Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - vol 45 - Turmeric- The Genus Curcuma

Contents
Chapter 1
P.N. Ravindran
Turmeric — The Golden Spice of Life........................................................................1
Chapter 2 Botany and Crop Improvement of Turmeric .............................................................15
P.N. Ravindran, K. Nirmal Babu, and K.N. Shiva
Chapter 3 Phytochemistry of the Genus Curcuma .....................................................................71
Lutfun Nahar and Satyajit D. Sarker
Chapter 4 Biotechnology of Turmeric and Related Species ....................................................107
K. Nirmal Babu, D. Minoo, S.P. Geetha, V. Sumathi, and K. Praveen
Chapter 5
K. Sivaraman
Chapter 6
N.P. Dohroo
Chapter 7
Agronomy of Turmeric.............................................................................................129
Diseases of Turmeric................................................................................................155
Insect Pests of Turmeric...........................................................................................169
S. Devasahayam and K.M. Abdulla Koya
Chapter 8 Postharvest Technology and Processing of Turmeric..............................................193
K.V. Balakrishnan
Chapter 9 Bioactivity of Turmeric ............................................................................................257
Satyajit D. Sarker and Lutfun Nahar
Chapter 10 Curcumin — Biological and Medicinal Properties .................................................297
Bharat B. Aggarwal, Indra D. Bhatt, Haruyo Ichikawa, Kwang Seok Ahn, Gautam Sethi,
Santosh K. Sandur, Chitra Sundaram, Navindra Seeram, and Shishir Shishodia
Chapter 11 Turmeric — Production, Marketing, and Economics..............................................369
M.S. Madan