Bioactive Phytochemicals: Perspectives for Modern Medicine Vol. 1

by Vijay Kumar Gupta

ISBN: 9789383048977
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 15995.00
Biblio : xi+516p., col., plts., figs., tabls., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. V. K. Gupta is working as Sr. Principal Scientist & Head, Central Animal Facility, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR), Jammu.

About The Book

Plant kingdom represents a vast emporium of untapped medicinal potential and play a vital role for the development of new drugs. The medicinal value of drug plants is due to the presence of some chemical compounds in the plant tissue that produce a definite physiological action on human body. Early societies learned through trial and error that many plants contained substances with significant curative properties and over the years the natural products became used in more refined ways leading ultimately to the use of pure single component “active ingredient” as drugs. However, the demands of modern medicine requires the evaluation of these plant bioactives using scientific methodologies and assays in order to gauge their potential in the management of the disease. Therefore, extracts and biomolecules with promising activity are unscrupulously screened for efficacy in order to determine if these products have a potential for commercial development. The present book “Bioactive Phytochemicals: Perspectives for Modern Medicine Vol. 1” presents the vast body of research on the subject and includes fifteen research and review communications written by eminent scientists and researchers from India, Brazil, China, Japan, Maxico, Singapore and South Africa and includes topics like - Bioactive pregnanes and cardenolides from Nerium olander; Chemical characteristics and health promoting potentials of flavonoids in the management of diabetes; Limonene: A systematic overview for its chemistry and bioactivity; Phytochemicals against liver disease I: Recent progress in the treatment of AFLD and NAFLD by natural drug products and their active chemical entities, in China and other countries; Phytochemicals against liver disease II: Recent progress in the treatment of liver fibrosis by natural drug products and their active chemical entities, in China and other countries; Anti-allergic leads from Indian medicinal plant; Essential oils from Brazilian Amazonia; Phytochemical and pharmacological profile of plants belonging to Strychnos genus; Phytochemicals as natural antimicrobials; Biomedical potentials of filamentous marine cyanobacterial natural products; Natural bioactive compound from marine plants with anticancer potential; The lauraceae alkaloids; Phytochemical and pharmacological profile of Lepidium sativum Linn.; Chemistry and pharmacology of selected Asian and American medicinal species of Justicia; Biological activities of Anoectochilus formosanus Hayat and its active component. We hope that this volume shall generate further database and interest for the benefit of academicians, researchers and scientists working on bioactive phytochemicals who shall find the compendium very useful and indispensable in their relevant research pursuits.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS <BR> Chapter 1: Bioactive Pregnanes and Cardenolides from Nerium oleander by Liming Bai, Ming Zhao, Yuhua Bai, Asami Toki, Ryo Hasegawa, Junichi Sakai, Toshiaki Hasegawa, Mariko Ando, Tomokazu Mitsui, Hirotsugu Ogura, Takao Kataoka, Katsutoshi Hirose and Masayoshi Ando (Japan, China); Chapter 2: Flavonoids and their Anti-Diabetic Potentials by A.O. Ayeleso, O.O. Oguntibeju and N. Brooks (South Africa); Chapter 3: Limonene: A Systematic Overview for its Chemistry and Bioactivity by P. Koul, G. D. Singh, R. Sharma, V. K. Gupta and S. Singh (India); Chapter 4: Phytochemicals Against Liver Disease I: Recent Progress in the Treatment of NAFLD and AFLD by Natural Drug Products and their Active Chemical Entities, in China and other Countries by Fang Peng, Shawn Spencer, Xiumei Wu, Yan Xu, Su Zeng, Guangming Liu, Chenggui Zhang, Pengfei Gao, Yu Zhao and Xiaojiang Hao (China); Chapter 5: Phytochemicals Against Liver Disease II: Recent Progress in the Treatment of Liver Fibrosis by Natural Drug Products and their Active Chemical Entities, in China and Other Countries by Pengfei Gao, Lu Xu, Mengxi Xu, Xiumei Wu, Hui Li, Yan Xu, Guangming Liu, Guoping Yang, Xiaoman Lv, Ping Gan, Li Lu, Shawn Spencer, Yu Zhao, and Xiaojiang Hao (China); Chapter 6: Anti-Allergic Leads from Indian Medicinal Plant by Pulok K. Mukherjee and P. Venkatesh (India); Chapter 7: Essential Oils from Brazilian Amazonia by Valdir F. Veiga Junior, Ana P. M. Rodrigues-Bastos, Andr L. Rdiger, Iuri B. Barros, Joelma M. Alcntara, Klenicy K.L. Yamaguchi, Lidiam M. Leandro, Priscilla A. Oliveira And Roosevelt H. Leal (Brazil); Chapter 8: Phytochemical and Pharmacological Profile of Plants belonging to Strychnos Genus: A Review by P. Rajesh, V. Rajesh Kannan, S. Latha and P. Selvamani (India); Chapter 9: Phytochemicals as Natural Antimicrobials: Prospects and Challenges by Sujogya K. Panda and Chandi C. Rath (India); Chapter 10: Biomedical Potentials of Filamentous Marine Cyanobacterial Natural Products by Lik Tong Tan and Ashootosh Tripathi (Singapore); Chapter 11: Natural Bioactive Compound from Marine Plants with Anticancer Potential: A Review by S. Arif Nisha, R. Sakthivel, S. Karutha Pandian and K. Pandima Devi (India); Chapter 12: The Lauraceae Alkaloids by Dayana L. Cust”dio, Diego C. Squinello and Valdir F. Veiga Junior (Brazil); Chapter 13: Phytochemical and Pharmacological Profile of Lepidium sativum Linn. by Alok Shukla, C.S. Singh and Papiya Bigoniya (India); Chapter 14: Chemistry and Pharmacology of Selected Asian and American Medicinal Species of Justicia by Juan Carlos Gomez-Verjan, Ricardo Reyes-Chilpa and Mar!a Isabel Aguilar (Mexico); Chapter 15: Biological Activities of Anoectochilus formosanus Hayat and its Active Component by Xiao-Ming Du and Yukihiro Shoyama (China, Japan).