The Therapeutic Properties of Medicinal Plants: Health-Rejuvenating Bioactive Compounds of Native Flora [Hardcover]

This volume provides informative research on the scientific evidence of the health benefits that can be derived from medicinal plants and how their efficacies can be improved. It is divided into three sections that cover the phytochemistry of medicinal plants, disease management with medicinal plants, and novel research techniques in medicinal plants. The pharmacological benefits of several specific plants are discussed, addressing health issues such as metabolic and mental disorders, acute mountain sickness, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and specific diseases such as Huntingtons. It also looks at the role of antioxidants in disease management. Additionally, the book covers recent problems of drug resistance and how medicinal plants can serve as antibiotic, anthelmintic, and antiparasitic drugs that will be helpful for human and animals.

This volume, The Therapeutic Properties of Medicinal Plants, provides some informative research on the scientific evidence of the health benefits that can be derived from medicinal plants and how their efficacies can be improved.

Part 1: Phytochemistry Of Medicinal Plants  1. Antioxidant Agents from Green Leafy Vegetables: A Review  2. Carpobrotus edulis L. (Sour Fig): Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, and Toxicology  3. Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, and Safety Issues of Essential Oils: Applications in Aromatherapy  4. Extraction and Therapeutic Potential of Essential Oils: A Review  Part 2: Disease Management With Medicinal Plants  5. Therapeutic Potential of Ocimum tenuiflorum L.: Metabolic and Mental Disorders  6. Antimicrobial Compounds from Medicinal Plants: Effects on Antibiotic Resistance to Human Pathogens  7. Plant-Based Natural Products against Huntingtons Disease: Preclinical and Clinical Studies  8. Pathophysiology and Mal#É