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Medicinal Plants, 1st ed. 2019 From Farm to Pharmacy

Langue : Anglais

Coordonnateurs : Joshee Nirmal, Dhekney Sadanand A., Parajuli Prahlad

Couverture de l’ouvrage Medicinal Plants

This book offers a fresh look on a variety of issues concerning herbal medicine - the methods of growing and harvesting various medicinal plants; their phytochemical content; medicinal usage; regulatory issues; and mechanism of action against myriad of human and animal ailments. ?Medicinal Plants: From Farm to Pharmacy? comprises chapters authored by renowned experts from academics and industry from all over the world. It provides timely, in-depth study/analysis of medicinal plants that are already available in the market as supplements or drug components, while also introducing several traditional herbs with potential medicinal applications from various regions of the world. The book caters to the needs of a diverse group of readers: plant growers, who are looking for ways to enhance the value of their crops by increasing phytochemical content of plant products; biomedical scientists who are studying newer applications for crude herbal extracts or isolated phytochemicals; clinicians and pharmacologists who are studying interactions of herbal compounds with conventional treatment modalities; entrepreneurs who are navigating ways to bring novel herbal supplements to the market; and finally, natural medicine enthusiasts and end-users who want to learn how herbal compounds are produced in nature, how do they work and how are they used in traditional or modern medicine for various disease indications.

1. The Evolution of Modern Medicine: Garden to Pill Box.- 2. Bioprospecting for Pharmaceuticals- An Overview and Vision for Future Access and Benefit Sharing.- 3.Nepal: A Global Hotspot for Medicinal Orchids.- 4.Current Status and Future Prospects for Select Underutilized Medicinally-Valuable Plants of Puerto Rico: A Case Study.- 5. Black Pepper: Health Benefits, In Vitro Multiplication and Commercial Cultivation.- 6.Prospects for Goji Berry (Lycium barbarum L.) Production in North America.- 7. Skullcaps (Scutellaria spp.): Ethnobotany and Current Research.- 8. Cultivating Medical Grade Cannabis for the Development of Phytopharmaceuticals.- 9. Natural Products as Possible Vaccine Adjuvants for Infectious Diseases and Cancer.- 10. In vitro Plant Cell Cultures: A Route to Production of Natural Molecules and Systematic in vitro Assays for Their Biological Properties.- 11. Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, Analgesic, Anti-inflammatory and Antipyretic Effects of Bioactive Compounds from Passiflora Species.- 12. Modulation of Tumor Immunity by Medicinal Plant or Functional Food Derived Compounds.- 13. Dietary Brown Seaweed Extract Supplementation in Small Ruminants.- 14. Discovery of Green Tea Polyphenol-Based Antitumor Drugs: Mechanisms of Action and Clinical Implications.- 15.Therapeutic and Medicinal Uses of Terpenes.- 16. Unexplored Medicinal Flora Hidden Within South Africa’s Wetlands.- 17. Seabuckthorn: A Multipurpose Medicinal Plant From Upper Himalayas.- Index.
Dr. Nirmal Joshee is a Professor of Plant Science at Fort Valley State University (FVSU), Fort Valley, GA, USA. He earned his Ph.D. from North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. He did post-doctoral research work in Japan (Biotechnology Institute, Akita) and the USA (University of Nebraska Medical Ctr., Omaha, NE) before joining FVSU. Dr. Joshee is one of the founding members of American Council for Medicinally Active Plants (ACMAP), and currently serves as the Vice-President. His lab conducts research in the field of plant tissue culture and conservation, antitumor compounds in the genus Scutellaria, and gene transfer strategies for plant transformation and secondary metabolite production. 

Dr. Sadanand Dhekney is an Associate Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore.  He received a PhD in Horticulture from the University of Florida (UF), which was followed by post-doctoral research at UF and Assistant/Associate Professor positions at the University of Wyoming. Dr. Dhekney’s research focusses on genetic improvement of perennial fruit species using conventional and molecular breeding approaches. His current research is directed towards grapevine genetic improvement using precision breeding and genome editing. Dr. Dhekney is also actively involved in teaching several courses in plant biotechnology and horticulture. Dr. Dhekney has a long association with the Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB).  He has received the 2013 Young Scientist Award from the Society for In Vitro Biology, the 2016 Early Career Research Achievement Award from the University of Wyoming and the 2017 Excellence in Research and Teaching award from the National Agricultural Honor Society, Gama Sigma Delta. 

Dr. Prahlad Parajuli is an Assistant Professor of Tumor Immunology and Neuroimmunology at Wayne State University School of Medicine and Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, USA. He comple
Discuss current research on medicinal plants that connects traditionally accumulated botanical wisdom with current bioprospecting trends and (pre-) clinical studies Provide an account of recent research activities on select medicinal plants from various phytogeographical regions all over the world Cater to the interest of a wide range of readers including lay enthusiasts, traditional practitioners as well as research and clinical professionals

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