The book is a robust attempt to furnish the latest scientific information for any  multidisciplinary research team engaged in plant drug research.  It focuses on the roots of research in medicinal plants, highlights some of the striking features of  commonly known secondary metabolites and presents a few of the  newer aspects of herbal drug research.  The utility of  the book lies in its versatility through which it has covered a wide spectrum of research activities in the field of herbal drug.  The book  will help academician, researchers and industry leaders get every possible vital information in a single volume .  At the same time the book serves as one -stop destination for the postgraduate and doctoral students of pharmacy , Botany  Ayurveda and other interdisciplinary branches, as they can collect a vast array of literature by referring  this 'storehouse of knowledge'.