Download or read book Medicinal Plants of the Asteraceae Family written by Hari Prasad Devkota and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights 12 major plants in the Asteraceae family from the aspects of traditional uses as food and medicine, phytochemistry, and pharmacological activities. Asteraceae is one of the largest family of flowering plants comprising over 1,600 plant genera and 32,000 plant species. Plants belonging to this family have a long history of being used as medicinal plants for the treatment of various diseases. Many of them are also used in the preparation of foods, beverages, and also used in pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. In addition, plants such as Artemisia annua have played an important role in the discovery of novel drugs. The book summarizes the traditional uses of the plants in the family Asteraceae and their scientific validation, which helps readers understand their relation and impact on human health. It also explains the Phytochemistry of the species and presents the pharmacological activities and mechanisms in detail. Understanding current scientific knowledge will help in the commercialization of products based on these plants and also helps to find the research gaps that should be fulfilled in the future for their optimal use. It also helps in increasing the awareness of the plant species related to conservation, cultivation, and sustainable utilization. This edited volume comprises chapters contributed by experts from around the world.
Download or read book Ethnomedicinal Plant Use and Practice in Traditional Medicine written by Akash, and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-03-13 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional medicinal knowledge, especially the use of ethnomedicinal plants in developing countries, has been passed down for generations. Today, however, scientists are poised to combine traditional medicinal plants and modern drug discoveries to further develop essential products that have followed the leads of indigenous cures used for centuries. Ethnomedicinal Plant Use and Practice in Traditional Medicine provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of indigenous knowledge and therapeutic potential within ethnobotany. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as drug discovery, traditional knowledge, and herbal medicine, this book is ideally designed for doctors, healers, medical professionals, ethnobotanists, naturalists, academicians, researchers, and students interested in current research on the medical use and applications of natural-based resources.
Download or read book Herbs in Medicine written by Tajamul Islam Shah and published by Educreation Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book "Herbs in Medicine" emphasizes the key role of herbs in traditional system of medicine. Medicinal plants are an important part of our natural wealth. They serve as pivotal therapeutic agents as well as valuable raw materials for manufacturing numerous traditional and modern medicines. The history of medicinal plant use for treating diseases and ailments is probably dates back to the beginning of human civilization. Our forefathers were habitual of using natural remedies in order to ease their sufferings caused by acute and chronic illnesses. Since ancient times plants with therapeutic properties have secured an important place in the healing practices and treatment of diseases.The principal aim of this book is two-fold: (i) to provide detailed information on locally important medicinal plants with an authentic survey and (ii) to preserve the traditional knowledge of herbal healers on medicinal plants use. This book describes various herbal species with medicinal properties including their scientific name, local name, botanical diagnosis, active chemical constituents, parts used and mode of administration. One of the herbs was subjected to experimental purposes and findings proved their pivotal role as a therapeutic agent in medicinal rationale. We believe that this book is one of the pioneering and easily digestible that can provide the reader with all the traditional information of different medicinal plants at a glance. We sincerely hope that this book will be useful to the students, budding researchers and others who are interested in exploring the medicinal plants, especially in the developing world.
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of World Medicinal Plants written by T. Pullaiah and published by Daya Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wild Medicinal Plants of the United States written by Alice Henkel and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Materia Medica for Chinese Medicine written by Carl-Hermann Hempen and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 1019 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phytotherapy or herbal medicine is the most important therapy within Chinese medicine and is being used increasingly in the West. A Materia Medica for Chinese Medicine: plants, minerals and animal products describes 400 of the most important plants, minerals and animal substances used as treatments by Chinese medical practitioners. The items included have been selected according to their degree of clinical relevance. Each remedy is clearly described and illustrated on two facing pages, making this an easily accessible reference for both students and practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine. The clearly laid out text presents the following details for each herb or substance included: a detailed description of the characteristic features indictions for safe use medicinal and toxic effects possible combinations with other substances full-colour illustrations, generally two for each substance, showing the detailed characterisitcs of the item described A Materia Medica for Chinese Medicine has been written by two medically trained doctors who have worked as TCM therapists specializing in the use of Chinese herbs for more than 30 years. Based on their many years of teaching and practice, the book has been carefully compiled and designed to provide a concise and accurate practice-based reference for both students and practitioners.
