Herbal Insecticides, Repellents and Biomedicines: Effectiveness and Commercialization

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vijay Veer (Editor), Gopalakrishnan, Reji (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Health care management.; Health services administration.; Parasitology.; Pharmacology.; Health promotion.; Biomedicine.; Health Care Management.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

This book looks closely at herbal product development and commercialisation. In spite of an ever-growing demand, there is a dearth of safe and effective herbal products that meet consumers’ expectations. Therefore, this book takes it upon itself to elaborate on the development process of herbal inse...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Advances in vector mosquito control technologies, with particular reference to herbal products
• 2. Sustainable and novel eco-friendly approaches towards integrated disease and vector management
• 3. Mosquito larvicidal potential of medicinal plants
• 4. Plants of Himalayan region as potential source of bio-pesticides for lepidopteran insect pests
• 5. Natural insecticides from Actinomycetes and other microbes for vector mosquito control
• 6. Extraction, purification and characterisation of insecticidal compounds from plants
• 7. Recent advancements in bio-botanical pesticide formulation technology development
• 8. Medicinal plants and phytomedicines
• 9. Prospects for development of biomedicines from the medicinal plants of northeastern India
• 10. Traditional anti-poison plants used by the Monpa tribe of Arunachal Pradesh
• 11. Molecular farming for production of biopharmaceuticals and edible vaccines in plants
• 12. Intellectual property rights Issues for herbal products
• 13. Regulatory approval of botanical products including herbal drugs, food and insecticides for commercialization.