Medicinal Plants for Lung Diseases : A Pharmacological and Immunological Perspective / edited by Kamal Dua, Srinivas Nammi, Dennis Chang, Dinesh Kumar Chellappan, Gaurav Gupta, Trudi Collet.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dua, Kamal, editor.

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human physiology.

Pharmaceutical chemistry.

Drug delivery systems.

Human Physiology.

Pharmaceutics.

Drug Delivery.

Local Subjects:

Human Physiology.

Pharmaceutics.

Drug Delivery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (625 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2021.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2021.

Summary:

This book summarizes experimentally-supported research on the therapeutic efficacy of plant extracts and their constituents on a range of respiratory diseases including infections. It discusses the pharmacological, cellular and molecular factors involved in the pathogenies of respiratory diseases and their modulation by plant-derived compounds. Additionally, it underlines the growing relevance of medicinal plant-based advanced drug delivery systems for treating lung diseases providing maximal therapeutic efficacy with better patient compliance. Overall, this comprehensive book is a blend of translational, biological, chemical and drug delivery aspects of medicinal plants employed in targeting respiratory diseases and attracts a range of audiences including physiochemist, translational and clinical researchers working in the field of respiratory diseases.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Immunopathology of respiratory diseases

Chapter 2. Introduction to Chronic Respiratory Diseases: A Pressing Need for Novel Therapeutic Approaches

Chapter 3. Role of Indian Herbal Medicine in the treatment of Pulmonary Diseases

Chapter 4. Asthma-induced inflammatory responses and reversal by botanicals

Chapter 5. Medicinal plants in targeting asthma

Chapter 6. Incipient need of medicinal plants in targeting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chapter 7. Utilization of Natural Compounds for Treatment of Tuberculosis-I

Chapter 8. Medicinal plants in the treatment of Tuberculosis-II

Chapter 9. Medicinal Plants in the Treatment of tuberculosis-III

Chapter 10.Natural compounds as versatile potential therapeutic agents of lung cancer

Chapter 11. Exploring the potential of medicinal plants in Lung Cancer

Chapter 12. Effect of Medicinal Plants against Lung Cancer

Chapter 13. Medicinal Plants used in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension- I

Chapter 14.Medicinal Plants used in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension-II

Chapter 15. Herbal bioactives for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Chapter 16. Medicinal Plants targeting Bronchitis

Chapter 17. Role of medicinal plants in the treatment of pulmonary edema

Chapter 18. Medicinal Plants Used in the Treatment of Influenza a Virus Infections

Chapter 19. Medicinal Plants used in the treatment of influenza A virus infections

Chapter 20. COVID-19 pandemic panic: prophylactic as well as therapeutic management with traditional ethnic phytopharmaceuticals with challenging nano-spray inhaler and advanced drug delivery system

Chapter 21. Targeting SARS-CoV2 novel corona (COVID-19) virus infection using medicinal plants

Chapter 22. Promising plant based bioactive natural products in combating SARS-CoV2 novel corona (COVID-19) virus infection

Chapter 23. Medicinal plant based advanced drug delivery system for the treatment of chronic lung diseases

Chapter 24. Medicinal Plant Based Advanced Drug Delivery System for the Treatment of Chronic Lung Diseases

Chapter 25. Application of nanodrugs derived from active metabolites of medicinal plants for the treatment of inflammatory and lung diseases: Recent advances.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

981-336-850-0

OCLC:

1262554045