Environmental Challenges and Medicinal Plants

Current Status of Medicinal Plants in Perspective of Environmental Challenges and Global Climate Changes.- Environmental Challenges for Himalayan Medicinal Plants.- Wild-Growing Species in the Service of Medicine: Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Production.- Favourable Impacts of Drought Stress on the Quality of Medicinal Plants: Improvement of Composition and Content of Their Natural Products.- Adaptation Strategies of Medicinal Plants in Response to Environmental Stresses.- Physiological and Biochemical Responses of Medicinal Plants to Salt Stress.- Horizontal Natural Product Transfer: A Phenomenon Which Is Responsible for the Widespread Alkaloidal Contaminations of Herbal Products.- Effect of Abiotic Stresses and Adaptation Strategies of Medicinal Plants.- Impact of Various Environmental Factors on Biosynthesis of Alkaloids in Medicinal Plants.- Regulation of Expression of Transcription Factors for Enhanced Secondary Metabolites Production Under Challenging Conditions.-Sustainable Use Practices of Medicinal Plants and Environmental Challenges: A Case Study in Pakistan.- Profiling of Trace Elements and Regulatory Landscape of Dietary Herbal Supplements.- Sustainable Economic Systems Against Biotic and Abiotic Stress in Medicinal Plants: Aeroponics, Hydroponics and Organoponics.- Influence of Salinity on the Growth, Development and Primary Metabolism of Medicinal Plants.- Role of Nano-Biotechnology in Medicinal Plant Production.- An Insight into Plant Nanobionics and Its Application to Overcome the Impact of Environmental Stress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.- Phytoremediation Capacity of Medicinal Plants in Soils Contaminated with Heavy Metals.- Stress Tolerant Species of Medicinal Plants and Phytoremediation Potential.- Breeding Advancements in Fenugreek for Environmental Stresses.- Conservation Strategies for Medicinal Plants in the Face of Environmental Challenges.- Integration of Medicinal Plants into Comprehensive Supply Chains: The Threats and

Tariq Aftab received his Ph.D. in the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University, India, and is currently an Assistant Professor there. He is the recipient of a prestigious Leibniz-DAAD fellowship from Germany, Raman Fellowship from the Government of India, and Young Scientist Awards from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh (India) and Government of India. After completing his doctorate, he has worked as Research Fellow at National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi and as Post-Doctorate Fellow at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. Dr. Aftab also worked as Visiting Scientist at Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany, and in the Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, USA. He is a member of various scientific associations from India and abroad. So far, he has edited 15 books with international publishers, including Elsevier Inc., Springer Nature and CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), co-authored several book chapters, and published over 75 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals. His research interests include physiological, proteomic, and molecular studies in abiotic stress conditions.