Medicinal plants : chemistry, pharmacology, and therapeutic applications / edited by Mallappa Kumara Swamy, Jayanta Kumar Patra, Gudepalya Renukaiah Rudramurthy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kumara Swamy, Mallappa, editor.

Patra, Jayanta Kumar, editor.

Rudramurthy, Gudepalya Renukaiah, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Materia medica, Vegetable.

Medicinal plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2019.

Summary:

This book details several important medicinal plants, their occurrence, plant compounds and their chemical structures, and pharmacological properties against various human diseases. It also gives information on isolation and structural elucidation of phytocompounds, bio-assays, metabolomic studies, and therapeutical applications of plant compounds.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Editors

Contributors

About the Book

Section I: Medicinal Plants

1: Gloriosa superba, a Source of the Bioactive Alkaloid Colchicine: Chemistry, Biosynthesis and Commercial Production

2: Botany, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Activities of Leea Species

3: Centella asiatica (L.) Urb., an Endowment from Traditional Medicine

4: The Importance of Iranian Borage (Echium amoenum Fisch. Mey): A Critical Review

Section II: Plant Metabolites and Bioactive Compounds

5: Plant Metabolites as New Leads to Drug Discovery: Approaches and Challenges

6: Introduction to Herbs and Their Therapeutical Potential: Recent Trends

7: Curcumin as a Potential Therapeutic for Alzheimer's Disease: A Multi-targeted Approach

8: Black Cumin (Nigella sativa L.): Bioactive Compounds and Health Benefits

9: Indian Tropical Fruits and Role of Their Bioactive Compounds against Human Diseases

10: Plant Alkaloids: Classification, Isolation, and Drug Development

11: The Role of Phytocompounds in Cosmeceutical Applications

12: Rosmarinic Acid: Sources, Properties, Applications and Biotechnological Production

Section III: Bioactive Potential of Medicinal Plants and Treatment against Diseases

13: Scientific Validation of the Usefulness of Withania somnifera Dunal. in the Prevention of Diseases

14: Plant Essential Oils and Anticancer Properties: An Update

15: Isolation, Extraction, Preclinical and Clinical Studies on Major Anticancer Compounds of Natural Origin

16: Anticancer Properties of Medicinal Plants Listed in the Herbal Pharmacopoeia of the United Mexican States

Index.

Notes:

"A CRC title, part of the Taylor & Francis imprint, a member of the Taylor & Francis Group, the academic division of T&F Informa plc."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-53560-0

0-429-52213-4

0-429-25996-4

9780429259968

OCLC:

1101422622