Dictionary of Medicinal Plants is a compilation of more than 1200 species known to have medicinal use for man giving full details of their chemical constituents medicinal uses and how to cure specific diseases. The plant species mentioned cover geographically many parts of the globe. The genera are arranged alphabetically followed by the species name and family to which it belongs and also common vernacular name. The book will be of immense use to pharmacists doctors of homeopathy ayurvedic herbal medicine and to all students interested in medicinal plants.
Dr. Sammbamurty is a Senior Reader in Botany in Sri Venkateswara College teaching various branches of Botany for the past two and half decades to B.Sc. and B.Sc.(H) students. He is a member of several scientific bodies and a Fellow of the Genetics Society of India and a Fellow of The Botanical Society of India. He published 25 research papers in Rice Cytogenetics in different Indian and International Journals. He attended and participated in several Indian and International symposia seminars and congresses. He published jointly with Dr. N.S. Subrahmanyam A Text Book of Economic Botany published by Wiley Eastern (1989). He is an author of A Text Book of Botany Vol. I (1990) consisting of Algae. Fungi and Plant Pathology. Bacteria and Viruses and Vol. II (1998) comprising Bryophytes Pteridophytes. Gymnosperms and Paleobotany published by Konark Publishers.
