Medicinal Plants: Phytochemistry Pharmacology and Therapeutics Volume 2
Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Hepatoprotective and antioxidant effects of Rosmarinus officinalis in Nimesulide-induced liver damage in rat/Patricia Yahuaca-Mendoza, Rosalinda Gutierrez-Hernandez and Jose L. Alvarado-Acosta. 2. Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica L.): phytochemistry, pharmacology and therapeutics/Vadde Ramakrishna, Sriram Gopi and Oruganti H. Setty. 3. Chemical constituents from Phyllanthus amarus Schum and Thonn and its pharmacological effectiveness/M.A.M. Maciel, A.F. Cunha, C.R. Kaiser, E.A. Costa, F.F. Rocha and F.A. Vanderlinde. 4. Antiulcerogenic activity of citrus lemon essential oil on acetic acid-induced gastric ulcer in rats/Ariane Leite Rozza, Marcia Ortiz Mayo Marques, Clelia Akiko Hiruma-Lima and Claudia Helena Pelleizzon. 5. The importance of dietary plant lectins: the blood type diet revisited/Sunniva B.L. Helleland and Ian F. Pryme. 6. Labisia pumila (Kacip Fatimah), a Malaysian medicinal herb: an update/G.D. Singh, S. Singh, A. Koul, P. Kaul and V.K. Gupta. 7. Jeju seaweeds inhibit proinflammatory cytokines, iNOS, and COX-2 expression in Macrophage RAW cells/Eun-Jin YANG, Sang-Suk KIM, Gi-Ok-KIM, Nam Ho LEE, and Chang-Gu HYUN. 8. Mining of novel antifungal proteins from medicinal plants/Modhumita Dasgupta. 9. Trypanocidal activity and Haematological effects of Aqueous leaf extract of Morinda lucida on Trypanosoma brucei brucei infected rats/L.A. Alli, V.I. Okochi and A.A. Adesokan. 10. Therapeutic potential of saptaparna, Alstonia scholaris in the treatment of cancer: preclinical evaluation in Ehrlich ascites Carcinoma model/Ganesh Chandra Jagetia. 11. Preliminary study on adaptogenic activity of Plantago erosa ex Roxb/C.C. Barua, J.D. Roy, B. Buragohain, A. Talukdar, S.A. Begum, A.G. Barua and P. Borah. 12. Investigation on the effects of Hypericum scabrum plant extract on signs of morphine withdrawal syndrome in rats/Khairollah Asadollahi, Koroush Saki, Nasser Abassi, Amir Faili and Parisa Asadollahi. 13. The role of herbal medicine use in HIV/AIDS treatment/R.O. Orisatoki and O.O. Oguntibeju. 14. Effect of Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze on modified forced swimming test in rats/C.C. Baruah, S.A,. Begum, A. Talukdar, B. Buragohain, J.D. Roy, A.G. Barua, P. Borah and M. Lahkar. 15. Growth characteristics, phytochemicals and mineral composition of Ocimum gratissimum applied with Albit Biosubstance/S.T. Anjorin and N.H. Ugwu. 16. Effect of mulberry (Morus indica L.) leaves on blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin and serum gluconeogenic enzymes in NIDDM patients/B. Andallu, B.L. Srikanthi and A.V. Vinay Kumar. 17. Treating diabetes mellitus with natural products/Z. Ahmed, A. Bhagat, R.K. Johri and M.Z. Chishti. 18. Effects of soy protein supplementation on the reproductive system of male wistar rats/O. Akinloye, O.O. Oguntibeju, A.O. Adaramoye, M.O. Oyeyemi, O. Jegede and E.J. Truter. 19. Herbals and androgenic activity: antioxidant effect of ginger, carrot seed, Allium cepa, Quercetin and Danae racemosa in Spermatogenesis/Arash Khaki. 20. In vitro and in vivo efficacy of organic solvent based extracts of some ethno-medicinal plant species against Xanthomonas oryzae: causal agent of bacterial leaf blight of rice/Kuntal Das, Rajkumar Singh Tiwari and Dhirendra K. Shrivastava. 21. Pharmacology and therapeutics of red palm oil dietary supplementation in oxidative stress related diseases: cardiovascular disease/O.O. Oguntibeju, O.B.L. Alinde and A.J. Esterhuyse. 22. Antibacterial properties of some essential oils against selective human pathogenic bacteria/S. Gochhait, Chandi C. Rath and U.B. Mohapatra. 23. Hypoglycemic effect of Allium porrum L. leaves in healthy and Streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice/Maryam Eidi, Akram Eidi, Alireza Sadeghipour, Fatemeh Soleimani and Samira Ebrahimi. 24. Head lice, pediculocides and anti-head lice efficacy of Annona squamosa Linn./Wandee Gritsanapan, Peeranuch Mangmeesri and Peerachatra Mangmeesri. 25. Orthosiphon stamineus modulates acetaminophen-induced changes in serum hepatic markers, hepatocytes viability and glutathione-S-transferase activity in rats/J.H. Chin, A.H. Hussin and S. Ismail. Index.