Download or read book Medicinal Spices and Vegetables from Africa written by Victor Kuete and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-01-14 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicinal Spices and Vegetables from Africa: Therapeutic Potential against Metabolic, Inflammatory, Infectious and Systemic Diseases provides a detailed look at medicinal spices and vegetables that have proven safe-and-effective for consumption and the treatment of diseases, including infectious diseases, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. It provides pharmacological evidence, such as the latest information related to efficacy and safety data, in vitro and in vivo studies, clinical trials, and more, to illustrate the use of these spices and vegetables as both palliative and alternative treatments with the goal of furthering research in this area to produce safer and more effective drugs. Provides scientific evidence for the potential of medicinal spices and vegetables used in Africa to fight metabolic, inflammatory, and infectious diseases Includes a review of the latest methods used to investigate the effects of medicinal plants in the treatment of disease Offers an updated resource for students sand scientists in the fields of pharmaceutical science, pharmacognosy, complementary and alternative medicine, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, biochemistry, and more
Download or read book A Handbook of Tibetan Medicinal Plants written by Tsering Dorjee Dekhang and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Asteraceae written by Millicent Tessier and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Asteraceae: Characteristics, Distribution and Ecology, the authors first review different factors that affect the chemical composition of essential oils such as chemotype, ecotype, phenology, organ type and extraction method. Cichorium sp., Cynara sp., Helianthus sp., Taraxacum sp. and Lactuca sp are widely used by the general population in the forms of teas and infusions, as well as in direct contact with wounds. In order to potentiate the action of these plants and direct these compounds to their place of action, this collection reviews some strategies that have been developed to direct these compounds to their place of action. Next, the authors present information established from available scientific literature discussing the ethnopharmacological, biologicaland phytochemical activities of some important endemic medicinal species from Asteraceae family growing in Algerian Sahara namely: Anvillea radiata Coss, Brocchia cinerea, Bubonium graveolens, Launaea arborescens and Warionia saharae. The concluding chapter focuses on the endemic and rare species of the Asteraceae family in the southern Iberian Peninsula. Its global floristic contingent includes a large number of genera and species that are distributed throughout a wide range of environments from sea level to Mediterranean high mountains on all substrate types.
Download or read book Fighting Multidrug Resistance with Herbal Extracts Essential Oils and Their Components written by María José Abad and published by Elsevier Inc. Chapters. This book was released on 2013-05-24 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural products have played a pivotal role in antibiotic drug discovery, with most anti-infective drugs being derived from natural products or natural product leads. However, the rapid onset of resistance to most anti-infective drugs considerably diminishes their effectiveness and requires a constant supply of new drugs for the effective treatment of infections. Infectious diseases account for a third of all deaths worldwide. The spread of multidrug-resistant strains of bacteria makes it necessary to identify new classes of antibacterials and compounds that inhibit these resistance mechanisms. Numerous members of the Asteraceae family are important as cut flowers and ornamental crops, as well as being medicinal and aromatic plants, many of which produce essential oils used in folk and modern medicine and in the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. Essential oils generally have a broad spectrum of bioactivity, owing to the presence of several active ingredients (e.g., terpenes and phenol-derived aromatic and aliphatic components) that have various modes of action. Extensive studies of the chemical components of Asteraceae species have led to the identification of many substances, including essentials oils, with interesting antibacterial activity. This review summarizes some of the main reports on the chemistry and antibacterial activity of Asteraceae essential oils in the recent literature (2005 to May 2012).
