Neglected tropical diseases and phytochemicals in drug discovery / edited by Chukwuebuka Egbuna, Muhammad Akram, Jonathan Chinenye Ifemeje.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Egbuna, Chukwuebuka, editor.

Akram, Muhammad, 1980- editor.

Ifemeje, Jonathan Chinenye, editor.

Wiley InterScience (Online service)

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tropical medicine.

Phytochemicals--Therapeutic use.

Phytochemicals.

Materia medica, Vegetable.

Drug development.

Tropical Medicine.

Phytotherapy.

Medical Subjects:

Tropical Medicine.

Phytotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 593 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2022]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Epidemiology of neglected tropical diseases / Kurubaran Ganasegeran

Neglected tropical diseases, phytochemicals, protein targets and mechanisms in drug discovery / Lalit R. Samant

Novel bioactive lead compounds for drug discovery against neglected tropical diseases, leishmaniasis, lymphatic filariasis, trypanosomiasis (African sleeping sickness and Chagas disease) and schistosomiasis / Abeer M. El Sayed

Herbal, nutritional and traditional remedies for giardiasis : phytochemicals as drug candidates / Samrat Bhattacharyya

Antiprotozoal activity of phytochemicals against Entamoeba histolytica, the causative agent of amoebiasis / Goutam Jena

Anti-leishmanial potentials of phytochemicals / Shahira Mohamed Ezzat

Prospects of phytochemicals in the treatment of helminthiasis / Muhammad Akram

Efficacy of phytochemicals of medicinal plants for the treatment of human echinococcosis : echinococcal disease, hydatidosis or hydatid disease drug discovery / Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji

Filaricidal activity of phytochemicals against lymphatic filariasis / Sharangouda J. Patil

Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) and phytochemicals in drug discovery / Muhammad Akram

Medicinal potentials of phytochemicals as a source of drugs for the treatment of onchocerciasis (river blindness) / Chandrashekar Srinivasa

Foodborne trematodiases and phytochemicals / Ramith Ramu

Bacteriocidal effects of phytochemicals on Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agents of buruli ulcer / Alloysius Chibuike Ogodo

Bacteriocidal effects of phytochemicals on Mycobacterium leprae, the causative agent of leprosy / Chukwuebuna Egbuna

Medicinal plants and phytochemicals effective against chlamydia trachomatis, the causative agent of trachoma / Habibu Tijjani

Yaws (endemic treponematoses) drug discovery from phytochemicals : an informatics protocol for drug target identification to phytochemical inhibitor screening and validation / Zarrin Basharat

Dengue fever : a brief overview and insights into the potential applicability of phytochemicals in its management / Muhammad Akram

Medicinal potentials of phytochemicals for the management of rabies / Chandan Shivamallu

Roles of medicinal plants in the diagnosis and treatment of eumycetoma / Chinaza Godswill Awuchi

Role of phytochemicals in the treatment of ectoparasitic infections : scabies and myiasis / Santwana Palai

Malaria and recent developments in antimalarial drugs / Mithun Rudrapal

Therapeutic potentials of phytochemicals against mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agents of tuberculosis / Alloysius Chibuike Ogodo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 26, 2022).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Neglected tropical diseases and phytochemicals in drug discovery

ISBN:

9781119617143

1119617146

9781119617150

1119617154

9781119617112

1119617111

Publisher Number:

99990592749

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.