Full Description
Medicinal Plants in Asia for Metabolic Syndrome: Natural Products and Molecular Basis offers an in-depth view into the metabolic syndrome pharmacology of natural products with an emphasis on their molecular basis, cellular pathways, metabolic organs, and endocrine regulations. This sensational volume provides the scientific names, botanical classifications, botanical descriptions, medicinal uses, chemical constituents, and pharmacological activities of more than 100 Asian plants, with high quality original botanical plates, chemical structures, and pharmacological diagrams. It also lists hundreds of carefully selected bibliographical references, constituents on insulin resistance, obesity, atherosclerosis, atherogenic dyslipidemia, and endothelial dysfunction.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Acanthopanax senticosus
Adhatoda vasica
Aegle marmelos
Alstonia macrophylla
Artemisia herba-alba
Artemisia capillaris
Astilbe rubra
Barringtonia racemosa
Biophytum sensitivum
Broussonetia kazinoki
Calamintha officinalis
Camellia japonica
Camellia sinensis
Carissa carandas
Carthamus tinctorius
Castanea crenata
Castanospermum austral
Cedrela odorata
Centella asiatica
Celosia argentea
Chlorophytum borivilianum
Chromolaena odorata
Cichorium intybus
Clerodendrum bungei
Cnidium officinale
Commelina communis
Coptis chinensis
Cotylelobium melanoxylon
Cichorium intybus
Dioscorea bulbifera
Dolichandrone falcata
Dendrobium loddigesii
Ducrosia anethifolia
Duranta repens
Echium vulgare
Elephantopus mollis
Embelia ribes
Euphorbia thymifolia
Ficus deltoidea
Garcinia cambogia
Garcinia mangostana
Gardenia jasminoides
Gymnema sylvestre
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Holarrhena antidysenterica
Hyssopus officinalis
Ipomoea batatas
Kochia scoparia
Lagenaria siceraria
Lagertroemia speciosa
Lawsonia inermis
Lonicera coerulea
Lepidium sativum
Ligusticum chuanxiong
Lithospermum erythrorhizon
Mangifera indica
Melissa officinalis
Morus alba
Mucunia pruriens
Murraya koenigii
Nelumbo nucifera
Neolamarckia cadamba
Nigella sativa
Ocimum basilicum
Olea europea
Origanum vulgare
Orthosiphon aristatus
Panax japonica
Peucedanum japonicum
Phyllanthus reticulatus
Picris hieracioides
Piper longum
Pistacia chinensis
Platycodon grandiflorum
Polygala aureocauda
Polygonatum odoratum
Polygonum cuspidatum
Premna tomentosa
Pterocarpus marsupium
Punica granatum
Raphanus raphanistrum
Rheum ribes
Rosmarinus officinalis
Rubia yunnanensis
Salacia oblonga
Salacia reticulata
Salvia miltiorrhiza
Salvia officinalis
Saururus chinensis
Sesamum indicum
Scutellaria baicalensis
Sorbus commixta
Shorea roxburghii
Sinocrassula indica
Siraitia grosvenorii
Silybum marianum
Smallanthus sonchifolius
Stereospermum colais
Swertia chirata
Swertia kouitchensis
Spilanthes acmella
Tamarindus indica
Taraxacum officinale
Tectona grandis
Terminalia bellirica
Terminalia superba
Tinosporora cordifolia
Trapa japonica
Tussilago farfara
Viscum album
Trigonella foenum-graecum
Uncaria laevigata
Vaccinium myrtillus
Viburnum dilatatum
Zanthoxylum piperitum
Zingiber officinale
Index
