Assessment of Medicinal Plants for Human Health Phytochemistry, Disease Management, and Novel Applications Innovations in Plant Science for Better Health Series

This volume looks at the importance of medicinal plants and their potential benefits for human health, providing insight with scientific evidence on the use of functional foods in the treatment and management of certain diseases.

Divided into four sections, the volume covers the assessment and identification of medicinal plants, the role of medicinal plants in disease management, the ethnobotany and phytochemistry of medicinal plants, and novel applications of plants.

Assessment of Medicinal Plants for Human Health: Phytochemistry, Disease Management, and Novel Applications sheds light on the potential of certain plants and will be of value to faculty and advanced-level students of natural products, food science, pharmacognosy, pharmacology, and biochemistry. It will also be of interest to researchers in the area of drug discovery and development.

Part 1: Assessment and Identification Of Medicinal Plants 1. Assessment of Ethnomedicinal Plants: Shiwalik Hills, Himachal Pradesh, India 2. Indigenous Medicinal Plants in Achampet Forest: Telangana, India Part 2: Ethnobotany And Phytochemistry Of Medicinal Plants 3. Pharmacological Properties of Mulberry (Morus alba) 4. Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology of Genus Rhodiola (L.): Potential Medicinal Applications 5. Potential of Piper Germplasm against Pathogenic Bacteria: Tropical Bay Islands in India 6. Aconite: Ethnopharmacological Benefits and Toxicity Part 3: Role of Medicinal Plants In Disease Management 7. Role of Natural Polyphenols in Oxidative Stress: Prevention of Diabetes 8. Potential of Phytochemicals in the Treatment of Hemorrhoids 9. Role of Plant-Based Bioflavonoids in Combating Tuberculosis 10. Traditional Medicinal Plants for Respiratory Diseases: Mexico Part 4: Novel Applications of Plants 11. Bioactive Compounds in Coffee: Health Benefits of Macronutrients and Micronutrients 12. In Vitro Antidermatophytic Bioactivity of Peel Extracts of Red Banana (Musa acuminate) and Common Banana (Musa paradisica) 13. Secondary Metabolites from Lichen Genus (Ramalina Ach.): Applications and Biological Activities 14. Role of Antioxidant-Based Nutraceuticals in Translational Medicine: Review 15. Hyaluronidase and Gelatinase (MMP-2, MMP-9) Inhibitor Plants

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; and Senior Acquisitions Editor and Senior Technical Editor-in-Chief in Agriculture and Biomedical Engineering for Apple Academic Press Inc. He has worked as a Soil Conservation Inspector and as a Research Assistant at Haryana Agricultural University and Ohio State University. He was the first agricultural engineer to receive the professional license in Agricultural Engineering in 1986 from the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico. On September 16, 2005, he was proclaimed as “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 several textbooks and has edited over 60 books. He received his BSc degree in engineering from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India; his MSc and PhD degrees from Ohio State University, Columbus; and his Master of Divinity degree from Puerto Rico Evangelical Seminary, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, USA.

Durgesh Nandini Chauhan, MPharm, has several years of academic (teaching) experience at institutes in India in pharmaceutical sciences. She taught subjects such as pharmaceutics, pharmacognosy, traditional concepts of medicinal plants, drug delivery, phytochemistry, cosmetic technology, pharmaceutical engineering, pharmaceutical packaging, quality assurance, dosage form designing, and anatomy and physiology. She is a member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India, SILAE: Società Italo-Latinoamericana di Etnomedicina (The Scienti