Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Chemical Composition and Therapeutic Potential of Hedychium Spicatum Buch. Ham. Rhizomes/Aabha, Bhawana Kanyal, Krishna Rana, Neeta Negi, Geeta Tewari, Chitra Pande, Lata Rana, Kshitindra Kumar Singh, Shalini Singh, Girish C. Kharkwal and Kamaksha Mishra. 2. Medicinally Important Local Spices of the Indian Himalayan Region/Tripti Mishra, Pushpa Joshi, Mahesh Pal and Lalita Joshi. 3. Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Rhododendron Arboreum and Urtica Dioica L.: A Review/Anuradha Bisht and Garima Matela. 4. In-vitro and in-vivo Anti-Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Activity of Medicinal Plants/Chandrakanta, Tanuj Joshi, Archana Negi Sah, Sweta Bawari and Abha Tripathi. 5. Ageratum Conyzoides L. From Uttarakhand; Terpenoid Profile, Its Variation with Altitude and Antimicrobial Activity/Chandra M. S. Bisht, Anand B. Melkani, Manisha Palni and Leelawati Nitwal. 6. Potential Therapeutic Activities Derived From Manjistha (Rubia Cordifolia Linn.)/Deepti Tiwari, I. D. Bhatt, L. M. Tiwari, R.C. Sundriyal, Veena Pande and Deepika Pant. 7. Assessment of Antioxidant Potential and Antimicrobial Potential of Leaf Extracts of Pogostemon Benghalensis (Burm.f.) Kuntze from Kumaun Western Himalaya/Disha Upreti, L. M. Tewari, Medha Durgapal, Geeta Tewari, Santosh Kumar Upadhyay, Amrita Kumari, Naveen Chandra Pandey, Geetanjali Upadhyay, Vasundhara Lodhiyal, Girish C. Kharkwal and Deepika Pant. 8. Antihelmintic Activity of Different Medicinal Plants/Divya Mahar, Manjunath Chatti, Nitish Semwal and Mahesh Chandra Arya. 9. Variation in Antioxidant Activity and Antioxidant Constituents in Different Growth Stages of Leaves of Four Aloe Strains Grown at Middle Hill Climatic Condition of Western Himalayas/H. K. Pandey, Anchala Guglani, Swati Arya, V. Kumar, S.S. Upadhyay and Nilofar Akhtar. 10. Phytochemical, Pharmacological and Ethnomedicinal Aspects of Phyllanthus Amarus/Mamta Bisht, Amit Semwal, Ajay Verma and Deepika Pant. 11. Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils of Salvia Species from Uttarakhand/Lalit Mohan, Anand B. Melkani and Deepshikha Joshi. 12. Bioactive and Pharmacological Properties of Crassocephalum Crepidioides (Benth) S. Moore: A Brief Review/Manoj Karakoti, Pankaj Ayra and Prasoon K. Joshi. 13. Chemical Composition, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oil from Rhizomes of Rhodiola Wallichiana (Hook.f.) S.H.FU/Mohammad S. Javed, Sanjay Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Iram, Sachin Gupta and Rishendra Kumar. 14. Phytochemistry, Morphology and Biological Properties of Some Medicinal Plants of Genus Cynoglossum: A Review/Neelam Rawat, Sapna, Pushpa Joshi  and Nilofar Akhtar. 15. Biopesticidal Effects of Leaf Extracts of Urtica Parviflora (Roxb.) on the Larvae of, Helicoverpa Armigera (Hubner)/Niharika Bisht, Himanshu Pande, Divya Pangtey, Kanchan Bhandari, Raveesh Tripathi, Shankar Kumar and Bodh R. Kaushal. 16. Phytochemical and Pharmacological Overview of Some Trees from Fabaceae Family/Sushma Kholiya, Ameeta Tiwari, Nirmala Pargaien, Himanshu Pandey  and Kavita Pant.