Biopharmacological Activities of Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds

Buch | Hardcover

411 Seiten

2021
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-5361-9959-8 (ISBN)

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This book presents comprehensive coverage and recent advances surrounding phytopharmaceuticals, traditional and alternative systems of medicines and uses of nanotechnology in biopharmaceutical products. Sections cover the role of medicinal plants, bioactive and biophytopharmaceuticals in the management of cancer, hepatitis, HIV, analgesics, inflammation, antibacterial, viral infections, fungal infections, neurological disorders, diabetes, ENT infections, dental decay, cardiovascular disorders, skin diseases, antiproliferative etc. This volume also includes biogenic synthesis of various type of nanoparticles using medical plant extracts, seaweeds, algae, and fungi for the new drug discovery. This volume sheds new light on the immense potential of medicinal plants for human health from different technological aspects. It presents new research on bioactive compounds in medicinal plants that provide health benefits, including those that have proven especially effective in treating and managing diabetes mellitus and hypertension. It looks at the medicinal properties, antioxidant capacity, and antimicrobial activity of plants and provides scientific evidence on the use of medicinal plants in the treatment of certain diseases. Many of the plants described in the chapters are easily accessible and are believed to be effective with fewer side effects in comparison to modern drugs in the treatment of different diseases. The body of the book comprises thought-provoking and diverse chapters on the potential for utilisation of plants in treating diseases of the skin and use of traditional medicine as anticancer, anti-HIV, and antibacterial agents. Each topic is introduced by providing a background on the disease, which contains updated statistics on the prevalence thereof, followed by the associated pathology, pharmacologically approved drugs currently on the market used for treatment of the disease, an array of medicinal plants used for treatment accompanied with a list of their active phytoconstituents and chemical structures thereof, as well as scientific evidence for use. This book provides key information for everyone interested in drug discovery, including medicinal chemists, nutritionists, microbiologists, biochemists, toxicologists, drug developers and health care professionals. Students, professors and researchers working in the area of pharmaceutical sciences, botany, pharmaceutical microbiology, medical microbiology and beyond will also find the book useful.

Ajeet Singh, PhD Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Wheat & Barley Research National Dairy Research Institute (ICAR-IIWBR) Karnal, Haryana, India

Preface; Acknowledgment; Medicinal Herbs with Analgesic and Anti-inflammatory Properties: A Potential Source of Alternative Medicine; Herbal Compounds Used as Antibacterial Negotiator: Medicinal Plants with Antibacterial Potential; Neuroprotective Activities of Medicinal Plants and Natural Bioactive Compounds; Therapeutic Importance of Medicinal Plants and Natural Drugs for Diabetes Management; Herbal Based Drug Discovery for Skin and Surgical Infectious Diseases; Therapeutic Values of Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds for Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Diseases; Therapeutic Values of Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Phytochemicals for Mouth infections and Dental Decay Diseases; Plants Based Herbal Drugs for Cardiovascular Diseases; Role of Traditional Practices and Ethno-medicinal Plants for the Management of Jaundice and Hepatic Diseases; Antiproliferative Properties of Bryophytes; Plants Based Drug Discovery Update for Anti-HIV Disease Management; Antimicrobial Properties of Curcuma longa L. and their Bioactive Compounds; Nephroprotective Activities of Medicinal Plants and Natural Drugs; Fungal Based Biogenic Synthesis of Nanoparticles and their Biopharmacological Uses; Biogenic Synthesis of Nanomaterials from Algae and Their Pharmacological Activities; Phyto-synthesis of Nanomaterial from Medicinal Plants and their Therapeutic Importance in Drug Discovery; Seaweeds Based Biological Synthesis of Nanoparticles and their Pharmacological Activities; Assays for Determining Biopharmacological Activities of Biogenic Nanoparticles: Assays for Biological Activities; Biologically Synthesized/Conjugated Metallic Nanoparticles for Treatment of Viral Infectious Diseases; Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles: Their Toxicity and Perturbing Properties in Living Beings and Biological System; About the Contributors; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.10.2021
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	924 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
ISBN-10	1-5361-9959-1 / 1536199591
ISBN-13	978-1-5361-9959-8 / 9781536199598
Zustand	Neuware