Exploring Medicinal Bamboos

Manu Pant, Azamal Husen

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781040410141
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Index: Biological Sciences

Therapeutic properties of bamboo have been known since ancient times as a part of several traditional systems of medicine and folk remedies in different parts of the world. Bamboo contains several active phytochemicals and minerals known for antioxidative and cardioprotective properties. This book is a comprehensive guide on botanical, ethnomedicinal, and pharmacological aspects of several medicinally active bamboo species.

Exploring Medicinal Bamboos focuses on phytochemically active ingredients of bamboos imparting therapeutic potentials to each species. There are dedicated chapters on species such as Bambusa spp., Lophatherum gracile, Sasa senanensis, Melocanna baccifera, and Phyllostachys spp., providing a deep understanding of the medicinal potential of these plants. The book also expands knowledge on bamboos as medicinally active plants, including their distribution, propagation, and utilization.

A volume in the Exploring Medicinal Plants series, this book is useful to academicians, researchers, and students involved with non-timber forest products, bamboo, and medicinal plants. Additionally, botanists, ecologists, phytochemists, and professionals in herbal drug and nutraceutical formulations will find the topics valuable.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half-Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents
• About the Editors
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• Chapter 1 The Medicinal Significance of Bamboos
• Chapter 2 Bamboo in Traditional and Folk Medicine
• Chapter 3 Bamboo Products and Their Antibacterial Properties
• Chapter 4 The Medicinal and Nutraceutical Properties of Bamboo Shoots
• Chapter 5 Bamboos as a Rich Source of Antioxidants
• Chapter 6 The Potential Application of Bamboo Leaves in Medicine and Therapy
• Chapter 7 Secondary Metabolites of Bamboo and Their Medical Applications
• Chapter 8 Medicinally Important Bamboo of Phyllostachys Genus
• Chapter 9 The Health Benefits of Biosilica from Bamboo
• Chapter 10 Lophatherum gracile: A Medicinally Active Bamboo
• Chapter 11 Ethnobotanical and Pharmacological Insights into Bambusa Genus
• Chapter 12 The Medicinal Potential of Sasa senanensis: Prior Art and Future Explorations
• Chapter 13 Nutritional and Medicinal Properties of Melocanna baccifera
• Chapter 14 Utilization of Bamboos for Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Industry
• Index