New Look to Phytomedicine: Advancements in Herbal Products as Novel Drug Leads

New Look to Phytomedicine: Advancements in Herbal Products as Novel Drug Leads is a compilation of in-depth information on the phytopharmaceuticals used in modern medicine for the cure and management of difficult-to-treat and challenging diseases. Readers will find cutting-edge knowledge on the use of plant products with scientific validation, along with updates on advanced herbal medicine in pharmacokinetics and drug delivery. This authoritative book is a comprehensive collection of research based, scientific validations of bioactivities of plant products, such as anti-infective, anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, immune-modulatory and metabolic disorders presented by experts from across the globe. Step-by-step information is presented on chemistry, bioactivity and the functional aspects of biologically active compounds. In addition, the pharmacognosy of plant products with mechanistic descriptions of their actions, including pathogenicity is updated with information on the use of nanotechnology and molecular tools in relation to herbal drug research. Compiles up-to-date information on the chemotherapeutics used in the treatment of infective and metabolic disorders Presents advancements in the discovery of new drugs from plants using molecular and nanotechnology toolsExamines detailed information on the use of herbals agents in cancer, HIV and other ailments, including diabetes, malaria and neurological disorders INDICE: 1. Herbal Medicine: Current progress and future prospects 2. Diversity of bio-active compounds and their functions 3. Ethnomedicinal wisdom: An approach for antiviral drug development 4. Plant derived prebiotic and its potential application Section 2: Biological activity and discovery of new compounds 5. Moroccan medicinal plants as anti-infective and antioxidant agents 6. Ganoderma lucidium: bioactive molecules, pharmacology and future research trends as a cancer chemotherapeutic agent 7. Phytocompounds in the management of Intestinal Infections 8. Indian berry and its active compounds: therapeutic potential in cancer prevention 9. Prospects of essential oils in controlling biofilm infections 10. Anticancer phytocompounds: Experimental and clinical updates 11. Role of Plant compounds in managing HIV infection Section 3: Mechanism of action and pharmacology of plant derived products/medicine 12. Strategy to target bacterial quorum sensing and virulence by phytocompounds 13. Phytocompounds with antiglycation properties: understanding mechanism of action 14. Nanoparticles in Ayurvedic medicine: New research trend 15. Insights of Phytocompounds as antipathogenic agents 16. Role of Phytocompounds in controlling drug resistant and extensively drug-resistant Tuberculosis 17. Immunomodulation with plant based compounds 18. Herb and modern drug interactions: Efficacy toxicity and safety aspects 19. Combinatorial biosynthesis: A potential approach to develop novel bioactive agents from plant products Section 4: New dimensions in phytotherapy research and applications 20. High Throughput Virtual Screening (HTVS) of natural compounds and exploration of their Biomolecular mechanisms: An in-silico approach. 21. Phytocompounds in Malaria 22. Animal Modelling for study of Antimicrobial activity of plant products against Intestinal Diseases 23. Nanoparticles based drug delivery: Challenges and opportunities in herbal medicine 24. Phytodrugs: A potential alternative medicine in controlling neurological disorders.

• ISBN: 978-0-12-814619-4
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 310
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés