don) DC.                                                                                                                                                                     

Narthex asafoetida Falc. ex Lindl.                                                                                                                                                                            

Phyllanthus amarus Schumach. & Thonn.                                                                                                                                                                 

Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth.                                                                                                                                                                          

Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng                                                                                                                                                       

Plumbago zeylanica Linn.                                                                                                                                                                   

Rauvolfia serpentina Linn. Benth. ex Kurz                                                                                                                                                        

Salacia reticulata Wight.                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Willd.                                                                                                                                                                                            

Sesamum indicum Linn.                                                                                                                                                                                 

Streblus asper Lour.                                                                                                                                                                                              

Swertia chirata Buch.- Ham. ex Wall.                                                                                                                                                                         

Tamarindus indica Linn.                                                                                                                                                                                          

Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.                                                                                                                                                                

Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb.                                                                                                                                                                   

Terminalia chebula Retz.                                                                                                                                                                            

Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers                                                                                                                                              

Trigonella foenum-graecum Linn.                                                                                                                                                                 

Vitex negundo Linn.                                                                                                                                                                  

Withania somnifera (Linn.) Dunal                                                                                                                                                                      

Wrightia antidysenterica (Linn.) R. Br.                                                                                                                                                            

Zingiber officinale Roscoe                                                                                                                                                                     

Appendix

I. List of some important books, treatises and encyclopaedias referred

 Indices

I. Index of botanical namess 

II. Index of family names including generic names  

 III. Index of important pre-clinical pharmacological and biological
activities

 IV. Index of important clinical indications

 V. Index of safety concerns observed in pre-clinical studies

VI. Index of adverse effects reported in clinical studies

VII. Index of effects on drug metabolizing enzymes

VIII. Index of herb-drug interactions

 IX. Index of bioactive phytoconstituents

 X. Index of other popular names (Ayurvedic, Hindi and English)