Recent progress in medicinal plants. J.N. Govil, former principal scientist, Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India, V.K. Singh, former deputy director (botany), Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (Dept. of AYUSH, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare), 61-65, Institutional Area, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India.

Includes author index and subject index.

Recent Progress in Standardization ofHerbal Formulations
Beena Joy and C. Arumughan (India)
Recent Approaches in Herbal Drug Standardization
N.P. Yadav, Mayank Thakur and V.K. Dixrr(India)
Quality Control and Standardization ofHerbal Drugs:
A Thrust Area
Abchana p. Raina and S.K. Mishra (India)
Quantification of Plumbagin in Plumbago zeylanica L.
byRP-HPLCMethod
S.N. Meyyanathan, S. Rajan, S. Muralidharan,
I.V.V. Satyanarayana and B. Suresh (India)
Picrorhiza kurroa - Phytochemical and Pharmacological Evaluation
Debashish Banerjee, Sayanti Bhattacharya, Sandip K. Bandyopadhyay
AND SUBRATA ChATTOPADHYAY (InDIA)
Chemistry and Pharmacology of Black Pepper:
The King of Spices
Daniel Pereira Bezerra, ClAudia Pessoa, OtIlia DeusdEnia Loiola
Pessoa, Mary Anne Sousa Lima, Mangel Odorico de Moraes and
LetICU V. COSTA-LOTUFO (BrAZIL)
Pharmacological Study ofFructus schizandrae and
Innovation ofNovel Anti-hepatitis Drug
Geng Tag Liu (China)
Induction of Novel Metabolites by P-450 Inhibitors in
Cultured Roots of Stephania cepharantha and
Menispermum dauricum
Yukihiro Sugimoto (Japan)
Advances in Medical Treatment with Plant Based
Natural Products
S. Lakshmi and Beena Joy (India)
Role of Medicinal Plants and their Constituents in the
Understanding and Evolution of Pharmacology and the
Autonomic Nervous System
Muhammad Nabeel Ghayur (Canada)
Effects ofHarpagophytumprocumbens (Devils' Claw)
on the Cyclooxygenase and Lipoxygenase Pathways of the
Arachidonic Acid Cascade
Louise Grant, Douglas E. McBean,
Lorna Fyfe and Mary Warnock (UK)
Antituherculous Activity of Some Plant Extracts
Murli Lal Mathur (India)
Withania somnifera -fromAyurveda Towards
Western Medical Practice: A Systematic Review
Ursula Werneke (Sweden)
Sea Buckthorn {Hippophae rhamnoides L): AReview and its
Potential as a Crop in Scotland
Mary Warnock and David Miskin (UK)
Bitter gourd {Momordica charantia L.) a Plant ofthe Future
SouAD El-Gengaihi (Egypt)
Andrographis paniculata (Kalmegh): ATraditional
Hepatoprotective Medicinal Herb of India
Archana p. Raina and S.K. Mishra (India)
Phytochemical and AntioxidantCharacterization of
Brassica oleracea var. costata Extracts
Carla Sousa, Patricia ValentAg, DavidM. Pereira, Marcos Taveira,
Federico Ferreres, Josfi A. Pereira, Albino Bento, Rosa M. Seabra
and Paula B. Andrade (Portugalm, Spain)
The Role of Galactomannan Seed Gums in Diet and
Health - A Review
Lovedeep Kaur and Jaspreet Singh (New Zealand)
Medicinal Properties of the Plants of the Genus Phyllanthus
S. Sasidharan, R. Xavier, L. Yoga Latha, S. Sangetha,
C.M. Reena Jossephine and S. Sreeramanan (Malaysia)
Functional Properties of Dietary Fibre Isolated from
Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ex Poiret Through
Different Extraction Procedures
LtA Noemi Gerschenson, Ana Maria LuisaRojas, Marina de
Escalada Pla and ElianaFissore (Argentina)
Study of Hypoglycemic Effect o^Aloe vera L. in Murine
M.E. Melendez-camargo and L. Doval-ugalde (Mexico)
Triterpenes: ARe-emerging Health Aid
Palaninathan Varalakshmi and Anthony Josephine (India)
Immunomodulatory Activities Induced hyAndrographis
paniculata
Rafael A. Burgos, MarIa A. Hidalgo, MarIa D. Carretta,
Juan C. Bertoglio, Hugo Folch and Juan L. Hancke (Chile)
Effects of Chinese Herbal Ultra-fine Powder as a Dietary
Additive on Gut Microbiota in Early-weaned Piglets
Qinghua He, Xiangfeng Kong, Yongqing Hou,
Yulong Yin, Fugui Yin, Hejun Liu, Tiejun Li,
Ruilin Huang, Hai Yu and Jianhua Gong (China, Canada)