Main description:

Provides an in-depth look at some specific herbal medicines of importance, threatened and less known species, and addresses sustainable utilization and conservation of medicinal plants to ensure existence and use.

Addresses pertinent issues regarding the myths associated with use of medicinal plants particularly by those in the rural areas.

Provides information on the conservation and revitalization presenting propagation techniques of various medicinal plants.

Aligns with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 15: to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

Contents:

Sustainable uses of medicinal plants and prospects: a brief overview

Protecting the endemism of threatened cyclotide-rich medicinal plants: The tropical African experience

Traditional medicinal plant use in improving the livelihoods and well-being of Namibian communities

Antiviral and Immune Boosting Potentials of Four Common Edible Flowers

Characterization and docking studies of immunomodulatory active compounds from Rhododendron arboreum Sm. leaves

Herbal and Traditional Medicine Practices against Viral Infections: Perspectives against COVID-19

Traditional herbal remedies used in management of acute bronchitis, common cold and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 in Southern Africa

Solanum nigrum seed viability and germination and soil modulation effect on seedling emergence

Indian medicinal plants and their potential against coronaviruses

Scientific Evaluation and Biochemical Validation of Efficacy of Extracts and Phytochemicals from Zimbabwe: A Review of Prospects for Development of Bioproducts

Sustainable agricultural practices of industrially utilized tropical medicinal plants

Prospects for sustainable cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants in India

The role of indigenous knowledge systems in sustainable utilization and conservation of medicinal plants

Metabolomics approach: A tool for understanding Alzheimer's Disease

Can phylogenetics clear plant taxonomic confusion for conservation and sound bioprospecting?

Spices as potential human disease panacea

Commercialization of medicinal plants: Opportunities for trade and concerns for biodiversity conservation

Ethnomedicinal and other ecosystem services provided by threatened plants: A case study of cycads

Discovery of antibacterial lead compounds from three South African marine algae

An endophytic Beauveria bassiana (Hypocreales) strain enhances the flavonol contents of Helichrysum petiolare

Ethnobotanical study of plants used for the management of diabetes mellitus in South Africa

Traditional healthcare practices of herbal drugs in Uttarakhand Himalayas, India

Physicochemical characterization, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory activities of turmeric-black cumin home-grown COVID-19 herbal mixture

Medicinal plants and the challenges of climate to health security in Nasarawa State, Northwest Nigeria