Medically Important Plant Biomes: Source of Secondary Metabolites

Chapter 1. Ethno-botanical aspects of some traditional medicinal plants.- Chapter 2. Medicinal plant - environment interaction and mitigation to abiotic stress.- Chapter 3. Antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral properties of medical plants.- Chapter 4. Biologically active components of the Western Ghats medicinal fern Diplazium esculentum.- Chapter 5. Medicinal plants as a source of alkaloids.- Chapter 6. Nutraceutical and bioactive significance of ferns with emphasis on the medicinal fern Diplazium.- Chapter 7. Studies on the production of secondary metabolites from medicinal plants by plant tissue cultures.- Chapter 8. Endophytic bacteria associated with medicinal plants: the treasure trove of antimicrobial compounds.- Chapter 9. The importance of endophytic fungi from the medicinal plant: Diversity, natural bioactive compounds, and control of plant pathogens.- Chapter 10. Medicinal plant associated  microbes as a source of protection and production of crops.- Chapter 11. Endophytic microbial diversity in the halophytic medicinal plant Ferula, and their bioapplicable traits.- Chapter 12. Endophytic bacteria mediated regulation of Secondary metabolites for the growth induction in Hyptis suaveolens under stress.- Chapter 13. Bioactive potentials of novel molecules from the endophytes of medicinal plants.