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Volume 04

Current Research: Integrative Medicine

Curr Res Integr Med, Volume 04, ISSN: 2529-797X

CAM Therapies 2019

December 02-03, 2019

World Congress on

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Herbal medicines: Research and development for the welfare of rural society in the

Eastern part of India

he economic importance of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) is much more in Asian countries than to rest

of the world. These countries provide two third of the plants used in alternative system of medicine and the health

care system of rural population. About 80% of the world populations have to rely upon the use of traditional medicines

mainly derived from plant materials. Recently, the blind dependence on synthetics is over and people are returning to the

naturals with hope of safety and security. India is one of the world’s 12 biodiversity centres and having four hot spots

with the presence of various MAPs. In India, drugs of herbal origin have been used in traditional systems of medicines

since ancient times. Now a day, the MAPs are not only used in drug industry but also used in food, flavor and cosmetic

industries. Due to varied abiotic and biotic factors, these plants are now depleting day to day which demand our immediate

attention for their sustainable use, proper conservation and commercial cultivation for the greater interest of mankind.

Revival of the forest leads to the revival of natural resources. In order to preserve the natural resources of MAPs in West

Bengal along with their sustainable use with commercial exploitation as nontraditional cash crops for the welfare of rural

people, the present authors have attempted to explore the MAPs flora in plains and hills of West Bengal (Eastern part

of India). The studies revealed some encouraging results establishing some target/potential medicinal (especially anti

-diabetic) and aromatic plants (especially grasses) which may be exploited for health benefit and social welfare cultivating

them as profitable alternative cash crops along with the reclamation of waste land.

Biography

Mohanlal Ghosh,

.(Gold medallist), Ph.D., Ex-Associate Professor & Head, Deptt. Of Botany, Itachuna, Bejoy Narayan Mahavidyalaya,

Hooghly, West Bengal, India; Presently, Guest faculty in the college and in the P.G.Deptt. of Botany, Hooghly Mohsin college; Resource

Scientist Dept. Science & Technology, Govt. of West Bengal and also engaged as a member of different academic bodies in colleges and

life member of many national and international research organizations; Visited different countries of Asia, Europe, America, Australia, Turkey

and U.K. as a Research Scientist ; Recipient of E.O.A.I. Award and Life-Time Achievement Award as a “Distinguished scientist” in Medicinal

plants; published sixty research papers in national and international journals and proceedings; attended many national and international

conferences in India and abroad as a speaker, invited/key note speaker and chairperson.

Mohanlal Ghosh

Hooghly Mohsin College, India