Medicinal Foods
eBook - ePub

Medicinal Foods

  1. 298 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Medicinal Foods

About this book

This book on medicinal foods is an essential reading material in this era when more people are including plant materials, which they call "veggies, " in their diets to obtain micronutrients.

Knowledge of medicinal foods will enable a person to eat food to promote good health and prevent disease. Knowledge of medicinal foods will also help a person to use food for the adjunct dietary management of some health disorders.

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Publisher
Fulton Books, Inc.
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781637104194
eBook ISBN
9781637104200
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Nutrition, Dietics & Bariatrics
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Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. The Focus of the Book
  3. Who This Book Is Intended For
  4. Method of Presentation of the Information in the Book
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1: What Are Medicinal Foods?
  7. Chapter 2: The Chemical Composition and Medicinal Effects of Eight Medicinal Foods
  8. Chapter 3: Traditional- and Medicinal-Food Uses of Soursop (Annona muricata)
  9. Chapter 4: Demonstration of Antioxidant Effects of Palm-Oil Extract of Ocimum gratissimum Leaves as Reduction of Ferric to Ferrous Iron in Plantain Fruit Slices
  10. Chapter 5: Reversal of Hypoxic Hypoxia in a Pneumonia Patient in Coma with Throat-Instilled Soursop Pulp, Palm-Oil Extract of Ocimum gratissimum Leaves, and Liquified Yam Pulp
  11. Chapter 6: Disease-Fighting and Profertility Effects of Vernonia amygdalina and Azadirachta indica Leaves Applied as Organic Manure in Leaf-Curl, Stem-Rot, and Fruit-Rot Diseases of Pawpaw (Carica papaya) Plant
  12. Chapter 7: Immersion in Refined Vegetable Oil Protected Fish from Spoilage by Molds
  13. Chapter 8: A Demonstration of Anti-Inflammatory and Antipyretic Effects of Dry Xylopia aethiopica Fruit Extract in Wistar Albino Rats
  14. Chapter 9: Antibacterial and Antifungal Effects of Three-Year-Stored Ground Dry Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich Fruit
  15. Chapter 10: In Vivo Antifungal and Wound-Healing Effects of Water Extracts of Dennettia tripetala Bak f (Family Annonaceae) and Papaya (Family Caricaceae) Fruit
  16. Chapter 11: A Simple Demonstration of the Lipolytic (Capability to Breakdown Fats) and Antioxidant Properties of Vernonia amygdalina Leaf Extract
  17. Chapter 12: Food and Medicinal Properties of Bitter Leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) Soup
  18. Chapter 13: Effect of Temperature of Paste Preparation Water on Consistency of Cooked Meal Fractions of Voandzeia subterranean (or Hypogea) Seed Flour Paste
  19. Chapter 14: Medicinal Potentials of Plants of Family Cucurbitaceae —Pumpkins, Melons, Squashes, and Cucumbers
  20. Chapter 15: Wild and Domesticated Animals Eat Medicinal Plant Foods
  21. Chapter 16: Evaluation of the Antibacterial and Antifungal Effects of Fresh, Ten-Year-Stored, and Twenty-Year-Stored Lime Juice
  22. Chapter 17: Relief of Sickle Cell Anemia Symptoms with a 3:2:5 Mixture of Ground Soya Bean Seeds; Ground Turmeric and Ground Bitter Leaf Leaves
  23. Chapter 18: Antibacterial and Antifungal Effects of Water Extracts of Two-Year Polythene Bag-Stored (Frequently Taken), Ground Cloves, and Bitter Kola Seeds
  24. Chapter 19: Hypoglycemic and Other Health Benefits of Antimalarial Plant Extracts: A Review
  25. Chapter 20: The Potential Direct Relationship Between Intake of Excess High-Energy Foods and Succumbing of the Body to Diseases and Health Disorders

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Yes, you can access Medicinal Foods by UCHECHUKWU ANASTASIA UTOH-NEDOSA,Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Nutrition, Dietics & Bariatrics. We have over 1.5 million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.