Ethnopharmacology of Wild Plants

Herausgeber: Bhattarai, Shandesh; Rai, Mahendra; Feitosa, Chistiane M.

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Produktbeschreibung

Wild plants signify a vital health and economic constituent of biodiversity. In recent years, research interest on wild plants has increased. This book contains valuable information on wild plants and their ethnopharmacological properties.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 846g
• ISBN-13: 9780367512033
• ISBN-10: 0367512033
• Artikelnr.: 66684636

Autorenporträt

Dr. Mahendra Rai is a Senior Professor and UGC-Basic Science Research Faculty at the Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Maharashtra, India. He was a visiting scientist at the University of Geneva, Debrecen University, Hungary; University of Campinas, Brazil; Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland; VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, and National University of Rosario, Argentina. He has published more than 400 research papers in national and international journals. In addition, he has edited/authored more than 55 books and 6 patents. Dr. Shandesh Bhattarai is a Senior Scientific Officer at Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal. He worked in the collaborative research projects funded by NUFU-Norway, VW Foundation-Germany, Darwin Initiative-UK, DFID-UK, IUCN-Bangkok, UGC-Nepal, etc. He is a coordinator of the Flora of Nepal Project, an international initiative of the institutions of Nepal, UK, and Japan. He has published more than 35 research papers in national and international journals and has authored one book. Dr. Chistiane M. Feitosa is a Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Piaui, Teresina-Piaui, Brazil. Her research area includes natural products with the potential for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. She has published more than 50 research papers in national and international journals. In addition, she has edited/authored more than 10 books/chapters and 5 patents.

Inhaltsangabe

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY. An Introduction to the Ethnopharmacology of Wild Plants.
Ethno-Pharmacological Relevance/Features of Some Latin American Wild
Medicinal Plants. Ethnopharmacology of Wild Plants Used in Diabetes.
Ethnopharmacology of Wild Plants from the Tropical Mountains of Northern
Peru. Ethnopharmacology of the Genus Pilocarpus. Antifungal Activity
Validation of Wild Plants used in Argentine Ethnomedicine: A Revision of
Polygonum. Antiprotozoal Effects of Wild Plants. Anti-Inflammatory Activity
of Wild Medicinal Plants of Piauí State-Brazil. Eichhornia crassipes:
Shedding Light on its Chemical Composition, Biological Activities and
Industrial Uses. ETHNOBOTANY AND PHYTOTHERAPY. Distribution and Use
(Ethnobotany and Trade) of Bergenia Ciliata (Haw.) Sternb. in Nepal.
Cenostigma pyramidale: Ethnomedicinal Properties and Perspectives on A
Legume Tree Highly Adapted to Semiarid 'Caatinga' Region. Traditional Uses,
Phytochemicals and Pharmacological Properties of Chenopodium ambosioides
L. (Dysphania ambrosioides) L. Mosyakin & Clemants. Apiaceae Plants Growing
in the East: Centuries of Healing Traditions and Culture. Ritualistic and
Medicinal Plants from Marajo-PA Island. Ameliorating Insulin Signalling
Pathway by Phytotherapy: A Review. Croton zehntneri: Essential Oils and
Inclusion Complex. Emerging Medicinal Values of Kiwifruit (Actinidia
Lindl.): A Review. Rhubarb: The King of Herbs.