Himalayan Phytochemicals - 9780081022276

Himalayan PhytochemicalsSustainable Options for Sourcing and Developing Bioactive Compounds\nAuthor(s): Sumira Jan, Nazia Abbas\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier Health Sciences, United Kingdom\nImprint: Elsevier / The Lancet\nISBN-13: 9780081022276, 978-0081022276\nSynopsis\nHimalayan Phytochemicals: Sustainable Options for Sourcing and Developing Bioactive Compounds provides a detailed review of the important medicinal plants which have already been discovered in the Himalayan region, outlining their discovery, activity and underlying chemistry.\n\nIn addition, it supports a global shift towards sustainable sourcing of natural products from delicate ecosystems. Across the world, environmental destruction and overharvesting of medicinal plants are reducing and destroying multiple important sources and potential leads before researchers have the chance to discover, explore or synthesize them effectively. By identifying this problem and discussing its impact on the Himalayan reg.