Full Description
Mangroves with Therapeutic Potential for Human Health: Global Distribution, Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry, and Biopharmaceutical Applications explores, for the first time in a book, the exciting potential of mangroves for therapeutic applications in medicine and pharmacology. This authoritative, illustrated and clearly written book pairs the fascinating biodiversity of mangroves with their promising pharmacological propensities. Providing a comprehensive and authoritative overview, the book explores the important aspects related to mangroves, including global distribution, medicinal values and pharmaceutical applications in one source.
This book is a valuable resource for researchers, academics in the field of herbal medicine, pharmacology, pharmacognosy, medicinal chemistry, biochemistry, natural product chemistry, ethnopharmacology, biotechnology, marine biology, microbiology, as well as professionals in the pharmaceutical industries.
Contents
Section I: A global overview on the biodiversity and biogeographical distribution of mangrove ecosystems and their connection with people
1. Introduction to mangrove plants: Protectors of the marine environment and of human health
2. Mangroves and People
Section II: Mangroves in medicines
3. Biopharmaceutical applications of mangrove plants: Opening a new door to disease management and prevention
4. Mangroves and their associated fungal endophytes: A prolific source of novel phytochemicals
Section III: Monographs of medicinally important mangrove plants
5.Acanthus ilicifolius L.
6. Aegialitis rotundifolia Roxb.
7. Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco
8. Avicennia germinans (L.) L
9. Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh.
10. Avicennia officinalis L.
11. Bruguiera cylindrica (L.) Blume
12. Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Lam
13. Bruguiera parviflora (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. ex Griff.
14. Ceriops decandra (Griff.) W. Theob.
15. Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C. B. Rob.
16. Excoecaria agallocha L.
17. Heritiera fomes Buch. -Ham.
18. Heritiera littoralis Aiton
19. Kandelia candel (L.) Druce.
20. Lumnitzera racemosa Willd.
21. Nypa fruticans Wurmb
22. Pelliciera rhizophorae Planch. & Triana
23. Rhizophora apiculata Blume
24. Rhizophora mucronata Lam.
25. Rhizophora mangle L.
26. Rhizophora racemosa G. Mey.
27. Sonneratia apetala Buch.-Ham.
28. Xylocarpus granatum J. Koenig
