Bioactive compounds of medicinal plants : properties and potential for human health / edited by Megh R. Goyal and Ademola O. Ayeleso. - First edition. - 1 online resource (384 pages) : 53 illustrations

part PART I: BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN MEDICINAL PLANTS AND HEALTH BENEFITS -- chapter 1 Phytochemistry and Antifungal Activity of Desmodium adscendens Root Extracts / chapter 2 Bioactive Compounds in Plants and Their Antioxidant Capacity / chapter 3 Plants of the Genus Syzygium (Myrtaceae): A Review on Ethnobotany, Medicinal Properties, and Phytochemistry / part PART II: MEDICINAL PLANTS/PLANT PRODUCTS AND HEALTH PROMOTION -- chapter 4 Effects of Talinum triangulare on Hepatic Antioxidant Gene Expression Profile in Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Rat Liver Injury / chapter 5 Review on Potential of Seeds and Value-Added Products of Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea): Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Anti-Oxidative Stress / chapter 6 Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Opuntia Aurantiaca Lindl / chapter 7 Dietary Intervention of Utazi (Gongrenema Latifolium) Supplemented Diet Using Wistar Male Rat Animal Brain Model / part PART III: MEDICINAL PLANTS AND MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS -- chapter 8 Therapeutic Potentials of Selected Medicinal Plants in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: A Review / chapter 9 Medicinal Activities of Anchomanes Difformis and Its Potential in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus and Other Disease Conditions: A Review / chapter 10 Screening of Different Extracts of Ageratum Conyzoides for Inhibition of Diabetes-Related Enzymes / chapter 11 Potential of Catharanthus Roseus and Punica Granatum in the Management and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Complications. Mediline Goboza, Prisca Kachepe, Yapo Guillaume Aboua, / part PART IV: MEDICINAL PLANTS AND MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTENSION -- chapter 12 Ginger and Turmeric Supplemented Diet as a Novel Dietary Approach for Management of Hypertension: A Review / Nwanekwu Kenneth Emeka -- Oluyemisi Elizabeth Adelakun -- Ian Edwin Cock -- Gbenga Anthony Adefolaju -- Yvonne Yeukai Murevanhema -- Wilfred Mbeng Otang -- Esther Emem Nwanna -- Folorunso Adewale Olabiyi -- Toyin Dorcas Udje -- Mutiu Idowu Kazeem -- Oluwafemi Omoniyi Oguntibeju -- Ayodele Jacob Akinyemi.

This volume sheds new light on the immense potential of medicinal plants for human health from different technological aspects. It presents new research on bioactive compounds in medicinal plants that provide health benefits, including those that have proven especially effective in treating and managing diabetes mellitus and hypertension. It looks at the medicinal properties, antioxidant capacity, and antimicrobial activity of plants and provides scientific evidence on the use of medicinal plants in the treatment of certain diseases. Many of the plants described in the chapters are easily accessible and are believed to be effective with fewer side effects in comparison to modern drugs in the treatment of different diseases.

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Botany.
Complementary & Alternative Medicine.
Diabetes Mellitus--drug therapy.
Materia medica, Vegetable.
Pharmacology.
Phytotherapy.
Plant Extracts--therapeutic use.
Plants, Medicinal.
MEDICAL / Pharmacology.
MEDICAL / Pharmacology.
MEDICAL / Alternative Medicine.
Plants, Medicinal.
Diabetes Mellitus--drug therapy.
Phytotherapy.
Plant Extracts--therapeutic use.


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