Medicinal Plant Research in Africa

Advances in Pharmacology and Chemistry

Victor Kuete

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2025
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443301711
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Medicinal Plant Research in Africa, second edition is an updated and complete reference on the pharmacology of most relevant African species and their phytochemical properties. Although pharmacopoeias of most African countries are available and contain an impressive number of medicinal plants used for various therapeutic purposes, however there was no global standard book on the nature and specificity of chemicals isolated in African medicinal plants. This book has set the standard when it first published in 2013 and now is updated with novel phytochemicals belonging to diverse classes of terpenoids, phenolics, and alkaloids. The first chapter cover monoterpenes and related phytochemicals and is followed by sesquiterpenes on chapter two. Chapter tri reviews diterpenoids and chapter four provides an overview of triterpenes and steroids. Essential oils, simple phenols, phenolic acids and related esters come next in chapters five and six, respectively. The following chapters cover coumarins, flavonoids, quinones, xanthones, lignans and stilbenes. Tannins, alkaloids, and ceramides. Chapters 15 to 20 focus on specific health conditions starting with antibiotic infection, antimalarial and other antiprotozoal diseases, cytotoxic and anticancer activity, anti-inflammatory and analgesic action, antidiabetic botanicals and the applications of African plant phytochemicals on reproductive, cardiovascular, and central nervous systems conditions. The final chapter covers the market and industry updates since the first edition published. "Medicinal Plant Research in Africa, 2 Ed." provides a complete overview of the main phytochemical principles present in the African flora and their pharmaceutical use. Pharmaceutical scientists, Ethnopharmacists, botanists, and medicinal chemists will benefit from the content organization and the inclusion of the most recent methods for structural identification of phytochemicals, pharmacological techniques, and data interpretation. - Covers novel chemical structures, and new pharmacological data - Highlights how phytochemicals can help overcome drug resistance - Provides updated methods for structural identification of phytochemicals, pharmacological techniques, and data interpretation

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Chapter 1. Monoterpenes and related phytochemicals from the medicinal plants of Africa
• Chapter 2. Sesquiterpenes reported from the medicinal plants of Africa from 2013 to 2023 and their pharmacology
• Chapter 3. Review of diterpenoids from the medicinal plants of Africa
• Chapter 4. Triterpenes and steroids from the medicinal plants of Africa
• Chapter 5. Essential oils from the medicinal plants of Africa
• Chapter 6. Simple phenols, phenolic acids, related esters from the medicinal plants of Africa, and potential drug discovery since 2013
• Chapter 7. Coumarins and related compounds from the medicinal plants of Africa and drug discovery
• Chapter 8. Flavonoids, isoflavonoids, and related phytochemicals from the medicinal plants of Africa
• Chapter 9. Quinones and benzophenones identified from the medicinal plants of Africa
• Chapter 10. Xanthones identified in the medicinal plants of Africa
• Chapter 11. Chemistry and pharmacology of lignans and stilbenes reported in African medicinal plants
• Chapter 12. Tannins and related compounds from medicinal plants of Africa
• Chapter 13. Alkaloids from the medicinal plants of Africa
• Chapter 14. Ceramides, cerebrosides, and related long chains containing derivatives identified from the medicinal plants of Africa
• Chapter 15. Update of the antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral botanicals and phytochemicals from the flora of Africa
• Chapter 16. Antimalarial and other antiprotozoal products from African medicinal plants
• Chapter 17. Cytotoxic and anticancer botanicals and phytochemicals of the flora of Africa
• Chapter 18. Antiinflammatory, modulatory and analgesic activities of African medicinal plants and their derivatives
• Chapter 19. Antidiabetic botanicals and phytochemicals from African medicinal plants: An update of 10years findings
• Chapter 20. African medicinal plants acting on the reproductive, cardiovascular, and central nervous systems
• Chapter 21. Progress in the medicinal plants market and industry in Africa from 2013
• Index