Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Diabetes and medicinal plants in Portugal/Fernanda M. Ferreira, Francisco P. Peixoto, Raquel Seica and Maria S. Santos. 2. Immunotherapeutic targeting of multiple dysregulated immune functions in cancer by neem lead glycoprotein/Anamika Bose, Shyamal Goswami, Soumyabrata Roy, Koustav Sarkar, Krishnendu Chakraborty, Tathagata Chakraborty, Enamul Haque, Subrata Laskar and Rathindranath Baral. 3. Mistletoe lectins in cancer therapy: administration by the oral route or by subcutaneous injection a review/Ian F. Pryme. 4. A review on medicinal properties of onions and garlic/Dheeraj Singh, M.K. Chaudhary, H. Dayal, M.L. Meena and A. Dudi. 5. Phytochemical profile of Aegle marmelos family rutaceae/Bhuwan B. Mishra, Navneeet Kishore, Vinod K. Tiwari and Vyasji Tripathi. 6. Supercritical fluid extraction as a tool for value addition of natural products/S. Koul, D.K. Gupta, V.K. Gupta and S.C. Taneja. 7. Phytochemistry of the genus croton/Vivianne Marcelino de Medeiros, Josean Fechine Tavares, Jackson Roberto Guedes da Silva Almeida, Vicente Toscano de Araujo-Junior, Petronio Filgueiras de Athayde Filho, Emidio Vasconelos Leitao da Cunha, Jose Maria Barbosa Filho and Marcelo Sobral da Silva. 8. Anti-amyloidogenic effect of natural products : implications of the prevention and therapeutics of alzheimers disease/N. Suganthy, S. Karutha Pandian and K. Pandima Devi. 9. An overview of Acmella Oleracea: a multipurpose species/Ana Claudia F. Amaral, Jose Luiz P. Ferreira, Aline de S. Ramos, Deborah Q. Falcao,Cristina B. Viana, Jane S. Inada, Silvia L,. Basso and Jefferson Rocha de A. Silva. 10. Effect of natural plant based and non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs on the immune system/Amit Gupta, Anamika Khajuria, Jaswant Singh, Surjeet Singh and V.K. Gupta. 11. Inorganic composition of medicinal plants/C.C. Silva, J.E.M. Gai, L.A.A. Freitas, L.S. Freire and V.F. Veiga. 12. Medicinal plants for management of anxiety/Richa Shri. Index.
Natural products particularly microbial and plant products in their native form have been associated with mankind since ancient times. Natural products offer a vast, virtually untapped reservoir of chemical compounds with many potential uses. Apart from drugs, they can also be used as lead compounds, dietary supplements and personal care items.
The present volume of the book series entitled, "Natural Products: Research Reviews" is a critical review book which stimulates progress in all areas of natural products research. The book gives an excellent overview of the current trends in natural product research. This is an interesting and authoritative volume as a collection of monographic chapters on specific problems regarding natural products for maintenance of health as well as in the prevention and treatment of diseases. Each chapter contains in depth account of the materials covered involving mainly the chemistry and pharmacology of natural products as well as the use of new tools for purity evaluation. It presents current frontiers and future guidelines for research based on important discoveries made in the field of natural products and present 12 review chapters from eminent scientists in India and abroad. (jacket)
