Environmental Contaminants and Medicinal Plants Action on Female Reproduction
- 1st Edition - February 8, 2022
- Authors: Alexander V. Sirotkin, Adriana Kolesarova
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 2 9 2 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 6 0 1 2 - 3
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Request a sales quoteEnvironmental Contaminants and Medicinal Plants Action on Female Reproduction discusses the problem of environmental pollution, medicinal and food plants, and their impact on reproduction. The book describes the mechanisms of environmental contaminants' action, outlines the key causes of their harmful impact on reproduction, and explores what regulatory substances and processes should be targeted due to the negative effect of pollutants on reproduction. Furthermore, it describes the provenance, properties, physiological and therapeutic effects, and possible areas of application of the known medicinal and functional food plants and their constituents with a focus on female reproductive processes.
This book will be a useful resource for reproductive biologists, specialists in assisted reproduction, animal production and phytotherapy, toxicologists, pharmacologists, pharmaceutical scientists, endocrinologists, medicinal and natural product chemists, nutritionists and others engaged in the study of environmental contaminants and medicinal and functional food plants.
- Discusses common environmental contaminants that affect female reproductive processes and the mechanisms of their effects
- Covers plants and their active substances as potential protectives to environmental contaminants
- Examines how medicinal plants affect female reproductive processes, the mechanisms of their effects, and what plant molecules are responsible for the positive effects
Toxicologists, pharmacologists, pharmaceutical scientists, medicinal and natural product chemists. Healthcare professionals - pharmacists, doctors, nurses; specialists in phytotherapy and naturopathy
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Female reproductive system and its regulation
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. The ovary
- 1.3. Fallopian tubes
- 1.4. Uterus
- 1.5. Extra- and intracellular regulators of female reproductive processes
- 1.6. Some female reproductive disorders
- 1.7. Conclusions and possible direction of future studies
- Chapter 2. Environmental contaminants and their influence on health and female reproduction
- Chapter 2.1. Heavy metals
- Chapter 2.2. Mycotoxins
- Chapter 2.3. The oil-related environmental contaminants
- Chapter 2.4. Tobacco smoking
- Chapter 3. Food/medicinal herbs and their influence on health and female reproduction
- Chapter 3.1. Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.)
- Chapter 3.2. Black elder (Sambucus nigra L.)
- Chapter 3.3. Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.)
- Chapter 3.4. Buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum, L., Fagopyrum esculentum Moench)
- Chapter 3.5. Curcuma/turmeric (Curcuma longa L., Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe)
- Chapter 3.6. Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum L.)
- Chapter 3.7. Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba, L.)
- Chapter 3.8. Grape (Vitis vinifera L.)
- Chapter 3.9. Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)
- Chapter 3.10. Puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris L.)
- Chapter 3.11. Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.) R.Dahlgren)
- Chapter 3.12. Tea (Camelia sinensis L.)
- Chapter 3.13. Vitex (Vitex agnus-castus L.)
- Chapter 4. Plant molecules and their influence on health and female reproduction
- Chapter 4.1. Amygdalin
- Chapter 4.2. Apigenin
- Chapter 4.3. Berberine
- Chapter 4.4. Capsaicin
- Chapter 4.5. Daidzein
- Chapter 4.6. Diosgenin
- Chapter 4.7. Isoquercitrin
- Chapter 4.8. Punicalagin
- Chapter 4.9. Quercetin
- Chapter 4.10. Resveratrol
- Chapter 4.11. Rutin
- Conclusion
- Index
- No. of pages: 436
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 8, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128242926
- eBook ISBN: 9780323860123
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