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More than 2000 plants have been listed in the Traditional (Herbal/Alternative) systems of medicine and some of these are providing comprehensive relief to the people suffering from cardio-vascular diseases, specially "hyperlipidemia" and "ischemic heart disease". According to WHO reports, around eighty percent of the global population still relies on botanical drugs and several herbal medicines have advanced to clinical use in modern times. Based on these findings and approach, this book is written to identify the Pharmacology and Cardio-vascular Application of four commonly used plants in South Asia. Some very interesting findings have been observed and thus presented in this book. Trust, the text and findings presented in this book will provide the researchers in-depth knowledge and comprehensive scientific information in the field of herbal medicine, relating to cardiovascular disease and will be helpful in their future studies

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