Medicinal Plants in Asia for Metabolic Syndrome: Natural Products and Molecular Basis offers an in-depth view into the metabolic syndrome pharmacology of natural products with an emphasis on their molecular basis, cellular pathways, metabolic organs, and endocrine regulations. This sensational volume provides the scientific names, botanical classifications, botanical descriptions, medicinal uses, chemical constituents, and pharmacological activities of more than 100 Asian plants, with high quality original botanical plates, chemical structures, and pharmacological diagrams. It also lists hundreds of carefully selected bibliographical references, constituents on insulin resistance, obesity, atherosclerosis, atherogenic dyslipidemia, and endothelial dysfunction.
Foreword
Introduction
Acanthopanax senticosus
Adhatoda vasica
Aegle marmelos
Alstonia macrophylla
Artemisia herba-alba
Artemisia capillaris
Astilbe rubra
Barringtonia racemosa
Biophytum sensitivum
Broussonetia kazinoki
Calamintha officinalis
Camellia japonica
Camellia sinensis
Carissa carandas
Carthamus tinctorius
Castanea crenata
Castanospermum austral
Cedrela odorata
Centella asiatica
Celosia argentea
Chlorophytum borivilianum
Chromolaena odorata
Cichorium intybus
Clerodendrum bungei
Cnidium officinale
Commelina communis
Coptis chinensis
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