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This contributed volume provides a comprehensive, in-depth and subject-based reviews on the current status of active ingredients, sustainable use, biodiversity and conservation of certain endangered medicinal plants. The book also explores conventional and non-conventional biotechnological interventions for their biodiversity conservation. Medicinal plants have been used in worldwide as a major source of raw material for the traditional herbal healthcare practices as well as for drug discovery and development in pharmaceutical industry. The cumulative consequences of various human activities and environmental factors cause decline in the biodiversity of medicinal plants at an unprecedented rate worldwide. Thus, the overall understanding of ecology, species and genetic diversity along with assessment of the status of different threats and their impact on medicinal plants is crucial to sustain existing biodiversity, its utilization and conservation. All the latest advancements in the biotechnological approaches for the conservation research of endangered medicinal plants and the future perspectives have been described. This book provides comprehensive reviews spreading over about 25 chapters divided in three sections. The chapters of this book are written by recognized scientists in their respective fields which are useful to students, academicians, researchers, botanists, biotechnologists, policy makers, conservationists and industries interested in biodiversity conservation and medicinal plant research for the production of secondary metabolites.

Phytochemicals. --- Herbal Medicine --- Hawaiian Herbal Medicine --- La au Lapa au --- La'au Lapa'au --- Laau Lapaau --- Herbalism --- Medicine, Herbal --- Herbal Medicine, Hawaiian --- Medicine, Hawaiian Herbal --- Phytotherapy --- Naturopathy --- Bioactive Coumpounds, Plant --- Biologically Active Coumpounds, Plant --- Dietary Phytochemicals --- Phytochemical --- Phytonutrient --- Phytonutrients --- Plant Bioactive Compounds --- Plant Biologically Active Compounds --- Plant-Derived Chemicals --- Plant-Derived Compounds --- Dietary Phytochemical --- Plant Bioactive Compound --- Plant Biologically Active Compound --- Plant-Derived Chemical --- Plant-Derived Compound --- Bioactive Compound, Plant --- Bioactive Compounds, Plant --- Chemical, Plant-Derived --- Chemicals, Plant-Derived --- Compound, Plant Bioactive --- Compound, Plant-Derived --- Compounds, Plant Bioactive --- Compounds, Plant-Derived --- Coumpounds, Plant Bioactive --- Phytochemical, Dietary --- Phytochemicals, Dietary --- Plant Bioactive Coumpounds --- Plant Derived Chemical --- Plant Derived Chemicals --- Plant Derived Compound --- Plant Derived Compounds --- Secondary Metabolism --- Botany. --- Biodiversity. --- Plant biotechnology. --- Plant Science. --- Plant Biotechnology. --- Crop biotechnology --- Crops --- Plants --- Agricultural biotechnology --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Botanical science --- Floristic botany --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Natural history --- Biotechnology --- Medicinal plants --- Biotechnology.

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This volume highlights some recent developments on plants used widely as botanical dietary supplements and herbal medicines, especially in terms of knowledge of the chemical types and diverse biological activities of their constituents, as well as laboratory approaches for their quality control and taxonomic identification. In the first chapter, the biologically active secondary metabolites are described of selected botanicals that have a wide current use in the United States, with recent information provided also on their in vitro and in vivo biological activities. The second chapter constitutes an updated survey of the different chromatographic, spectroscopic, and metabolomics techniques that can be utilized for the quality control of botanical products. The penultimate chapter covers different nomenclatural systems that are of use for the taxonomic identification of source plants used in botanical products. Finally, deoxyribonucleic acid molecular barcoding techniques for the identification for plants used as dietary supplements are covered.

Dietary Supplements. --- Herbal Medicine. --- Plant Extracts. --- Phytochemicals. --- Chemical Phenomena. --- Chemical Phenomenon --- Chemical Process --- Physical Chemistry Phenomena --- Physical Chemistry Process --- Physicochemical Phenomenon --- Physicochemical Process --- Chemical Concepts --- Chemical Processes --- Physical Chemistry Concepts --- Physical Chemistry Processes --- Physicochemical Concepts --- Physicochemical Phenomena --- Physicochemical Processes --- Chemical Concept --- Chemistry Process, Physical --- Chemistry Processes, Physical --- Concept, Chemical --- Concept, Physical Chemistry --- Concept, Physicochemical --- Concepts, Chemical --- Concepts, Physical Chemistry --- Concepts, Physicochemical --- Phenomena, Chemical --- Phenomena, Physical Chemistry --- Phenomena, Physicochemical --- Phenomenon, Chemical --- Phenomenon, Physicochemical --- Physical Chemistry Concept --- Physicochemical Concept --- Process, Chemical --- Process, Physical Chemistry --- Process, Physicochemical --- Processes, Chemical --- Processes, Physical Chemistry --- Processes, Physicochemical --- Bioactive Coumpounds, Plant --- Biologically Active Coumpounds, Plant --- Dietary Phytochemicals --- Phytochemical --- Phytonutrient --- Phytonutrients --- Plant Bioactive Compounds --- Plant Biologically Active Compounds --- Plant-Derived Chemicals --- Plant-Derived Compounds --- Dietary Phytochemical --- Plant Bioactive Compound --- Plant Biologically Active Compound --- Plant-Derived Chemical --- Plant-Derived Compound --- Bioactive Compound, Plant --- Bioactive Compounds, Plant --- Chemical, Plant-Derived --- Chemicals, Plant-Derived --- Compound, Plant Bioactive --- Compound, Plant-Derived --- Compounds, Plant Bioactive --- Compounds, Plant-Derived --- Coumpounds, Plant Bioactive --- Phytochemical, Dietary --- Phytochemicals, Dietary --- Plant Bioactive Coumpounds --- Plant Derived Chemical --- Plant Derived Chemicals --- Plant Derived Compound --- Plant Derived Compounds --- Secondary Metabolism --- Herbal Medicines --- Plant Extract --- Extract, Plant --- Extracts, Plant --- Medicines, Herbal --- Materia Medica --- Phytotherapy --- Plants, Medicinal --- Herbal Medicine --- Hawaiian Herbal Medicine --- La au Lapa au --- La'au Lapa'au --- Laau Lapaau --- Herbalism --- Medicine, Herbal --- Herbal Medicine, Hawaiian --- Medicine, Hawaiian Herbal --- Naturopathy --- Dietary Supplementations --- Food Supplementations --- Herbal Supplements --- Nutraceuticals --- Nutriceuticals --- Food Supplements --- Neutraceuticals --- Dietary Supplement --- Food Supplement --- Herbal Supplement --- Neutraceutical --- Nutraceutical --- Nutriceutical --- Supplement, Food --- Supplement, Herbal --- Supplementations, Dietary --- Supplements, Dietary --- Supplements, Food --- Supplements, Herbal --- Functional Food --- Natural products. --- Biomaterials. --- Nucleic acids. --- Chemical structure. --- Natural Products. --- Nucleic Acid. --- Structure And Bonding. --- Plant Materials. --- Structure, Chemical --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Matter --- Polynucleotides --- Biomolecules --- Products, Natural --- Raw materials --- Constitution