Bücher der Reihe Exploring Medicinal Plants

This book presents information on impacts of environmental pollution on the performance of medicinal plants at various levels including damage detection, adaptation, tolerance, physiological and molecular responses.

Herbal drugs play a pivotal role in modern medicine however only limited biotechnology application has been seen. Revolutions in high-throughput approaches emphasize omics approaches. A volume in the Exploring Medicinal Plants series, this book provides in-depth analysis of breakthroughs in the research of medicinal plants.

The demands of phytopharmaceuticals continue to grow and to meet this demand, various biotechnological processes need to be incorporated in the production and mapping of metabolic pathways. This book discusses biotechnological processes and insilco approaches for making various plant-based chemo therapeutics.

Poisonous plants are used in traditional medicine systems in various healing therapies. They are a rich resource of ingredients used in herbal drug formulations that are also used in the development of synthetic drugs. They are recognized for their antioxidant, anti-inflammation, anti-cancer, and anti-diabetic activities and for many other health benefits. Exploring Poisonous Plants: Medicinal Values, Toxicity Responses, and Therapeutic Uses provides an analysis of the most important poisonous herbs, shrubs, and trees, detailing poisonous plants while demonstrating endorsements for their potential therapeutic values.Features:Presents therapeutic potentials on various poisonous herbs, shrubs, and trees.Provides descriptions of notable toxic compounds and discusses their adverse effects when consumed by animals or people.Gives practical guidance for botanical description, distribution, phytochemical constituents, pharmacological studies, and traditional and other potential uses of selected poisonous plants.This volume in the Exploring Medicinal Plants series is appropriate for scientists, researchers, and students working with poisonous plants, as well as in areas of economic botany, plant biochemistry, biotechnology, pharmacognosy, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemistry, and nanomedicine.

Diabetes is a chronic condition associated with metabolic disorder. Persons suffering from diabetes have shown accelerated levels of blood sugar which often harms the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves. Over the past few decades, the prevalence of diabetes has been progressively increasing. Synthetic drugs are used to treat diabetic patients to help control the disorder, but it is shown that numerous medicinal plants and herbal drugs are widely used in several traditional systems of medicine to prevent and treat diabetes. They are reported to produce beneficial effects in combating diabetes and alleviating diabetes-related complications. These plants contain phtyonutrients and phytoconstituents demonstrating protective or disease preventive properties. In many developing countries, herbal drugs are recommended by traditional practitioners for diabetes treatment because the use of synthetic drugs is not affordable.Key Features:Provides botanical descriptions, distribution, and pharmacological investigations of notable medicinal and herbal plants used to prevent or treat diabetesDiscusses phytochemical and polyherbal formulations for the management of diabetes and other related complicationsContains reports on antidiabetic plants and their potential uses in drug discovery based on their bioactive moleculesThis volume in the Exploring Medicinal Plants series provides an overview of natural healing treatments in selected antidiabetic plants. The book presents valuable information to scientists, researchers, and students working with medicinal plants or for those specializing in areas of ethnobotany, natural products, pharmacognosy, and other areas of allied healthcare. It is also useful to pharmaceutical companies, industrialists, and health policy makers.