Plants as a source of natural antioxidants / edited by N. K. Dubey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dubey, N. K., editor.

C.A.B. International.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antioxidants--Health aspects.

Antioxidants.

Antioxidants--Therapeutic use.

Materia medica, Vegetable.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages)

Place of Publication:

Wallingford : CABI, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A comprehensive overview of both traditional and current knowledge on the health effects of plant based antioxidants, this book reviews medicinal and aromatic plants from around the world. It covers the different sources of antioxidants including essential oils, algae and marine microorganisms, as well as the role of abiotic and biotic stresses, endophytes, transgenic approaches in scavenging ROS and antioxidant plants used in different therapeutic systems.

Contents:

Plants as a Source of Natural Antioxidants; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. Plants of Indian Traditional Medicine with Antioxidant Activity; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Some Traditionally used Antioxidant Plants and Methods Used for ScreeningThem; 1.3 Phytochemistry of Antioxidant Plants; 1.4 Reverse Pharmacology with Traditionally used Antioxidant Plants; 1.5 Bioprospecting for Traditionally AntioxidantPlants; 1.6 Conclusion; References; 2. Natural Antioxidants from Traditional Chinese Medicinal Plants; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Antioxidant Plants Used in the Chinese System of Medicine;

2.3 Natural Antioxidants from Traditional Chinese Medicinal Plants2.4 Conclusions and Future Prospects; References; 3. Review of the Antioxidant potential of African Medicinal and Food Plants; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Antioxidant potential of African Medicinal and Food Plants; 3.2.1 Acanthaceae - tribe Justicieae; Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anderson; Justicia flava (Vahl) Vahl; 3.2.2 Amaranthaceae; Amaranthus spinosus L.; 3.2.3 Anacardiaceae; Anacardium occidentale L.; Lannea spp.; Mangifera indica L.; Pistacia lentiscus L.; 3.2.4 Apiaceae (formerly Umbelliferae); Centella asiatica (L.) Urban;

Pituranthos tortuosus (DC.) Benth. ex Asch. and Schweinf. (syn. Deverra tortuosa (Desf.) DC.)3.2.5 Apocynaceae; Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd.; Secamone afzelii (Roem. and Schult.) K. Schum.; 3.2.6 Arecaceae; Elaeis guineensis Jacq. (E. melanococcana Gaertn.); 3.2.7 Asteraceae (formerly Compositae); Bidens pilosa L.; Chromolaena odorata (L.) R. King and H. Robinson; Galinsoga parviflora Cav.; Tridax procumbens L.; Vernonia amygdalina Del.; 3.2.8 Bignoniaceae; Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.; Newbouldia laevis (P. Beauv.) Seem. ex Bureau; Spathodea campanulata P. Beauv;

3.2.9 Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae)Cakile maritima Scop.; 3.2.10 Burseraceae; Canarium schweinfurthii Engl.; Dacryodes edulis (G. Don) H.J. Lam; 3.2.11 Cannabaceae; Celtis africana Burm. f.; 3.2.12 Capparidaceae; Cleome monophylla L.(syns C. massae Chiov., C. cordata Burch. ex DC., C. monophylla var. cordata (Burch. ex DC.) Sond., C. epilobioides Baker, C. subcordata Steud. ex Oliver); 3.2.13 Caricaceae; Carica papaya L.; 3.2.14 Chenopodiaceae;

Chenopodium album L. (syns C. browneanum Roem. and Schult., C. concatenatum Thuill. subsp. striatiforme Murr., C. lanceolatum R. Br., C. probstii Aellen, C. probstii Aellen f. probsti and C. striatiforme Murr)3.2.15 Clusiaceae; Allanblackia floribunda Oliv.; 3.2.16 Cochlospermaceae; Cochlospermum tinctorium Perr. ex A. Rich. (syn. C. niloticum Oliv.); 3.2.17 Chrysobalanaceae; Parinari curatellifolia Planch. ex Benth. (syns P. mobola Oliv., P. gardineri Hemsl.); 3.2.18 Combretaceae; Anogeissus leiocarpa (DC.) Guill. and Perr. (syn. A. schimperi Hochst. ex Hutch and Dalziel); Guiera senegalensis J.F. Gmel.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Dubey, N.K. Plants as a Source of Natural Antioxidants.

ISBN:

9781780642673

1780642679

OCLC:

900346498

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