Phytomedicine

Research and Development

Parimelazhagan Thangaraj

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9780367857592
• eBook ISBN: 9781000058154
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Phytomedicine has become more important and gained constant improvement today for the betterment of health. Herbal medicine plays a significant role in the development of new drugs, contrary to the modern medicinal systems. For more than a decade, there has been a drastic improvement in phytomedicine across the world. This growth has reached a higher level in development by pharmaceutical industries everywhere. People have drifted toward herbal medication and practices for their food and health care. Therefore, in order to create abundant interest in the research of phytosciences, this book is one of the better reference tools. The bioactive compounds in plants need to be explored to know the scientific value and therapeutic properties of the medicinal plants against many diseases.

This book contains chapters that are relevant to the advanced research in herbal medicines and will enlighten readers to the importance of medicinal plants as daily sources of nutrition and cures for diseases. This book highlights the unique features of the plants that have not been studied so far for their therapeutic potential. To prove the efficacy of medicinal plants, they have to be studied, examined, and scientifically verified. Hence, this book will better serve the researchers working under different aspects of phytomedicine.

Features

• The information provided through scientific validation is useful to study the pharmacological activity of herbals and their administration in the modern era.

• The readers can find clear understanding in the research and development of phytopharmaceutical drugs.

• The ideas incorporated in each chapter reveal the knowledge gained in studying the biological activities of the compounds present in the plant, which are indeed most worthy for the development of drugs.

• The harvesting of new ideology toward modern scientific technologies that are employed in the field of pharmacological research.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Editor
• Contributors
• Chapter 1 Ethnic Uses and Commercial Applications of Capsicum assamicum (Bhut jolokia)
• Chapter 2 Plant-Based Compounds as Alternative Adjuvant Therapy for Multidrug-Resistant Cancer
• Chapter 3 Ethnomedicinally Important Pteridophytes of Kolli Hills from Eastern Ghats, India
• Chapter 4 Bioprospecting of Antimicrobial Carica papaya Leaf Extract for Finishing of Fabrics in Health Care Industries
• Chapter 5 Analysis of Discrete and Combined Effect of Solvent, Extraction Time, and Extraction Temperature on Polyphenol Compounds Extraction from Roxburgh Fig (Ficus auriculata Lour.) Fruit Using Response Surface Methodology
• Chapter 6 GC-MS Analysis of Methanolic Extract of Rubus ellipticus: A Wild Edible Fruit
• Chapter 7 Chemoprotective and Immunomodulating Effects of Ferulic Acid on Cisplatin Chemotherapy in Dalton’s Lymphoma Xenografted Mice
• Chapter 8 Anti-microbial and Anti-oxidant Properties of Solvent Extract of Lichen Species Collected from Kodaikanal Hills, Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu
• Chapter 9 Preliminary Phytochemical Screening and Identification of Bioactive Compounds from Banana Inflorescence and to Find the Interactions on Molecular Docking for PCOS
• Chapter 10 Effect of Anti-oxidant-Rich Nutraceutical on Serum Glucose, Lipid Profile, and Oxidative Stress Markers of Salt-Induced Metabolic Syndrome in Rats
• Chapter 11 Pharmacognostic Studies on Ormocarpum sennoides (Willd.) DC.: A Bone Fracture Healing Plant from Fabaceae
• Chapter 12 Flowering Plants of Govind Pashu Vihar Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Himalaya: With Emphasis on High Altitude Threatened Medicinal Plants
• Chapter 13 Anti-oxidant and Anti-microbial Activities of Flavonoids from the Fruit Extract of Dacryodes edulis
• Chapter 14 Anti-diabetic and Cytotoxicity Studies of Ethanol Extract of Mundulea sericea: A Threatened Medicinal Plant
• Chapter 15 Evaluation of In Vitro and In Vivo Anti-oxidant and Anti-inflammatory Potential of Aloe vera Gel Extract
• Chapter 16 Monoterpenes Modulating IL-10: A Systematic Review
• Chapter 17 UV/V is a Spectrophotometric Characterization of the Leaf Polyphenolics Content in Elaeocarpus tectorius and its Therapeutic Potential against Selected Urinary Tract Infection Pathogens
• Chapter 18 Evaluation of Anti-diabetic Activity of Cleome gynandra in Alloxan Induced Diabetic Wistar Albino Rats
• Chapter 19 To Evaluate the Role of a Novel Herbal Formulation by Topical Application in Cancer Therapeutics (Mouse Model)
• Chapter 20 Coconut Sprouts as Phytomedicine: An Approach towards the Development of Nutraceuticals
• Chapter 21 Assessment of Secondary Metabolites in the Yams of Dioscorea oppositifolia L. & Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
• Chapter 22 Evaluation of Anti-ulcer Potential of Sphenodesme involucrata var. paniculata (C.B. Clarke) Munir Leaves on Various Gastric Aggressive Factors
• Chapter 23 Seaweeds: A Potent Source of Bioactive Compounds
• Chapter 24 Bioactive Compounds in Marine Macro Algae and Their Role in Pharmacological Applications
• Chapter 25 Fisher Folks Usage of Medicinal Plants against Gynecological Disorders
• Chapter 26 In Vitro Anticancer Activity of Syzygium calophyllifolium on A549 Lung Cancer Cells
• Index