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Black Seeds (Nigella sativa) (eBook, ePUB)

Pharmacological and Therapeutic Applications

Redaktion: Khan, Andleeb; U Rehman, Muneeb

Beschreibung

Black Seeds (Nigella sativa) is a comprehensive resource covering all aspects of this medicinal plant, well-known for its positive effects in many human ailments. It has been used to promote health and fight diseases, and has been found to have antioxidant, antihypertensive, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic effects. It has also been known to have antimicrobial, anticancer, neuro-protectant, cardio protectant, immunomodulator, hepatic protectant characteristics. Thymoquinone, the active compound of the plant, also exhibits these protective qualities against many disorders. This book summarizes the effect of this plant on all the organ systems of the body. Black Seeds (Nigella sativa) is a comprehensive resource for researchers working in pharmacology, food chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry, both in industry and academia. - Contains global coverage of the latest research on the pharmacological properties of Nigella sativa - Includes the medicinal effects of Nigella sativa: antioxidant, antihypertensive, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and anticancer effects among many others - Features many figures with mechanisms and tables to illustrate key details about Nigella sativa

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Autor

Andleeb Khan (Ph.D.) is Assistant Professor at Jazan University, Saudi Arabia. She has completed her doctorate from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India in Toxicology with specialization in natural and active constituents from plants for prevention of Alzheimer's Disease. She has teaching and research experience of more than ten years in neurodegenerative disorders and their prevention with medicinal plants, their active principles and nanoformulations. She has published her research in national and international journals and contributed many book chapters with international publishers including Springer Nature and Elsevier. Currently, Dr. Khan is engaged in studying the molecular mechanism of Azheimer's disease, Ischemic stroke, Parkinson's Disease and their prevention by various active principles from natural sources and nanoformulations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 486
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780323859295
• Artikelnr.: 62628988