Modern Methods in Phytomedicine

by Thangaraj Parimelazhagan

ISBN: 9789351308164
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 18995.00
Biblio : xviii+417 p., col.figs., tabls., ind., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. Parimelazhagan Thangaraj is a Professor in the Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. He completed his graduation from St. Joseph's College Trichy and Ph.D in Botany from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. His areas of specialization include Bioprospecting of medicinal plants. He is currently engaged in compilation and documentation on available knowledge on valuable plant resources to prove their utility scientifically through detailed phytochemical, biological and pharmacological investigations, isolation and characterisation of bioactive compounds from potential medicinal plants. Parimelazhagan has worked as Scientist in DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India for four years. He has also worked as Scientist in Rubber Research Institute of India, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India, Tura, Meghalaya for four years. He has published 5 edited books and has filed four patents and has more than 50 research publications in international and national peer reviewed journals.

About The Book

The prime aim of the book is to provide scientific information on Phytomedicine. "Modern Methods in Phytomedicine" is a compilation of recent trends in herbal medicine and explores the hidden medicinal potentials of significant plants. This book covers 26 research and review articles encompassing the valuable works of eminent academicians and research scientists on different aspects of the subject. Researches pertaining to the fields of plant tissue culture, plant diversity, DNA barcoding, microbiology, cancer biology and investigations of plants possessing medicinal properties like antioxidant, antimicrobial activities are included in this book in a simple and clear way so as to help in easy understanding by students, researchers, scientists and industrialists.

Table of Contents

1. Antifreeze Proteins: Cold Tolerance and other Applications 1 2. Antimicrobial Activities of Pteris tripartita Sw.: A Critically Endangered Fern 15 3. Antioxidant and Antipyretic Activities of Rubus fairholmianus Gard. 33 4. Capparis spinosa: Potential Medicinal and Non-traditional Vegetable Plant from Trans-Himalayan Region of India 43 5. Direct Shoot Bud Regeneration from Shoot Tip Explants of 59 6. Plant Diversity Assessment at Arulmigu Sri Veeramakali Amman Sacred Grove, Silatur, Pudukkottai District of Tamil Nadu 69 7. Medicinal Plants with Active Principles in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus 77 8. Medicinal Plants Phytochemistry and Biopotentials of Seaweeds: A Review 101 9. Traditional and Therapeutic Uses of Withania somnifera: A Siddha Perspective 143 10. Evaluation of DNA Barcodes for the Effective Discrimination of Zingiberaceae Species 155 11. Review on Conventional Medicinal Plants for Wound Healing 171 12. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: Their Role in Growth Enhancement and Productivity of Medicinal Plants 191 13. The Study of Antioxidant and Antinociceptive Properties of Acalypha alnifolia Klein ex. Willd. 221 14. Evaluation of Stem Bark and Leaf of Scolopia crenata (Wight and Arn.) Clos. (Flacourtiaceae) for Anticholinesterase Activity 233 15. Evaluation of the Pharmacognostical, Phytochemical and Antioxidant Characteristics of Leaves of Carica papaya L. 241 16. Evaluation of Antioxidant Activity of the Root Tuber of Medicinal Climber Pueraria tuberosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) DC 251 17. Evaluation of Enzymatic and Non-enzymatic Antioxidant Activity of Leaf Extract of Ageratina adenophora (Sprengel) King and H. Rob 261 18. Antimicrobial and Antifungal Activity of Aqueous Extracts of Certain Traditional Plants against Multidrug Resistant Clinical Pathogens 269 19. Flavonoids and their Health Effects 277 20. Cancer Chemopreventive Effects of Garlic-Derived Second Generation Organosulfides: An Overview 293 21. Comparative Evaluation on Antioxidant Activity and Phytoconstituents of Thunbergia fragrans Roxb. from Two different Altitudes in India 303 22. Chasmophytes: A Potential Source of Medicine 321 23. Nutraceutical Properties of Measa indica (Roxb.) A.DC. 345 24. Lithophytic Diversity of Yercaud Hills of the Eastern Ghats in Tamil Nadu 359 25. Biological Synthesis of Nanoparticles: Process and Methodological Advancements at Glance 369 26. Evaluation of Nutrition and Antioxidant Property of Canavalia mollis Wight and Arn. 389 Index 403