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Title Phytomedicine : a treasure of pharmacologically active products from plants / edited by Rouf Ahmad Bhat, Khalid Rehman Hakeem and Moonisa Aslam Dervash
Published London : Academic Press, 2021

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Contents 1. Phytomedicines : diversity, extraction, and conservation strategies -- 2. Biotechnological approaches for conservation of medicinal plants -- 3. Plant biotechnologies for processing raw products in phytomedicines -- 4. Phytomedicine and phytonanocomposites -- an expanding horizon -- 5. Herbal medicine : old practice and modern perspectives -- 6. Bioactive compounds obtained from plants, their pharmacological applications and encapsulation -- 7. Medicinal plants and their traditional uses in different locations -- 8. Perspectives of phytotherapeutics : diagnosis and cure -- 9. Ethnobotanical perspectives in the treatment of communicable and noncommunicable diseases -- 10. Health benefits of bioactive compounds from microalgae -- 11. Some special diets used as neutraceuticals in Unani system of medicine with modern aspects -- 12. Phytomedicines : Synergistic and antagonistic phytometabolites-drug interactions -- 13. Role of genetically modified plant repository in biopharmaceutical industries -- 14. Role of phytomedicines in metabolic disorders -- 15. Artemisia amygdalina Decne. : a rich repository of pharmacologically vital phytoconstituents -- 16. Bioprospecting of endophytic fungi for antibacterial and antifungal activities -- 17. Bioprospecting appraisal of Himalayan pindrow fir for pharmacological applications -- 18. Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) secondary metabolites : Bioactivity and pharmaceutical potential -- 19. The inhibitory role of the metabolites of Moringa oleifera seeds in cancer cells by apoptosis and cell cycle arrest activation -- 20. The medicinal properties of Olax subscorpioidea -- 21. Phytotherapeutic agents for neurodegenerative disorders: A neuropharmacological review -- 22. Hepatotoxicity : Its physiological pathways and control measures using phyto-polyphenols -- 23. Nanosized delivery systems for plant-derived therapeutic compounds and their synthetic derivative for cancer therapy -- 24. Potential antioxidative response of bioactive products from Ganoderma lucidum and Podophyllum hexandrum -- 25. Phytomedicine and the COVID-19 pandemic -- 26. Phytopharmaceutical marketing : A case study of USPs used for phytomedicine promotion
Summary Phytomedicine: A Treasure of Pharmacologically Active Products from Plants aims to present updated knowledge of plant-based medicines in terms of their research and development, production, and utilization, from the viewpoint of sustainability and by using the latest technologies. The book explores different phytometabolites on a mass scale, coupled with the efficacy, performance and applicability on target organisms to treat curable and fatal diseases. Readers will find a coherent package of phytotherapeutic information regarding inclusive assortment of research based, scientific amplitude of metabolites from the plant world encompassing various action plans. Information is presented sequentially regarding phytochemistry, biological activity and the serviceable aspects of bioactive compounds. The book also addresses various advancements and achievements of novel drugs from plants using molecular and enzymatic activities, and various technological tools in an ecofriendly fashion
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Subject Medicinal plants.
Plants, Medicinal
Medicinal plants
Form Electronic book
Author Bhat, Rouf Ahmad
Hakeem, Khalid Rehman
Dervash, Moonisa Aslam
ISBN 9780128241103
0128241101