Phytomedicine
A Treasure of Pharmacologically Active Products from Plants
- 1st Edition - February 20, 2021
- Latest edition
- Editors: Rouf Ahmad Bhat, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Moonisa Aslam Dervash
- Language: English
Phytomedicine: A Treasure of Pharmacologically Active Products from Plants aims to present updated knowledge of plant-based medicines in terms of their research and developme… Read more
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Description
Description
Phytomedicine: A Treasure of Pharmacologically Active Products from Plants aims to present updated knowledge of plant-based medicines in terms of their research and development, production, and utilization, from the viewpoint of sustainability and by using the latest technologies. The book explores different phytometabolites on a mass scale, coupled with the efficacy, performance and applicability on target organisms to treat curable and fatal diseases.
Readers will find a coherent package of phytotherapeutic information regarding inclusive assortment of research based, scientific amplitude of metabolites from the plant world encompassing various action plans. Information is presented sequentially regarding phytochemistry, biological activity and the serviceable aspects of bioactive compounds. The book also addresses various advancements and achievements of novel drugs from plants using molecular and enzymatic activities, and various technological tools in an ecofriendly fashion.
Key features
Key features
- Discusses phytotherapeutic properties for a wide range of medical conditions, including anti-pyretic, anti-infective, anti-malarial, Anti-AIDS, anti-diabetic, anti-cancerous, immune-modulatory applications
- Includes a discussion of synergistic effects of formulations and antagonistic drug interactions
- Addresses advancements and achievements of novel plant-based drugs using molecular, enzymatic activities and various technological tools in an eco-friendly fashion
Readership
Readership
Scholars, researchers, and other stakeholders in plant science, natural/alternative medicine, pharmacology and phytopharmacology
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Phyomedicines Diversity, extraction and conservation strategies
2. Biotechnological approaches for conservation of medicinal plants
3. Plant biotechnologies for processing raw products in Phytomedicines
4. Phytomedicine and Phyto-nanocomposites
5. Herbal Medicine Old practice and modern perspectives
6. Bioactive compounds obtained from plants, their pharmacological applications and encapsulation
7. Medicinal plants and their traditional uses
8. Perspectives of phytotherapeutics diagnosis and cure
9. Ethnobotanical perspectives in the treatment of communicable and non-communicable diseases
10. Health benefits of bioactive compounds from microalgae
11. Some Special Diets Used as Neutraceuticals in Unani Medicine with Modern Aspect
12. Phytomedicines synergistic and antagonistic interactions phytometabolites-drug
13. Role of genetically modified plants repository in biopharmaceutical industries
14. Role of Phytomedicines in Metabolic Disorders
15. Artemisia amygdalina Decne - A Rich Repository of Pharmacologically Vital Phytoconstituents
16. Bioprospecting of Endophytic fungi for Antibacterial and Antifungal activities
17. Bioprospecting appraisal of Himalayan Pindrow Fir for pharmacological applications
18. Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Secondary Metabolites Bioactivity and Pharmaceutical Potential
19. The inhibitory role of the metabolites of Moringa oleiferaseeds in cancer cells by apoptosis and cell cycle arre
20. The Medicinal properties of Olaxsubscorpioidea
21. Phyto-therapeutic Agents for Neurodegenerative Disorder A Neuro-pharmacological Review
22. Hepatotoxicity, its physiological pathways and control measures using natural phytochemicals and plant metabolites
23. Nano-sized Delivery Systems for Plant-derived Therapeutic Compounds and their Synthetic Derivative for Ca
24. Potential anti-oxidative response of bioactive products from Ganoderma lucidum and Podophyllum hexandrum
25. Phytomedicine and the COVID pandemic
26. Phytopharmaceutical marketing A case study of USPs used for phytomedicine promotion
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: February 25, 2021
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
RB
Rouf Ahmad Bhat
Dr. Rouf Ahmad Bhat pursued his doctorate at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir (Division of Environmental Sciences) and is presently working in the Department of School Education, Government of Jammu and Kashmir. Dr. Bhat has been teaching for the past 09 years and is an author of more than 55 research articles (h-index 32; i-index 52; total citation 4000) and 50 chapters and has published more than 50 books with international publishers. Besides, he has worked as an associate environmental expert in World Bank-funded Flood Recovery Project and the environmental support staff in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded development projects.
KH
Khalid Rehman Hakeem
MD