Companion to Chopra's Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants

The ‘Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (1956) and its supplement (1969) by Chopra et al. contain useful information on botanical and vernacular names, families, distribution, active chemical constituents and therapeutic properties of the Indian Medicinal Plants. Since their publication the names and status of several species of the plants have been changed. Therefore, this book is brought out to give an upto date nomenclature and a complete checklist of the correct botanical names of the plants of the two compendia. These compendia are of great value to Botanists, Pharmacologists, Phytochemists, Crude drug dealers, Pharmaceutical Industries.