Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Part I: Introduction
4. Chapter 1 The importance of medicinal and aromatic plants for living things 1
5. Chapter 2 Methods of obtaining drugs from medicinal and aromatic plants 41
6. Chapter 3 Challenges encountered in growing medicinal and aromatic plants 119
7. Chapter 4 Medicinal and aromatic plants that are toxic 155
8. Part II: Effect of stress factors on medicinal and aromatic plants
9. Chapter 5 Impact of drought stress on the medicinal and aromatic plants’ biochemistry 197
10. Chapter 6 Impact of salinity stress on medicinal and aromatic plant biotechnology 229
11. Chapter 7 Impact of heavy metal on the medicinal and aromatic plants’ biochemistry 265
12. Chapter 8 Metabolic and hormonal responses of medicinal and aromatic plants to abiotic stress 299
13. Part III: Pharmaceutical use of medicinal plants
14. Chapter 9 Medicinal and aromatic plants used in burn treatment 327
15. Chapter 10 Medicinal and aromatic plants used in respiratory diseases 363
16. Chapter 11 Medicinal and aromatic plants with antioxidant properties 385
17. Chapter 12 Medicinal and aromatic plants with antibacterial properties 417
18. Part IV: Uses of medicinal and aromatic plants in other areas
19. Chapter 13 Medicinal and aromatic plants used in cosmetics 457
20. Chapter 14 Edible medicinal and aromatic plants 491
21. Chapter 15 The mysteries of Moroccan nature: aromatic plants and their therapeutic medicinal properties 513
22. Chapter 16 The use of medicinal and aromatic plants in aromatherapy 547
23. Chapter 17 Medicinal and aromatic plants with antioxidant properties 581
24. Chapter 18 Medicinal and aromatic plants with anti-parasitic properties 611
25. Chapter 19 Medicinal and aromatic plants used in personal care products 651
26. Chapter 20 Genotoxic effects of medicinal and aromatic plants 681
27. Chapter 21 Applicability of start codon targeted (SCoT) polymorphism markers in determining genetic diversity in medicinal and aromatic plants 707
28. Index 743