Full Description
Preparation of Phytopharmaceuticals for the Management of Disorders: The Development of Nutraceuticals and Traditional Medicine presents comprehensive coverage and recent advances surrounding phytopharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and traditional and alternative systems of medicines. Sections cover the concepts of phytopharmaceuticals, their history, and current highlights in phytomedicine. Also included are classifications of crude drugs, herbal remedies and toxicity, traditional and alternative systems of medicine, nanotechnology applications, and herbal cosmeticology. Final sections cover applications of microbiology and biotechnology in drug discovery.
This book provides key information for everyone interested in drug discovery, including medicinal chemists, nutritionists, biochemists, toxicologists, drug developers and health care professionals. Students, professors and researchers working in the area of pharmaceutical sciences and beyond will also find the book useful.
Contents
I. Phytopharmaceuticals and technology
1. General principle of primary and secondary plant metabolites: Biogenesis, metabolism, and extraction
2. Phytopharmaceuticals: Efficacy, safety,and regulation
3. Phytomedicine: Scope and current highlights
4. Ancient and modern practices in phytomedicine
5. Herbal drug technology
6. Herbal remedies, toxicity, and regulations
7. Herbal cosmeticology
8. Herbal wound healing agents
9. Principles of applied microbiology and biotechnology: Technique for the screening of antimicrobial herbs
10. Application of nanotechnology in the packaging of edible materials
II. Health benefits of nutraceuticals
11. Nutraceuticals and their impact on human health
12. Heart health and nutraceuticals
13. Roles of nutraceutical in the treatment of tuberculosis
14. Important food sources of nutraceuticals for the management of HIV
15. Nutraceuticals for male fertility in human
16. Bacteriocin producing lactic acid bacteria: Their relevance to human nutrition and health
17. Health-promoting benefits of honey
18. Biochemical and pharmacotherapeutic potentials of lycopene in drug discovery
19. Health benefits of glucosinolate isolated from cruciferous and other vegetables
20. Glucosamine and chondroitin in osteoarthritis treatment
21. Phytomenadione as a dietary supplement: Sources and health benefits
22. Application of microalgae metabolites in food and pharmaceutical industry
23. Conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants
III. Traditional system of medicines
24. Overview of traditional systems of medicine in different continents
25. Perspective on herbal medicine in the Philippines, economic demands, quality control, and regulation
26. Traditional system of medicines in Africa
27. Alternative and new plants
