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The root and tuber are vital parts of medicinal plants providing mechanical support, producing critical growth regulators, and storing food. Bioactive compounds obtained from plant roots and tubers demonstrate health benefits presenting antioxidative, antimicrobial, hypoglycaemic, hypocholesterolaemic, and immunomodulatory properties. Roots of many medicinal plants have been used for the treatment of disease and formulation of drugs, and they are also known for their commercial value, being used as an ingredient in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Medicinal Roots and Tubers for Pharmaceutical and Commercial Applications provides information on the medicinal properties of roots and tubers and various phytochemicals derived from them.
Features
Presents exhaustive information on plant roots and tubers including Glycyrrhiza glabra, Curcuma longa, Beta vulgaris, Zingiber officinale, Boesenbergia pandurata, Houttuynia cordata, Eutrema japonicum, and Withania somnifera
Explains the roles of secondary metabolites isolated from roots and tubers and features information on their pharmaceutical and commercial applications
Discusses opportunities for future prospects of different roots and tubers for their industrial applications
A volume in the Exploring Medicinal Plants series, this book provides information on phytochemicals derived from medicinal plant roots and tubers. This is valuable information for scientists, researchers, and students working on medicinal plants, economic botany, chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and many other interdisciplinary subjects.
Contents
Chapter 1 - Curcuma longa (Turmeric): A magical Rhizome for the treatment of different diseases
Fekade Beshah Tessema , Yilma Hunde Gonfa, Mesfin Getachew Tadesse, Archana Bachheti, Azamal Husen, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti
Chapter 2 - Medicinal and commercial application of Zingiber officinalis
Meseret Zebeaman, Mesfin Getachew Tadesse, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti, Archana Bachheti, Rahel Gebeyhu, Kundan Kumar Chaubey
Chapter 3 - Bioactive Compounds and pharmaceutical importance of Houttuynia cordata Rhizome
Atreyi Pramanik, Aashna Sinha, Kundan Kumar Chaubey, Deen Dayal
Chapter 4 - Chemical constituents and medicinal uses of Wasabi japonica
Versha Parcha, Pankaj Bhandari, Sukanya Chhetri, Uday Kumar & Raju Chandra
Chapter 5 - Boesenbergia pandurata: An overview of medicinal use, ethnopharmacology, and phytochemistry
Addisu Tamir Wassie, Archana Bachheti, Azamal Husen, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti
Chapter 6 - Phylogeny, phytochemistry, traditional uses and pharmaceutical properties of Thapsia spp roots
Khaled TAÏBI, Leila AÏT ABDERRAHIM, Mohamed BOUSSAID, Kada SOUANA, Mohamed ACHIR, Fadhila TAÏBI
Chapter 7 - Secondary metabolites, ethnopharmacology, and commercial application of Glycyrrhiza glabra L.
Noureddine Chaachouay, Abdelhamid Azeroual, Bouchaib Bencharki, Lahcen Zidane
Chapter 8 - Medicinal and commercial uses of Angelica roots
Anuj Kandwal, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti, Sonali Purohit, Archana Bachheti and Arun Kumar Khajuria
Chapter 9 - Traditional and modern medicinal uses of Cichorium intybus roots
Munir Ozturk, Volkan Altay, Mehdi Younessi-Hamzekhanlu
Chapter 10 - Therapeutic importance of Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) in traditional and modern system of treatment
Sonali Purohit, M.C. Purohit, Arun Kumar Khajuria, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti and Anuj Kandwal
Chapter 11 - Phytoconstituents and medicinal importance of Chlorophytum borivilianum root
Sisay Awoke, Melaku Assefa and Mesfin Getachew
Chapter 12 - A Comprehensive Review on the Medicinal use of Piper methysticum (Kava)
Versha Parcha, Pankaj Bhandari, Sukanya Chhetri, Uday Kumar & Deepak Kumar
Chapter 13 - Medical benefits and side-effects of Lepidium meyenii root
Deepak Kumar Verma, Vinay Pathak, Sapna Yadav, Sadiya Sameer,Navneet Kumar, Aashna Sinha, Kundan Kumar Chaubey, Krishan Raj Singh, Gaurav Bhardwaj, Alazar Essayas, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti
Chapter 14 - Phtyopharmacological aspects of Valeriana officinalis root
Pratibha Kumari, Anupam Bhatt, Dipika Rana
Chapter 15 - Photochemistry, medicinal and commercial application of Beta vulgaris L.
M.C. Purohit, Anuj Kandwal, Sonali Purohit, Archana Bachheti, Arun Kumar Khajuria
Chapter 16 - Radish: Health benefits and medicinal uses
Sugam Gupta, Bhavya Mudgal, Devvret Verma, Debasis Mitra, Archana Bachheti, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti
