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There has been a surge in the demand for plant-based drugs and food supplements in recent years. Plant-based drugs are well established in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin American countries. Detailed information about plants and their bioactive molecules viz; Ginseng, Ginkgo, polyphenols of grape and wine, furanocoumarins, podophyllotoxins, rosmarinic acid, fagaronine has been included in this book. The chapters include information on potential medicinal plants, medicinal plants under cultivation in India, Korea and Europe, biotechnological applications for the amelioration of plants and their bioactive molecules and information about chemistry and pharmacology of these plants. The chapter on Asparagus racimosus, Bacopa, Chlorophytum, Nardostachys, provides information about therse Indian plants for the first time. A brief text about the Indian system of medicine has also been included to enable a reader to get a holistic view. This book will be useful to herbalists, Ayurvedic practitioners, drug manufacturers, botanists, biotechnologists, pharmacologists, agriculturists, phytochemists and all those interested in medicinal plants.