Download or read book Ethnic Knowledge and Perspectives of Medicinal Plants written by Münir Öztürk and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-10-20 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new 2-volume set aims to share and preserve ethnic and traditional knowledge of herbal medicine and treatments, while also emphasizing the link between biodiversity, human nutrition, and food security. Ethnic Knowledge and Perspectives of Medicinal Plants is divided into two volumes, with volume 1 focusing on the traditional use of curative properties and treatment strategies of medicinal plants, and volume 2 addressing the varied nutritional and dietary benefits of medicinal plants and the practice of Ayurveda. Both volumes stress the importance of bioresources for human nutrition and nutraceuticals based on ethnic knowledge and the need for efforts to protect biodiversity in many regions rich with medicinal plants. Exploring the benefits of medicinal plants in disease prevention, treatment, and management, Volume 1 discusses the traditional use of medicinal plants as promising therapeutics for cancer, liver conditions, COVID-19, and other human ailments. It examines the efficacy of Ayurvedic and Chinese herbal medicine, Indian traditional medicine, and other ethnic herbal practices used by indigenous peoples of Azerbaijan, South America, Turkey, India, etc. A variety of plants are discussed, and the ethnomedicinal applications of over 100 wild mushrooms for their medicinal and healthcare purposes are elaborated on. While volume 1 focuses primarily on natural plant resources for addressing specific health issues, volume 2 looks at traditional medicinal plant use for their nutritional and dietary benefits, while also encouraging the preservation of biodiversity for healthy and sustainable diets. The volume presents information on over 2200 vascular plant taxa from 127 families as well as many taxa from leaf parts, fruits, underground parts, floral parts, seeds, and more that have potential use as edible food plants. Ethnic knowledge on the wild edible mushrooms is an emerging area, which is unique and is dependent on the folk knowledge of tribals; this volume discusses the unique nutritional attributes of wild edible mushrooms (206 species belonging to 73 genera) in Southern India. The authors look at various lichens as nutritional aids and medicine and as flavoring agents and spices. Fucoidans derived from the seaweeds (and spirulina) are described for their antioxidant activity, nutritional and anti-aging properties, antiviral activities, anti-cancer properties, anti-diabetic properties, and more. The authors also examine how ethnicity affects healthcare/nutritive systems at different levels through various dynamics such as lower income, inability for services uptake, disputes among different ethnic groups, cultural attitudes (some ethnic group are vegetarian), lack of socio-economic resources, and disease prevalence. Together, these two important volumes aim to preserve and disseminate the valuable ethnic knowledge of medicinal plants gained over thousands of years and to promote the value of integrating and safeguarding biodiversity.
Download or read book Natural Remedies written by Finn Sandberg and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001-10-18 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past two decades have witnessed a phenomenal explosion of interest in the potential uses of plant medicines in healthcare and this has evoked the rebirth of pharmacognosy. This volume is unique in that it is the first, in English, to employ the Anatomical, Therapeutic and Chemical (ATC) classification system, developed by the World Health Organization, to present information on the therapeutic uses of plants. Initially developed in the Swedish edition 'Phytopharmaca Therapy', this volume expands the original concept and highlights the aspects of medicinal plants that are crucial for a comprehensive understanding of the role plant drugs can play in healthcare.
Download or read book Medicinal Plants in India written by T. Pullaiah and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Genetic Diversity of Medicinal Plants of Asteraceae in Egypt written by Eman A. El-Khateeb and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicinal Plants of Native America Vols 1 and 2 written by Daniel E. Moerman and published by U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 931 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this encyclopedia of North American ethnobotany, thousands of native plants are organized by family, genus, use (illness), tribal culture, and common name. Foreword by Richard I. Ford.
Download or read book Botany in a Day written by Thomas J. Elpel and published by Hops Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the patterns method of plant identification, describing eight key patterns for recognizing more than 45,000 species of plants, and includes an illustrated reference guide to plant families.
Download or read book Medicinal Plants written by Pravin Chandra Trivedi and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Quest For Good Health And Immortality Has Been A Continuous Human Endeavour Since The Beginning Of Civilisation Throughout The World. Plants Have Been Used As A Source Of Medicine By Men From Ancient Times. Initially, These Formed The Bulk Of Folk Or Ethnomedicine, Practised In India And Some Other Parts Of The World. Later, A Considerable Part Of This Indigenous Knowledge Was Formulated, Documented And Eventually Passed Into The Organised Systems Of Medicine, Such As Ayurveda, Unani, Sidha Or Some Other Systems Outside India. Subsequently, With The Advance In Techniques Of Phytochemistry And Pharmacology, A Number Of Active Principles Of Medicinal Plants Were Isolated And Introduced As Valuable Drugs In Modern Medicine. The Second Revised And Enlarged Edition Of Book, Medicinal Plants : Utilisation And Conservation, Contains 24 Chapters Covering Holistic Information On Medicinal Plants. Four New Chapters Added Includes Articles On Medicinal Plant Solutions To Asthmatic Problems, Biotechnological Advances In Some Ethnomedicinal Plant Species; Catharanthus Roseus A Potential Drug Source For Cancer Chemotherapy And Biotechnological Interventions And Role Of Secondary Metabolites In Defense Mechanism Of Plants. Book Contains Articles On Cultivation And Propagation Of Medicinal Plants, Medicinal Pteridophytes, Diseases Of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, Herbal Based Contraceptive Research, Plants With Antioxidative Properties In Radio-Protection, Ipr, And Growth & Competitiveness Of Indian Pharmaceutical Industries. Second Revised & Enlarged Edition Of Book Update The First Edition Besides Adding Four New Chapters. Book Will Be Useful To Practiners Of Medicines, Farmers, Researchers In Botany, Pharmacologists And Students.
