§16§Early anthropological evidence for plant use as medicine is 60,000 years old as reported from the Neanderthal grave in Iraq. The importance of plants as medicine is further supported by archeological evidence from Asia and the Middle East. §16§eloped by industry; it is now possible to carry out 50,000 tests per day in the search for compounds, which act on a key enzyme or a subset of receptors. This and other bioassays thus offer hope that one may eventually identify compounds for treating a variety of diseases or conditions. §16§in a majority of the population in the third world and have slowly taken roots as alternative medicine in the West. The integration of modern science with traditional uses of herbal drugs is important for our understanding of this ethnobotanical relationship. §04§§Foreword by Her Excellency Prof. Dr. Ammenah Gurib Fakim, President, Mauritius,- Turkey's plant diversity and its opportunities from an ethnobotanical perspective.- Traditional plant based Chinese medicine.- Plants Used in the Traditional Medicine in East Africa.- Herbal Medicines from Palestine and Jordan.- Herbals from Hindukush.- Plants used in the traditional medicine in Sindh-Pakistan.- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants from Uzbekistan.- Herbal Medicine in Pakistan, Past, Present and Future.- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of §04§c Plants of Sri Lanka.- Cosmetic uses of native plants in Turkey: Reflections on public health and economy.- Traditional Medicine in Azad Kashmir-Pakistan.- Herbals Used in the Folk Medicine of Kirghizistan.- Traditional Medicine Research and Development in Nigeria.- Medicinal Aspects of Andrographis paniculata.- Traditional and Modern Applications: A Case Study from South Indian Trees.- Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Product Development in South Africa.- Herbal Medicinal Plants and Traditional Herb Remedies.- Medicinal Plants of Kashmir Himalaya and Unani Medicine.- Bruneian Knowledge and Practice in Traditional Medicines.- Herbal Remedies by Medicinal Resources in Bhutan.- Traditional Medicine and Medicinal Plants in the Lao PDR.- Traditional Use and Research on Herbal in Mauritius.- Traditional Medical Science in Mongolia.- Status of Medicinal Plants and Prospects of their Cultivation.- IPR Protection and MAPS.§§§§§§§§§
