Utilisation and Management of Medicinal Plants - Hardcover

V. Gupta

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 817035627X ISBN 13: 9788170356271

Publisher: Daya Publishing House, 2010

Synopsis

Ancient civilization greatly depended on local flora and fauna for their survival and experimented with various berries, roots, leaves, minerals or animal parts to find out what effects they had and as a result, many crude drugs were observed by the local healer to have some medical use. As understanding of therapeutic benefits deepens and demands for natural products increased, previously serendipitous discoveries evolved into active searches for new medicines. At present 25 per cent of the modern medicines are developed from plants that were first used traditionally, and many synthetic drugs have also been obtained from natural precursors. The present volume of the book series, "Medicinal Plants: Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Therapeutics" contained as many as 29 review/ research articles contributed by the eminent scientists from across the world, some of which are as under: Resveratrol: A Natural Polyphenol Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Therapeutic Uses of Wrightia tinctoria Genotoxicity, its Methods of Evaluation and the Significance Vasodilatory Activity Induced by Natural Products Scope of Chicory with Special Reference to its Medicinal Value Role of Curcuminoids, in Disease Prevention and Health Maintenance Multi-Targeted Approaches for Polygenic Disorders Using Medicinal Plants Safety Assessment of Orthosiphon stamineus Benth Plants having Potential in the Management of Hyperlipidemia Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Alangium Sp. In vitro Antisickling Activity of Anthocyanins Extracts from Morinda lucida Antioxidant and Antihypertensive Investigation of Parinari curatellifolia Clinical Evaluation of Anacardium occidentale Effect of Emblica officinalis Diet in Streptozotocin Diabetic Mice The present volume, with its balanced approach will be a valuable, and an important research manual, that will stimulate interest and satisfy the need for further knowledge of this rapidly expanding and exciting discipline.

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Ancient civilization greatly depended on local flora and fauna for their survival and experimented with various berries, roots, leaves, minerals or animal parts to find out what effects they had and as a result, many crude drugs were observed by the local healer to have some medical use. As understanding of therapeutic benefits deepens and demands for natural products increased, previously serendipitous discoveries evolved into active searches for new medicines. At present 25 per cent of the modern medicines are developed from plants that were first used traditionally, and many synthetic drugs have also been obtained from natural precursors. The present volume of the book series, "Medicinal Plants: Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Therapeutics" contained as many as 29 review/ research articles contributed by the eminent scientists from across the world, some of which are as under: Resveratrol: A Natural Polyphenol Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Therapeutic Uses of Wrightia tinctoria Genotoxicity, its Methods of Evaluation and the Significance Vasodilatory Activity Induced by Natural Products Scope of Chicory with Special Reference to its Medicinal Value Role of Curcuminoids, in Disease Prevention and Health Maintenance Multi-Targeted Approaches for Polygenic Disorders Using Medicinal Plants Safety Assessment of Orthosiphon stamineus Benth Plants having Potential in the Management of Hyperlipidemia Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Alangium Sp. In vitro Antisickling Activity of Anthocyanins Extracts from Morinda lucida Antioxidant and Antihypertensive Investigation of Parinari curatellifolia Clinical Evaluation of Anacardium occidentale Effect of Emblica officinalis Diet in Streptozotocin Diabetic Mice The present volume, with its balanced approach will be a valuable, and an important research manual, that will stimulate interest and satisfy the need for further knowledge of this rapidly expanding and exciting discipline. About the Author Dr. Vijay Kumar Gupta (born 1953-) obtained his Masters (1975) and Doctorate (1979) from University of Jammu, Jammu-India and is serving as Deputy Director and Head, Animal House, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR), Jammu, India. His research capabilities are substantiated by his excellent work on histopathology, ecology and reproductive biology of fishes, turtles, birds and mammals, which has already got recognition in India and abroad. Dr. Gupta has to his credit more than 75 scientific publications and review articles which have appeared in internationally recognized Indian and foreign journals. Founder fellow, life member and office bearer of many national societies, academies and associations. He has successfully completed a number of research/consultancy projects funded by various governments, private and multinational agencies. His current areas of interest are histopathology, toxicology, pre-clinical safety pharmacology and reproductive efficacy studies of laboratory animals. He is also Editor-in-chief of the book series "Perspectives in Animal Ecology and Reproduction" a Daya Publications, New Delhi, India. The Editor-in-chief of the American Biographical Institute, USA, has appointed him as Consulting Editor of The Contemporary Who s Who. Dr. Gupta recently also appointed as Nominee for the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA, Govt. of India). Dr. Gurdarshan Singh (born 1962-), working as senior Scientist in Pharmacology Division of Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR), Jammu. He did his M.Sc. (1987) and Ph.D. (1993) in Zoology from University of Jammu, Jammu-India. Dr. Singh has published 13 research papers, both in national and international journals of high repute and impact factor. He is also actively involved in Indo- Malay

Edition details

• Publisher: Daya Publishing House
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 817035627X
• ISBN 13: 9788170356271
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: V. Gupta, Surjeet Singh