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Underexplored Medicinal Plants from Sub-Saharan Africa
Plants with Therapeutic Potential for Human Health
- 1st Edition - November 7, 2019
- Editor: Namrita Lall
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 6 8 1 4 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 6 8 2 1 - 9
Underexplored Medicinal Plants from Sub-Saharan Africa: Plants with Therapeutic Potential for Human Health examines a comprehensive selection of rarely explored plants that have… Read more
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Request a sales quoteUnderexplored Medicinal Plants from Sub-Saharan Africa: Plants with Therapeutic Potential for Human Health examines a comprehensive selection of rarely explored plants that have been underestimated for their therapeutic value. The book contains monographs of medicinal plants, outlining their botanical description, geographical distribution, ethnobotanical usage, chemical constituents, sample and standard preparations and methods, and pharmacological properties. With expert contributors from South Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles, Cameroon and Nigeria, and the compilation of ethnobotanical, taxonomic and pharmacologic information for each species, this book is a valuable resource for researchers, academics in pharmacology, ethnopharmacology, medicinal plant sciences, and more.
- Explores the therapeutic potential of a comprehensive selection of underexplored and underutilized medicinal plants in sub-Sahara Africa
- Provides a summary table of structures of any known natural products, including details of plant source (chapter) and observed activity (e.g. anticancer, antibacterial)
- Includes contributions from experts from South African, Mauritius, Seychelles, Cameroon and Nigeria
Professors and graduate students in the areas of medicinal plant science, pharmacognosy, phyto-chemistry, phytomedicine and herbal science courses, as well as those discovery and development scientists engaged in natural product research in the pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical industries
- No. of pages: 358
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 7, 2019
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128168141
- eBook ISBN: 9780128168219
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Namrita Lall
Professor Namrita Lall is truly passionate about evaluating the wonders of medicinal plants and not only concludes her findings on collating information on ethnobotanical usage, but takes it beyond proving their efficacy and eventually resulting in valuable pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical products. Prof Lall is a distinguished scientist in Medicinal Plant Science at the University of Pretoria. Prof Lall is internationally recognised as a leading scholar in the field of Phytomedicine, which is reflected by her recent appointments as an adjunct Professor at the School of Natural Resources University of Missouri, USA (Dept is 1 of the top 15 in the world), a Senior Research fellow at the Bio-Tech R&D Institute, Jamaica and an adjunct faculty at JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, India. She has been placed in the Essential Science Indicators list of the top 1% of publication outputs (citations) in the discipline pharmacology and toxicology. She has international recognition for her research into the potential of medicinal plants for pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical purposes. She has made a significant contribution to the field of Medicinal Plant science. Several medicinal plants with valuable biological activities have been discovered, which led to several national and international patents. She has co-authored about 135 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and 24 book chapters. The book by Prof Lall, entitled ‘Medicinal Plants for Holistic Health and Well-being’, was published by Elsevier in 2018. Among several awards received in recognition for her work, a few are “The Order of Mapungubwe”, South Africa’s highest honour, Distinguished Young Women in Science Award, prestigious United Kingdom Royal Society/National Research Foundation award and UNESCO-L’Oreal Award for Women in Science. Prof Lall has presented numerous keynotes and plenary talks at international conferences. She has demonstrated a commitment to community development by interacting positively with traditional health practitioners and engaging them in advancing traditional medicines towards conventional pharmaceutical products.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor and Research Chair, Medicinal Plant Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South AfricaRead Underexplored Medicinal Plants from Sub-Saharan Africa on ScienceDirect