Bioactive Compounds of Medicinal Plants

Properties and Potential for Human Health
Herausgeber: Goyal, Megh R; Ayeleso, Ademola O

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bioactive Compounds of Medicinal Plants: Properties and Potential for Human Health sheds light on the immense potential of medicinal plants from human health from different technological aspects, focusing on the continent of Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9781771886482
• ISBN-10: 177188648X
• Artikelnr.: 53067574

Autorenporträt

Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus. He has worked as a Soil Conservation Inspector and as a Research Assistant at Haryana Agricultural University and Ohio State University. In 2005, he was proclaimed as the "Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the Twentieth Century" by the ASABE, Puerto Rico Section, for his pioneering work on micro irrigation, evapotranspiration, agroclimatology, and soil and water engineering. During his professional career of 45 years, he has received many prestigious awards. A prolific author and editor, he has written more than 200 journal articles and textbooks and has edited over 50 books. Ademola O. Ayeleso, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry at Adeleke University, Ede, Nigeria. Dr. Ayeleso is working on the use of medicinal plants, plant products, and synthesized compounds in the management of diabetes mellitus, which has become a major threat to the lives of people in both urban and rural areas throughout the world. He has presented research papers at several international conferences and has written over 20 publications.

Inhaltsangabe

Phytochemistry and Antifungal Activity of Desmodium adscendens Root
Extracts. Bioactive Compounds in Plants and Their Antioxidant Capacity.
Plants of the Genus Syzygium (Myrtaceae): A Review on Ethnobotany,
Medicinal Properties and Phytochemistry. Effects of Talinum triangulare on
Hepatic Antioxidant Gene Expression Profile in Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced
Rat Liver Injury. Review on Potential of Seeds and Value-Added Products of
Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea): Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory and
Anti-Oxidative Stress. Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Opuntia
aurantiaca Lindl. Dietary Intervention of Utazi (Gongrenema latifolium)
Supplemented Diet Using Wistar Male Rat Animal Brain Model. Therapeutic
Potentials of Selected Medicinal Plants in the Management of Diabetes
Mellitus: A Review. Medicinal Activities of Anchomanes difformis and Its
Potential in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus and Other Disease
Conditions: A Review. Screening of Different Extracts of Ageratum
conyzoides for Inhibition of Diabetes-Related Enzymes. Potential of
Catharanthus roseus and Punica granatum in the Management and Treatment of
Diabetes Mellitus and iIs Complications. Ginger and Turmeric Supplemented
Diet as a Novel Dietary Approach for Management of Hypertension: A Review.