Abstract
Medicinal plant provides perpetual resource base for growing needs of the pharmaceutical industry. Viral diseases have also important position due to huge loss caused by them in plants. Viral diseases are characterised by various symptoms like stunting, chlorosis, colour breaking, reduced leaves, flower distortion, etc. In the present contribution, we have studied medicinal plants of nine (ten) different families which are found to be infected with viral diseases present in North-Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. These plants are Acalypha indica, Ageratum conyzoides, Calotropis procera, Cassia tora, Catharanthus roseus, Centella asiatica, Chrysanthemum indicum, Croton bonplandianum, Datura metel, Datura stramonium, Helianthus annuus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Jatropha curcas, Ocimum sanctum, Parthenium hysterophorus, Phyllanthus niruri, Pouzolzia indica, Rauvolfia serpentina, Ricinus communis, Solanum nigrum, Tagetes erecta, Withania somnifera and Zinnia elegans. This chapter provides inclusive information about the family, distribution, morphology, pharmacological profile, active constituents and symptoms of viral infections with photographs of infected and non-infected leaves’ sample of medicinal plants and viruses reported in North-Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. The study of the viral diseases will allow developing effective methods of protecting medicinal plants and preserving the quality of raw materials for pharmaceuticals.
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