New Look to Phytomedicine
Advancements in Herbal Products as Novel Drug Leads
- 1st Edition - October 23, 2018
- Latest edition
- Editors: Mohd Sajjad Ahmad Khan, Iqbal Ahmad, Debprasad Chattopadhyay
- Language: English
New Look to Phytomedicine: Advancements in Herbal Products as Novel Drug Leads is a compilation of in-depth information on the phytopharmaceuticals used in modern medicine… Read more
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Description
Description
New Look to Phytomedicine: Advancements in Herbal Products as Novel Drug Leads is a compilation of in-depth information on the phytopharmaceuticals used in modern medicine for the cure and management of difficult-to-treat and challenging diseases. Readers will find cutting-edge knowledge on the use of plant products with scientific validation, along with updates on advanced herbal medicine in pharmacokinetics and drug delivery. This authoritative book is a comprehensive collection of research based, scientific validations of bioactivities of plant products, such as anti-infective, anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, immune-modulatory and metabolic disorders presented by experts from across the globe.
Step-by-step information is presented on chemistry, bioactivity and the functional aspects of biologically active compounds. In addition, the pharmacognosy of plant products with mechanistic descriptions of their actions, including pathogenicity is updated with information on the use of nanotechnology and molecular tools in relation to herbal drug research.
Key features
Key features
- Compiles up-to-date information on the chemotherapeutics used in the treatment of infective and metabolic disorders
- Presents advancements in the discovery of new drugs from plants using molecular and nanotechnology tools
- Examines detailed information on the use of herbals agents in cancer, HIV and other ailments, including diabetes, malaria and neurological disorders
Readership
Readership
Researchers in the Pharmaceutical industry, Medicinal Chemistry, Natural Drug Discovery. Practitioners of traditional medicines, Ayurveda, Unani and Alternative medicines will also benefit from this work
Table of contents
Table of contents
Section 1: Introduction to Herbal Therapeutics
1. Herbal Medicine: Current trends and future prospects
2. Diversity of bio-active compounds and their therapeutic potential
3. Ethnomedicinal wisdom: An approach for antiviral drug development
4. Plant derived prebiotics and its health benefits
Section 2a: Biological activity and discovery of new compounds from herbs, medicinal plants and herbal medicine
5. Moroccan medicinal plants as anti-infective and antioxidant agents
6. Anti-inflammatory properties of herbs in oral infection
7.Bioactive molecules, pharmacology and future research trends of Ganoderma lucidium as a cancer chemotherapeutic agent
8. Indian berries and its active compounds: therapeutic potential in cancer prevention
9. Prospects of essential oils in controlling pathogenic biofilm
10. Anticancer phytocompounds: Experimental and clinical updates
11. Plant derived molecules in managing HIV infection
Section 2b: Mechanism of action plant derived products/medicine
12. Current Strategy to target bacterial quorum sensing and virulence by phytocompounds
13. Understanding biochemical and molecular mechanism of complications of glycation and its management by herbal medicine
14. Insights of Phyto-compounds as anti-pathogenic agents: Controlling strategies for inhibiting biofilms and quorum sensing in Candida albicans
15. Neem Leaf Glycoprotein in Cancer Immunomodulation and Immunotherapy
16. Role of phytomedicine in diabetes and cardiovascular diseases
17. Plant-derived Immuno-modulators
Section 3: Pharmacokinetics, interaction and toxicity profile of phytocompounds
18. Herb and modern drug interactions: Efficacy, quality and safety aspects
Section 4: New dimensions in phytotherapy research and applications
19. High Throughput Virtual Screening (HTVS) of natural compounds & exploration of their Bio-molecular mechanisms: An in silico approach
20. Plant extracts and phytocompounds in management of Malaria
21. Assessment of antimicrobial activity of different phytochemicals against enteric diseases in different animal models
22. Nanoparticles in Ayurvedic medicine: potential and prospects
23. Nanoparticles-based delivery of phytomedicines: Challenges and opportunities
24. Phytomedicine: A potential alternative medicine in controlling neurological disorders
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: October 23, 2018
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Mohd Sajjad Ahmad Khan
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Iqbal Ahmad
Dr. Iqbal Ahmad has been a senior professor in the Department of Agricultural Microbiology at Aligarh Muslim University, India, He has more than 250 peer-reviewed international publications along with being engaged as Principal/co-principal investigator of many national/international projects on Applied and Environmental Microbiology. His research work has been cited more than 21000 times as per Google Scholar Records. He has been a visiting Professor at Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, since 2016.
He has a lot of experience working on antimicrobial resistance among pathogenic bacteria from medical and environmental sources. His recent research interest in tackling the environmental AMR problem in India is supported by the Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, in collaboration with the British Government, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)/NERC. Dr. Ahmad has delivered numerous invited lectures at national/international meetings and guided more than 20 Ph.D. students in the field of environmental and Applied Microbiology. Additionally, Dr. Ahmad has already contributed his enormous microbiology and drug resistance knowledge by publishing 09 international books for academicians.DC