§ History and role of medicinal and aromatic plants in human health
Sheng Qin
The key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Medicinal Plant of Jiangsu Province, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, China
Email: shengqin@jsnu.edu.cn
§ Secondary metabolites of medicinal and aromatic plants and their disease fighting properties
Paul Horrocks
School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Hornbeam Building,
Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK
Email: p.d.horrocks@keele.ac.uk
§ Healthcare challenges in developing countries: Role of medicinal and aromatic plants
Wen-Quan Wang
School of Chinese Pharmacy, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
Email: wwq57@126.com
§ Marketing of medicinal plants: A growing commercial sector
Chandra Prakash Kala
National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Health & FamilyWelfare, Government of India, 36- Janpath, Chandralok Building, NewDelhi- 110 001, India
Email: cpkala@yahoo.co.uk
§ International market prospects for medicinal and aromatic plants
Ralf R. Mendel
Department of Plant Biology, Braunschweig University of Technology, GermanyEmail: r.mendel@tu-bs.de
§ The conservation and utilization of medicinal plant resources
Elisabeth Hsu
Institute of social and cultural anthropology, Faculty of oriental studies, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Email: Elisabeth.hsu@anthro.ox.ac.uk
§ Economic importance of medicinal plants in developing countries
Tewin Tencomnao
Age-Related Inflammation and Degeneration Research Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok- 10330, Thailand
Email: tewintencomnao@gmail.com
§ Phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicity of important medicinal plants
Tomokazu Kohiba-Koshiba
Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, Japan
Email: tomokazu@c.metro-u.ac.jp
§ Improving quality of medicinal and aromatic plants though technological developments
Shashi Pandey Rai
Laboratory of Morphogenesis, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Email: shashi.bhubotany@gmail.com
§ Understanding the mechanisms of action of medicinal plants
Lucie Beaulieu
Département des Sciences des Aliments, Institut sur la Nutrition et les Aliments Fonctionnels (INAF), 2425, rue de l'Agriculture, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
Email: lucie.beaulieu@fsaa.ulaval.ca
§ Industrial utilization of medicinal and aromatic plants
H. J. Barrales-Cureño
Laboratorio de Productos Naturales, Área de Química, Departamento de Preparatoria Agrícola. AP74 Oficina de correos Chapingo, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Km 38.5 Carretera México-Texcoco, Texcoco Estado de México, 56230.
Email: hebert.jair@uiep.edu.mx
§ Introduction of green technology for extraction of active constituents from medicinal and aromatic plants
Mauji Ram
Green Technology Department, Ipca Laboratories Ltd., Sejavta-457002, Dist. Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh