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Front Cover -- Medicinal Plants as Anti-infectives -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- I. Medicinal plants as anti-infectives: an appraisal of current knowledge worldwide -- 1 A review of medicinal plants used as antimicrobials in Colombia -- Introduction -- Materials and methods -- Plants traditionally used in Colombia as antimicrobials -- Jacaranda caucana Pittier (Bignoniaceae) -- Solanum nudum Dunal (Solanaceae) -- Hymenaea courbaril L. (Leguminosae) -- Xanthium strumarium L. (Asteraceae) -- Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. (Malvaceae) -- Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf (Poaceae) -- Austroeupatorium inulaefolium (Kunth) R.M.King & -- H.Rob. (Asteraceae) -- Biological evaluation as antimicrobials of plant extracts in Colombia -- Antibacterial activity -- Otholobium mexicanum (L.f.) J.W. Grimes. (Fabaceae) -- Cucurbita moschata Duchesne (Cucurbitaceae) -- Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf (Poaceae) -- Conobea scoparioides (Cham. & -- Schltdl.) Benth (Scrophulariaceae) -- Rosmarinus officinalis Govaerts. (Lamiaceae) -- Antiparasitic activity -- Miconia theaezans (Bonpl.) Cogn. (Melastomataceae) -- Annona purpurea Dunal (Annonaceae) -- Guatteria amplifolia Triana & -- Planch. (Annonaceae) -- Annona muricata Linn. (Annonaceae) -- Austroeupatorium inulifolium (Kunth) R.M. King & -- H. Rob. (Compositae) -- Campnosperma panamense Standl. (Anacardiaceae) -- Huberodendron patinoi Cuatrec. (Bombacaceae) -- Monochaetum myrtoideum (Bonpl.) (Melastomataceae) and Acnistus arborescens Linn. Schltdl. (Solanaceae) -- Swinglea glutinosa Merr (Rutaceae) -- Antiviral activity -- Annona sp. (Annonaceae) -- Byrsonima verbascifolia L. DC (Malpighiaceae) -- Vismia macrophylla Kunth. (Clusiaceae) -- Antibacterial evaluation of 25 native plants of the Colombian Caribbean region against strains of Escherichia coli, Klebsie |
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Mammea americana L. (Calophyllaceae) -- Maclura tinctoria L. D.Don ex Steud. (Moraceae) -- Conclusions -- References -- 2 Plants used in Lebanon and the Middle East as Antimicrobials -- Introduction: overview on medicinal plants and their traditional uses as antimicrobials in Lebanon -- Lebanese plants with antimicrobial activity -- Amaryllidaceae -- Allium cepa/Allium sativum -- Anacardiaceae -- Pistacia species -- Apiaceae -- Prangos asperula -- Asteraceae/Compositae -- Matricaria species -- Berberidaceae -- Berberis libanotica -- Cannabaceae -- Humulus lupulus -- Cistaceae -- Cistus species -- Conifers -- Lamiaceae -- Phlomis species -- Cyclotrichium species -- Salvia species -- Rosmarinus officinalis -- Thymol/carvacrol rich species -- Za'atar plants: Satureja thymbra -- Origanum syriacum -- Different Lamiaceae genera -- Thymbra spicata -- Myrtaceae -- Eucalyptus species -- Portulacaceae -- Portulaca oleracea -- Ranunculaceae -- Clematis vitalba -- Nigella sativa -- Rutaceae -- Ruta species -- Rosaceae -- Rosa damascena -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Medicinal plants in the Balkans with antimicrobial properties -- Introduction -- Medicinal plants with antimicrobial properties -- Amaryllidaceae -- Allium sativum L. -- Apiaceae -- Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Fuss -- Asteraceae -- Achillea millefolium L. -- Artemisia absinthium L. -- Calendula officinalis L. -- Matricaria chamomilla L. -- Betulaceae -- Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. -- Lamiaceae -- Lavandula angustifolia Mill. -- Mentha longifolia (L.) L. -- Mentha x piperita L. -- Ocimum basilicum L. -- Origanum vulgare L. -- Malvaceae -- Althaea officinalis L. -- Malva sylvestris L. -- Pinaceae -- Larix decidua Mill. -- Picea abies (L.) H.Karst. -- Rosaceae -- Agrimonia eupatoria L. -- Prunus spinosa L. -- Rosa canina L. -- Rubus fruticosus L. -- Urticaceae -- Urtica dioica L. -- Conclusions |
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Selected South African plants used in traditional medicine for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and their bio... -- Aloe ferox -- Cassia abbreviata -- Combretum molle -- Elaeodendron transvaalense -- Hypoxis hemerocallidea -- Peltophorum africanum -- Tabernaemontana elegans -- Terminalia sericea -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Antibacterial activity of some selected medicinal plants of Pakistan -- Introduction -- Antibacterial properties of different medicinal plants from Pakistan -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Medicinal plants used as antidiarrheal agents in the lower Mekong basin -- Introduction -- Traditional medicine for diarrheal diseases in the Mekong Basin -- The role of traditional medicine in the management of diarrhea -- The cultural belief system of people living in the Mekong area -- Pharmacological validation of plants used for diarrhea -- Models assessing the effect of plants on the signs and symptoms of diarrhea -- Antidiarrheal effect -- Spasmolytic activity -- Models assessing the antimotility and antisecretory activities -- Antimotility activity -- Antisecretory activity -- Models assessing the antiinfective properties -- Antibacterial activity -- Antiviral and antiparasitic activity -- Other models -- Medicinal plants used for diarrhea in the lower Mekong basin -- Literature search methodology -- Overview of the dataset -- Discussion of some selected plant species -- Psidium guajava -- Chromolaena odorata -- Alstonia scholaris -- Allium sativum -- Centella asiatica -- Punica granatum -- Caesalpinia sappan -- Mangifera indica -- Holarrhena pubescens -- Oroxylum indicum -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Medicinal plants from West Africa used as antimalarial agents: an overview -- Introduction -- Traditional use of medicinal plants in West Africa |
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Plant extracts and plant compounds validated by in vitro and/or in vivo approach -- In vitro antimalarial evaluation of plant extracts -- In vivo antimalarial evaluation of plant extracts -- In vitro and in vivo evaluation of antimalarial compounds -- Clinical trials in humans for the evaluation of antimalarial plants and compounds -- The case of Artemisia in West Africa -- Conclusion -- References -- II. Medicinal plants as anti-infectives: recent innovations and regulations -- 9 Mycobacterial quorum quenching and biofilm inhibition potential of medicinal plants -- Introduction -- Significance of quorum quenching research -- Current state of quorum quenching research -- Quorum sensing versus quorum quenching -- Biofilms -- Background on biofilms -- Biofilms and Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- Virulence factors -- Background on virulence factors -- Virulence factors and Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- Medicinal plants as quorum quenching agents -- Medicinal plants and mycobacterial quorum quenching -- Phytochemicals used in bacterial quorum quenching -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Untargeted metabolomics for the study of antiinfective plants -- Introduction -- Plants as sources of antiinfective agents -- Bioassay-guided fractionation -- Metabolomics -- Methods of detection -- Data analysis -- Biochemometrics -- Metabolomics-driven antiinfective discovery from plants -- Challenges and future directions -- Metabolome coverage -- Annotation/identification -- Synergy -- Conclusions -- References -- 11 Value chains and DNA barcoding for the identification of antiinfective medicinal plants -- Introduction -- Taxonomy and DNA barcoding -- Infectious diseases and antiinfective plants -- Herbal products, commercialization, and quality issues of antiinfective plants -- Advancements in quality control methods -- Materials and methods -- Results and discussion |
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Anti-infective agents.
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Medicinal plants.
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Anti-Infective Agents
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Plants, Medicinal
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Anti-infective agents
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Medicinal plants
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Handbooks and manuals
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Chassagne, François
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9780323910002 |
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0323910009 |
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