Vivekananda Mandal

This particular book is a true exam companion for students intended to minimize exam load and help in strategic exam preparation. The book bridges the gap between classroom teaching and exam requirements of the students. The book not only delivers classroom learning but at the same time caters to the exam requirements by providing the students smart and hand-picked strategic answers for all possible questions. Students are now more empowered in overcoming exam fears and approach the same in a much confident way. All chapter's unit wise have been written in the form of two, five- and ten-marks possible question-answer form thus providing a exam preparation booster to the students. The book shall also serve as a solved question-bank helping students for preparation of various competitive exams as well.

This particular book shall serve as comprehensive tutelage covering everything from the cradle to the grave regarding patents and patenting, emphasising Indian patent filing procedures and document handling. The book shall make a person competent enough to handle patent-related documents necessary for filing an Indian patent. The book shall also meet the statutory academic requirements for all PG and PhD coursework syllabus under one umbrella. The book shall serve as a one-stop destination or as an information directory for students, researchers, industry experts, and those interested in patenting their innovations or taking up IPR as a profession. The simple explanation of complicated patent rules and procedures is one of the significant highlights, thus making the book a highly committed source for understanding patents in a simple manner. Patent rules pertaining to herbal drug research, patent search, PCT filing steps and FAQs are additional highlights. Overall, this book shall serve as a practical handbook in understanding patents and patenting procedures and will play a key role in developing trained professionals.

Essentials of Botanical Extraction: Principles and Applications provides a unique, single source of valuable information on the various botanical extraction methods available, from conventional to the use of green and modern extraction technologies including ultrasounds, microwaves, pressurized liquids, and supercritical fluids. Most extracts obtained from botanicals are often poorly characterized with unidentified active or inactive constituents. A wise selection of an extraction strategy is vital to drug discovery from medicinal plants as extraction forms the basic first step in medicinal plant research. This book also explores the mathematical hypotheses and innovations in botanical extractions and analyzes different post extraction operations so that dependency on serendipity is reduced and the same be converted into programmed drug discovery.