Exploring Medicinal Orchids

Orchids are fascinating ornamental flowers with a huge market both as cut flowers and potted plants, but they are also used in the traditional medicine system as they can be rich in phytochemicals with exceptional medicinal properties. This book, Exploring Medicinal Orchids, is a comprehensive guide for medicinally important orchids, their diversity, and their use in traditional and folk medicines. It presents information on secondary metabolites of medicinally active orchid species, pharmaceutical and medicinal applications, and describes advanced techniques of biotechnology in the conservation of medicinal orchids.FeaturesDedicated chapters discuss phytochemical constituents and medicinal properties of orchidsEnriches the understanding of secondary metabolites of medicinal orchids and their pharmaceutical applicationElaborates the botanical, ethnomedicinal, and pharmacological aspects of various medicinal orchidsDemonstrates tissue culture systems for the conservation of medicinal orchidsA volume in the Exploring Medicinal Plants series, this book is a resource for academics, researchers, professors, and students working in the fields of medicinal plants and flowers, biodiversity conservation, herbal medicine, and plant biotechnology.