Medicinal plant research has been and continues to be considered a fruitful approach in the search for new drugs. The scientific basis that accounts for the present of medically useful compounds in plants is by now well known. Medicinal plants would be the best source to obtain a variety of drugs and, therefore, such plants should be investigated in understand better about their properties. This green inheritance thus represents an enormous reservoir of putative lead compounds to be discovered for various diseases.
Based on this rationale, the present volume Medicinal Plants: Phytochemistry Pharmacology and Therapeutics Volume 2 has been compiled and presents 25 research as well as review communications, lucidly written by stalwarts from various research institutions and universities across Brazil, India, Iran, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, South Africa, Thailand, USA etc. Some of the interesting chapters included in this publication are: Antioxidant effect and the hepatoprotective therapy of Rosmarinus officinalis, chemical constituents from phyllanthus amarus schum and thonn and its traditional uses against gastrointestinal disorders, effect of a citrus essential oil in gastric ulcerhealing, inhibitory effects of Jeju seaweeds on NO, PGE. TNF-a, and IL-6 production, mining of novel antifungal proteins from medicinal pants, anticancer effect of alstonia scholaris in mice bearing Ehrlich ascites carcinoma, adaptogenic activity of plantago erosa, role of herbal medicine in HIV/AIDS treatment and management, estrogenic effect of phytoestrogens present in soybeans on the male reproductive system of wistar rats, hypoglycemic effect of allium porrum leaves. The chapter on protective effect of orthosiphon stamineus in acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity rats and to evaluate its protection from hepatic injuries by correlating to the phase II hepatic detoxification enzymes in rats is also included. Review chapter on Indian gooseberries have made an attempt to bring together recent work and current trends in the field of modern phytomedicine from different parts of the world. An overview on the current knowledge and understanding of red palm oil dietary supplementation in the onset of oxidative stress related conditions such as cardiovascular disease with special focus on red palm oil dietary composition have been described. Comparative study on the effect of mulberry leaves with that of standard drug-glibenclamide on blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin levels and on the activity of gluconeogenic enzymes in NIDDM patients has also been included. The concluding chapter highlights the importance and significance of Labisia pumila as potential source of traditional medicine in Malaysia. (jacket)
Medicinal plant research has been and continues to be considered a fruitful approach in the search for new drugs. The scientific basis that accounts for the present of medically useful compounds in plants is by now well known. Medicinal plants would be the best source to obtain a variety of drugs and, therefore, such plants should be investigated in understand better about their properties. This green inheritance thus represents an enormous reservoir of putative lead compounds to be discovered for various diseases.
Based on this rationale, the present volume Medicinal Plants: Phytochemistry Pharmacology and Therapeutics Volume 2 has been compiled and presents 25 research as well as review communications, lucidly written by stalwarts from various research institutions and universities across Brazil, India, Iran, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, South Africa, Thailand, USA etc. Some of the interesting chapters included in this publication are: Antioxidant effect and the hepatoprotective therapy of Rosmarinus officinalis, chemical constituents from phyllanthus amarus schum and thonn and its traditional uses against gastrointestinal disorders, effect of a citrus essential oil in gastric ulcerhealing, inhibitory effects of Jeju seaweeds on NO, PGE. TNF-a, and IL-6 production, mining of novel antifungal proteins from medicinal pants, anticancer effect of alstonia scholaris in mice bearing Ehrlich ascites carcinoma, adaptogenic activity of plantago erosa, role of herbal medicine in HIV/AIDS treatment and management, estrogenic effect of phytoestrogens present in soybeans on the male reproductive system of wistar rats, hypoglycemic effect of allium porrum leaves. The chapter on protective effect of orthosiphon stamineus in acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity rats and to evaluate its protection from hepatic injuries by correlating to the phase II hepatic detoxification enzymes in rats is also included. Review chapter on Indian gooseberries have made an attempt to bring together recent work and current trends in the field of modern phytomedicine from different parts of the world. An overview on the current knowledge and understanding of red palm oil dietary supplementation in the onset of oxidative stress related conditions such as cardiovascular disease with special focus on red palm oil dietary composition have been described. Comparative study on the effect of mulberry leaves with that of standard drug-glibenclamide on blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin levels and on the activity of gluconeogenic enzymes in NIDDM patients has also been included. The concluding chapter highlights the importance and significance of Labisia pumila as potential source of traditional medicine in Malaysia. (jacket)
