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Indian has one of the oldest, richest and most diverse cultural traditions associated with the use of medicinal plants. We also have a vast and inexhaustible resource of drugs of plant origin as nature has provided us with a rich storehouse of herbal remedies to cure all mankind ailments. Some of them are widely cultivated and others are found in plenty. Medicinal plants have their values in various chemical compounds availabel in various parts such as eaves, steams, roots, seeds, bark, wood etc. About Author : Dr. Irfan Ali Khan obtained his M.Sc. from the Aligarh Muslim University and Ph.,d. in Botany from the Osmania University, Hyderabad, specializing in Genetics and Plant Breeding. Dr. Khan is the Director of Nawab Shah Alam Khan Centre for Post Graduate Studies and Research Anwarul Uloom College Campus, Mallepally, Hyderabad. He teaches Post graduate students and guides research scholars at this centre. He has published 131 research papers in the reputed National and International Journals and is now on the panel of experts on mungbean for all countries of the South East Asia an dthe Middle East. Dr. Atiya Khanum obtained her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Botany from the Osmania University, Hyderabad, dr. Khanum has worked on the ecology of two lakes of Hyderabad with special reference to Planktonic and Mat forming algal communities. She is sassociate Professor and Head of the P.G. Department of Botany, Nawab Shah Alam Khan Centre for Post Graduate Studies and Research, Anwarul Uloom College Campus, Mallepally, Hyderabad. Contents : Preface Acknowledgements Contributors Colour Atlas Cancer Plants and Anticancer compounds Biotechnological approaches on medicinally Important species of Tylophora Indica Biotechnological Itnerventions in Bioproductions of L Dorpa Role of Micropropagation in the Conservations of some important medicinal plants Tissues culture and Genetic Improvement In Vitro Propagation of Eryngium Caeruleum Micropropagation of Pisona Alba Production of Ephedrines from Cell Cultures of Ephedra Biotechnological straegies for Panama Disease Plant Vaccines Frut Therapy Orchids Effects of Aroma Oils on the Human Energy Feidls Asshown The concept and Management of Ageing in Unami Medicine