Ethnobotany

Ethnobotany is an important branch of Plant Science, that deals with the study of the relationship between plants and people. It includes the traditional use of plants in different fields like medicine and agriculture. These plants are mostly used by the rural and tribal people for their livelihood. Unfortunately, this traditional knowledge is being lost because it is not being preserved. Since the time immemorial, people are using plants for food, medicine, shelter and agriculture.





The present book discusses about the current research on ethnobotany and includes most important investigations in Latin America, Europe and the rest of the world, where plants are used as medicines by people in general and tribes in particular. In fact, this book incorporates important studies based on ethnobotany of different geographic zones.





The present book will also include information about ethnomedicinal plants used in Latin America since Latin American ethnobotany is less known beyond South America. This book will cover medicinal and aromatic plants, ethnopharmacology, bioactive molecules, plants used in cancer, hypertension, disorders of central nervous system, and also as antipsoriatic, antibacterial, antioxidant, antiurolithiatic, etc. Each chapter will be written by one or more specialists, experts in the concerned topic.





The book will be very useful for a diverse group of readers including plant scientists, pharmacologists, clinicians, herbalists, natural therapy experts, chemists, microbiologists, NGOs and those who are interested in