Bioactives and Pharmacology of Lamiaceae
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Aiming to be a resource for the development of new drugs based on species within the Lamiaceae family, the volume discusses 26 species, including bungleweed (Ajuga), Malabar catmint (Anisomeles malabarica), beechwood (Gmelina arborea), Brazilian mint (Hyptis crenata), rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.), holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum), and many more.
Edited by the noted botanist T. Pullaiah, PhD, this new volume under his AAP Focus on Medicinal Plants book series, will be a valuable reference for those in drug discovery, botany, and fragrance chemistry.
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T. Pullaiah, PhD, is a former Professor at the Department of Botany at Sri Krishnadevaraya University in Andhra Pradesh, India, where he has taught for more than 35 years. He has held several positions at the university, including Dean of the Faculty of Biosciences, Head of the Department of Botany, Head of the Department of Biotechnology, and Member of the Academic Senate. He was President of the Indian Botanical Society (2014), President of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (2013), and Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences. He was awarded the Panchanan Maheshwari Gold Medal, the Dr. G. Panigrahi Memorial Lecture Award of the Indian Botanical Society, the Prof. Y.D. Tyagi Gold Medal of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy, and a best teacher award from the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Under his guidance, over 50 students obtained their doctoral degrees. He has authored and edited many books and published over 330 research papers, including reviews and book chapters. His books include Advances in Cell and Molecular Diagnostics; Ethnobotany of India (5 volumes); Red Sanders: Silviculture and Conservation; Monograph on Brachystelma and Ceropegia in India; Flora of Andhra Pradesh (5 volumes); Flora of Eastern Ghats (7 volumes); Flora of Telangana (3 volumes); Encyclopaedia of World Medicinal Plants (7 volumes, 2nd edition); Encyclopaedia of Herbal Antioxidants (3 volumes); Global Biodiversity (4 volumes); and Handbook of Research on Herbal Liver Protection. He also has several books in preparation now. Dr. Pullaiah was a member of the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
