Contents
1 Introduction: Utilization/Significance of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. . . 1 A´ kos Ma´the´
2 Botanical Aspects of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. . . 13 A´ kos Ma´the´
3 Chemical Diversity of Medicinal Plants. . . 35 Imre Ma´the´
4 Application of Spectroscopic Methods and Hyphenated
Techniques to the Analysis of Complex Plant Extracts. . . 61 Dejan Gođevac, Milka Jadranin, Ivana Aljancˇic´, Vlatka Vajs,
Vele Tesˇevic´, and Slobodan Milosavljevic´
5 Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAP): How Do They Adapt
to the Environment?. . . 87 A. Cristina Figueiredo and Jose´ G. Barroso
6 Breeding and Germplasm Preservation. . . 113 Christoph Carlen and Xavier Simonnet
7 Conservation of Wild Crafted Medicinal and Aromatic
Plants and Their Habitats. . . 131 Dea Baricˇevicˇ, A´ kos Ma´the´, and Tomazˇ Bartol
8 Challenges and Decision Making in Cultivation of Medicinal
and Aromatic Plants. . . 145 Zora Dajic-Stevanovic and Dejan Pljevljakusic
9 Cultivation and Breeding ofCannabis sativaL. for Preparation
of Standardized Extracts for Medicinal Purposes. . . 165 Sayed Farag and Oliver Kayser
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10 Sustainable Fertilization in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. . . 187 Alessandra Carrubba
11 Sustainable Weed, Disease and Pest Management in Medicinal
and Aromatic Plants. . . 205 Alessandra Carrubba, Gabriella Lo Verde, and Adele Salamone
12 Introduction to the Precision Medicinal Plant Production. . . 237 Miklos Neme´nyi
13 Medicinal Plants to Control Diseases and Pests. . . 257 Vera Sergeeva
14 Quality Assurance of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants- Good
Agricultural and Collection Practices (GAP & GCP). . . 273 A.K.S. Rawat and S.K. Tewari
15 In VitroMicropropagation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. . . . 305 A´ kos Ma´the´, Fathi Hassan, and Ahmad Abdul Kader
16 Herbal Medicinal Preparations in Different Parts of the World. . . 337 Dezso˝ Csupor
17 Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Scientific Databases. . . 359 Tomaz Bartol and Dea Baricevic
18 International Trade of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. . . 375 Klaus Du¨rbeck and Teresa Hu¨ttenhofer
19 Medicinal Plants Conservation Strategies for Primary-Healthcare and Livelihood at Local Level: An Examination of Initiatives
in South Asia. . . 383 A.K.M. Shahidullah and C. Emdad Haque
20 Phytogenic Feed Additives in Animal Nutrition. . . 403 Tobias Steiner and Basharat Syed
21 Multipurpose Herbs: Hidden Potentials and Dangers
in the Garden. . . 425 A´ gnes Farkas
Glossary: With Selected Important Abbreviations. . . 435 Index. . . 447
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