Medicinal Roots and Tubers for Pharmaceutical and Commercial Applications

Rakesh Kumar Bachheti graduated from the Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna University, Garhwal, India, in 1996. He completed his MSc in Organic Chemistry from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna University, Garhwal, India, in 1998. He had undergone a one-year Post Graduate Diploma in Pulp and Paper Technology from Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, in 2001. He obtained his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Kumaun University, Nainital, India, in 2007. He is presently working as an Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Industrial Chemistry at the Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU) of Ethiopia, where he teaches Ph.D., graduate, and undergraduate students. Before joining AASTU, Rakesh was working as Dean Project (Assistant) at Graphic Era University (A grade university by NACC) in Dehradun, India. Rakesh also presented papers at various international (Malaysia, Thailand, and India) and national conferences. He was also a member of various important committees, such as the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Anti-ragging committee. His major research interests include natural products for Industrial application, biofuel and bioenergy, green synthesis of nanoparticles, their application and Pulp and paper technology. He retains a fundamental love for natural products, which permeates all of his research. He has also successfully advised 30 MSc and 3 Ph.D. students to completion, and countless undergraduates have researched in his laboratory. Dr. Bachheti is actively involved in curriculum development for BSc/MSc/Ph.D. programs. Dr. Bachheti has over 70 publications dealing with various aspects of natural product chemistry and nanotechnology and has twenty book chapters published by Springer, Elsevier, and Nova Publisher. Presently, he is supervising 5 Ph.D. students and 3 Master's students and works on two research projects funded by AASTU. Archana (Joshi) Bachheti did BSc in 1997 and MSc in 1999 from HNB Garhwal University. She received her Ph.D. from Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India, in 2006. She has carried out research projects and consultancy work in the areas of ecorestoration/ development of wasteland, physico-chemical properties of Jatropha curcus seed oil and their relation with altitudinal variation, and has been a consultant Ecologist to a project funded by a government agency. Dr. Joshi is currently Professor at Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India. She has also served in many capacities in academia within India and provided expertise internationally for more than 15 years. She taught Ecology and Environment, Environmental Science, Freshwater Ecology, Disaster management, and Bryophytes and Pteridophytes. Her major research interests encompass the broad, interdisciplinary field of plant ecology, focusing on ecorestoration, green chemistry, especially the synthesis of nanomaterial, and medicinal properties of plants. The breadth of her research spans from degraded land ecological amelioration and physical and chemical properties of plant oil to plant-based nanomaterial. She guided one Ph.D. student, supervised three scholars, and guided graduate and undergraduate students with their research projects. While the fascination with forest biodiversity captured her interest, it has been her love for the exploration of values of biodiversity and social upliftment through it that has maintained that passion. Dr. Joshi has published over 55 research articles in international and national journals and sixteen book chapters. She organized several National seminars/conferences at Graphic Era University, India.

Chapter 1 - Curcuma longa (Turmeric): A magical Rhizome for the treatment of different diseases

Fekade Beshah Tessema , Yilma Hunde Gonfa, Mesfin Getachew Tadesse, Archana Bachheti, Azamal Husen, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti

Chapter 2 - Medicinal and commercial application of Zingiber officinalis

Meseret Zebeaman, Mesfin Getachew Tadesse, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti, Archana Bachheti, Rahel Gebeyhu, Kundan Kumar Chaubey

Chapter 3 - Bioactive Compounds and pharmaceutical importance of Houttuynia cordata Rhizome

Atreyi Pramanik, Aashna Sinha, Kundan Kumar Chaubey, Deen Dayal

Chapter 4 - Chemical constituents and medicinal uses of Wasabi japonica

Versha Parcha, Pankaj Bhandari, Sukanya Chhetri, Uday Kumar & Raju Chandra

Chapter 5 - Boesenbergia pandurata: An overview of medicinal use, ethnopharmacology, and phytochemistry

Addisu Tamir Wassie, Archana Bachheti, Azamal Husen, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti

Chapter 6 - Phylogeny, phytochemistry, traditional uses and pharmaceutical properties of Thapsia spp roots

Khaled TAÏBI, Leila AÏT ABDERRAHIM, Mohamed BOUSSAID, Kada SOUANA, Mohamed ACHIR, Fadhila TAÏBI

Chapter 7 - Secondary metabolites, ethnopharmacology, and commercial application of Glycyrrhiza glabra L.

Noureddine Chaachouay, Abdelhamid Azeroual, Bouchaib Bencharki, Lahcen Zidane

Chapter 8 - Medicinal and commercial uses of Angelica roots

Anuj Kandwal, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti, Sonali Purohit, Archana Bachheti and Arun Kumar Khajuria

Chapter 9 - Traditional and modern medicinal uses of Cichorium intybus roots

Munir Ozturk, Volkan Altay, Mehdi Younessi-Hamzekhanlu

Chapter 10 - Therapeutic importance of Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) in traditional and modern system of treatment

Sonali Purohit, M.C. Purohit, Arun Kumar Khajuria, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti and Anuj Kandwal

Chapter 11 - Phytoconstituents and medicinal importance of Chlorophytum borivilianum root

Sisay Awoke, Melaku Assefa and Mesfin Getachew

Chapter 12 - A Comprehensive Review on the Medicinal use of Piper methysticum (Kava)

Versha Parcha, Pankaj Bhandari, Sukanya Chhetri, Uday Kumar & Deepak Kumar

Chapter 13 - Medical benefits and side-effects of Lepidium meyenii root

Deepak Kumar Verma, Vinay Pathak, Sapna Yadav, Sadiya Sameer,Navneet Kumar, Aashna Sinha, Kundan Kumar Chaubey, Krishan Raj Singh, Gaurav Bhardwaj, Alazar Essayas, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti

Chapter 14 - Phtyopharmacological aspects of Valeriana officinalis root

Pratibha Kumari, Anupam Bhatt, Dipika Rana

Chapter 15 - Photochemistry, medicinal and commercial application of Beta vulgaris L.

M.C. Purohit, Anuj Kandwal, Sonali Purohit, Archana Bachheti, Arun Kumar Khajuria

Chapter 16 - Radish: Health benefits and medicinal uses

Sugam Gupta, Bhavya Mudgal, Devvret Verma, Debasis Mitra, Archana Bachheti, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti