Bioactive Phytochemicals: Perspectives for Modern Medicine Vol. 2

by Vijay Kumar Gupta

ISBN: 9789351301301
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 17995.00
Biblio : xiii+575p.,col.plts.,figs.,tabls., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. Vijay Kumar Gupta, Ph.D., FLS, London (born 1953-) <BR> Chief Scientist, CSIR- Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, <BR> Jammu, India. He did his M.Sc. (1975) and Ph.D. (1979) in Zoology <BR> both from University of Jammu, Jammu-India. His research <BR> capabilities are substantiated by his excellent work on <BR> histopathology, ecology and reproductive biology of fishes, turtles, <BR> birds and mammals, which has already got recognition in India <BR> and abroad. <BR> Dr. Gupta has to his credit more than 100 scientific publications and review articles <BR> which have appeared in internationally recognized Indian and foreign journals. Founder <BR> fellow, life member and office bearer of many national societies, academies and associations. <BR> He has successfully completed a number of research/consultancy projects funded by <BR> government, private and multinational agencies. His current areas of interest are <BR> histopathology, toxicology, pre-clinical safety pharmacology, reproductive efficacy studies <BR> of laboratory animals and biodiversity. <BR> He is the Series Editor of the recently published multi-volume set of books, <BR> “Comprehensive Bioactive Natural Products (Vols. 1-9)”, published by M/S Studium Press, <BR> LLC, USA. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the books, “Utilisation and Management of Medicinal <BR> Plants”, “Medicinal Plants: Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Vols. 1 and <BR> 2)”, “Traditional and Folk Herbal Medicine”, “Natural Products: Research Reviews”, <BR> “Bioactive Phytochemicals: Perspectives for Modern Medicine”, “Perspectives in Animal <BR> Ecology and Reproduction (Vols. 1-9)” and “Animal Diversity, Natural History and <BR> Conservation”. The Editor-in-Chief of the American Biographical Institute, USA, has appointed <BR> him as Consulting Editor of The Contemporary Who’s Who. Dr. Gupta also appointed as Nominee <BR> for the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA, <BR> Govt. of India). The Linnaean Society of London, U.K. has awarded fellowship to him in <BR> November 2009 in recognition of his contribution towards the cultivation of knowledge in <BR> Science of Natural History. Recently, Modern Scientific Press, USA has nominated Dr. Gupta <BR> as the Editor of the International Journal of Traditional and Natural Medicine.

About The Book

Nature is a unique source of structures of high phytochemical diversity, many of them possessing interesting biological activities and medicinal properties. In the context of the worldwide spread of different diseases such as AIDS, chronic diseases and a variety of cancers, an intensive search for new lead compounds for the development of novel pharmacological therapeutics is extremely important. Medicinal plants would be the best source to obtain a variety of drugs and, therefore, such plants should be investigated to understand better about their properties. Based on this rational, the present volume, “Bioactive Phytochemicals: <BR> Perspectives for Modern Medicine , Vol. 2” presents edited information on 24 research and review communications received from eminent scientists from Brazil, India, <BR> Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria and Turkey and includes topics like- Alkaloids and Flavonoids: Versatile and Novel Bioactive Natural Products; Tumor and its Environment: Efforts by Neem Leaf Glycoprotein to Keep it Green; Betulinic Acid and its Derivatives: The Potential Anticancer Agents; Biological Activities and Phytochemicals of the Fruits of Vitex Plants; Bioactive Bibenzyls and Bis(bibenzyls)s <BR> from Bryophytes; The Hope for Potential Bioactive Phytoconstituents from Heterophragma Genus; Modulatory Efficacy of Capsaicin on Polyamine Content, DNA, <BR> RNA Levels and DNA Damage During Experimental Lung Cancer; An Insight into Therapeutic Potentials of Imidazole Moiety with Special Reference to Alkaloids from <BR> Natural Sources; Podophyllotoxin-A Second Generation Anticancer Drug; Phytopharmacological Review on Calophyllum inophyllum; L-DOPA, an Anti Parkinsonian Agent from Mucuna pruriens; Biologic Effectiveness and Recent Advancing of Natural Products on the Discovery of Anticancer Agents; The Current Status on Imperative Medicinal Plant: Catharanthus roseus; Endophytic Fungi: Novel and Potential Source of Bioactive Natural Products; Importance of Cichorium Species: Insight into the Wide Range of Biological Activities and Phytochemical Ingredients; Phytochemical Characterization and Pharmacological Profiling of Picroliv-An Overview; Pharmacognosy of Aspilia africana Plant: Phytochemistry and Activities; Phytochemical Composition and In vitro Anti-oxidant Property of Various Extract of Elsholtzia communis; Lignoids of Burseraceae; Antioxidant Activity of Amazon Fruits; Phytochemical Analysis of Bioactive Constituents in Coriandrum sativum Seeds; Utilization of Cyclodextrin and its Derivatives in Novel Delivery of Herbal Constituents and Bioactives; Bauhinia variegata: A Review of its Traditional Uses, Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Analysis; Embelin- A Lead Molecule for the Future. <BR> This volume, with its balanced approach will be a valuable and important research manual, that will stimulate interest and hoped this serial book will attract the attention of scientific community particularly of phytochemists, biochemists, pharm

Table of Contents

Content <BR> Editorial Board v <BR> Foreword vii <BR> Preface ix <BR> 1. Alkaloids and Flavonoids: Versatile and Novel Bioactive Natural Products, a New Avenue for the Development of New Generation Anti-Phlogistic and Antiarthritic Agents 1 <BR> 2. Tumor and its Environment: Effort by Neem Leaf Glycoprotein to keep it Green 51 <BR> 3. Betulinic Acid and its Derivatives: The Potential Anticancer Agents 83 <BR> 4. Biological Activities and Phytochemicals of the Fruits of Vitex Plants 93 <BR> 5. Bioactive Bibenzyls and Bis(bibenzyls)s from Bryophytes:Therapeutic Potentials 121 <BR> 6. Heterophragma quadriloculare and Heterophragma adenophyllum:The Hope for Potential Bioactive Phytoconstituents from Heterophragma Genus 137 <BR> 7. Modulatory Efficacy of Capsaicin on Polyamine Content, DNA, RNA Levels and DNA Damage During Experimental Lung Cancer 155 <BR> 8. An Insight in to Therapeutic Potentials of Imidazole Moiety with Special Reference to Alkaloids from Natural Sources 165 <BR> 9. Podophyllotoxin: A Second Generation Anticancer Drug 197 <BR> 10. Phytopharmacological Review on Calophyllum inophyllum Linn. 207 <BR> 11. L-DOPA: An Anti Parkinsonian Agent from Mucuna pruriens 231 <BR> 12. Biological Effectiveness and Recent Advancing of Natural Products on the Discovery of Anticancer Agents 239 <BR> 13. The Current Status on Imperative Medicinal Plant: Catharanthus roseus (Linn.) G. Don 295 <BR> 14. Endophytic Fungi: Novel and Potential Source of Bioactive Natural Products 307 <BR> 15. Importance of Cichorium Species: Insight into the Wide Range of Biological Activities and Phytochemical Ingredients 327 <BR> 16. Phytochemical Characterization and Pharmacological Profiling of Picroliv: An Overview 355 <BR> 17. Pharmacognosy of Aspilia africana Plant: Phytochemistry and Activities 383 <BR> 18. Phytochemical Composition and In vitro Anti-oxidant Property of Elsholtzia communis 411 <BR> 19. Lignoids of Burseraceae 421 <BR> 20. Antioxidant Activity of Amazon Fruits 439 <BR> 21. Phytochemical Analysis of Bioactive Constituents in Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) Seeds 453 <BR> 22. Utilization of Cyclodextrin and its Derivatives in Novel Delivery of Herbal Constituents and Bioactives 471 <BR> 23. Bauhinia variegata (Caesalpiniaceae): A Review of its Traditional Uses, Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Analysis 499 <BR> 24. Embelin: A Lead Molecule for the Future 531 <BR> Previous Volume Contents 547 <BR> Index 549