Encyclopaedia of Medicinal Plants of the World Identification, Chemistry, Properties and Applications (Medicinal Plants of North and South America)

Most of medicinal plants, today are collected from wild plants. The continued commercial exploitation of these plants has resulted in receding the population of many species in their natural habitat. Vacuunn is likely to occur in the supply of raw plant materials that are used extensive by the pharmaceutical industry as well as the traditional practitioners. Consequently, cultivation of these plants is urgently needed to ensure their availability to the industry as well as to people associated w