Medicinal Spices and Herbs from India

Volume 2: Beneficial Health Effects of 20 Exotic Spices

Sankhadip Bose, Sutapa Biswas Majee, Sabyasachi Banerjee

• Publisher: Apple Academic Press
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781040115558
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Medicine

Indian spices are known for their tremendous advantages, both as medicines as well as in cuisine. This two-volume book provides valuable and detailed information about the pharmacological and therapeutic benefits of traditional and exotic Indian spices grown on Indian soil and available across geographical boundaries.

Volume 2 focuses on individual spices and their uses in treating various diseases. In particular, the volume explores the impacts and uses of black cumin, celery, black stone flowers, chili pepper, Asian spider flower, alkanet, kapok tree, pomegranate, asafoetida, fenugreek, cardamom, Indian sandalwood, musk, and more. Exploring each herb in detail, the book provides both new information as well as reinforces existing knowledge regarding these spices, adding to the knowledge about these exotic Indian spices in the field of medicine.

Volume 1: Introduction, Therapeutic Properties, and Commercial Products provides an introduction to the history of use of spices in Indian culture and goes on to discuss the influence of geographical location and climatic variation, processing conditions for extraction of active principles, medicinal uses of traditional spices, the therapeutic properties and molecular mechanisms of exotic Indian spices used as medicine in the treatment of cancer, inflammation, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, brain and cognitive function, cardiovascular diseases, skin diseases, gastrointestinal disorders, bacterial infections, and other pathological conditions.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• About the Editors
• Contents
• Contributors
• Acknowledgment
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Impact of Black Cumin (Nigella sativa) on Human Health
• Chapter 2 Indian Exotic Spices and Their Health Effects: Celery (Apium graveolens)
• Chapter 3 Utilization of Black Stone Flowers (Parmotrema perlatum) as a Spice in India and Their Health Effects
• Chapter 4 Indian Exotic Spices and Their Health Effects: Capsicum frutescens (Chilli Pepper)
• Chapter 5 Therapeutic Efficacy of Zanthoxylum Species (Syn. Fagara species)
• Chapter 6 Garcinia gummi-gutta (Malabar Tamarind): A Spice in Natural and Traditional Medicine
• Chapter 7 Impact of the Asian Spider Flower (Cleome viscosa) on Human Health
• Chapter 8 An Insight into the Therapeutic Potential of Alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria)
• Chapter 9 Indian Spice Garcinia indica Choisy (Kokum) and Its Predominant Health Benefits
• Chapter 10 Therapeutic Role of Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum) in Human Diseases with Reference to Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, and Future Directions
• Chapter 11 Ceiba pentandra (Kapok Tree): An Overview of Its Medicinal Benefits
• Chapter 12 Pharmacological Activities of a Perennial Shrub Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.): A Review
• Chapter 13 Bixa orellena (Annatto or Lipstick Tree): A Potential Healer of Health Complications as an Indian Spice
• Chapter 14 The Smelliest Spice in the World Asafoetida (Ferula narthex Bioss): Health Benefits
• Chapter 15 Therapeutic Potential of the Indian Spice Trigonella foenum-graecum L. (Fenugreek)
• Chapter 16 Role of the Indian Spice Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) in Natural and Herbal Medicine
• Chapter 17 Medicinal Spices and Herbs from India: Therapeutic properties and Molecular Mechanism of Saffron (Crocus sativus L.)
• Chapter 18 Saussurea lappa (Kushta): An Indian Spice and Its Potential Health Benefits
• Chapter 19 Healing Benefits of Indian Sandalwood (Santalum album L.)
• Chapter 20 Therapeutic Applications of Moschus
• Index