As volume 2 of this three-volume set on phytochemistry, this book features chapters that comprehensively review a selection of important recent advances in ethnopharmacology and alternative and complementary medicines. It also presents many informative chapters on the medicinal potential of phytochemicals in the treatment and management of various diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, diabetic nephropathy, autoimmune diseases, neurological disorders, male infertility, and more.
Phytochemistry, Volume 2: Pharmacognosy, Nanomedicine, and Contemporary Issues
is part of the three-volume set on phytochemistry that presents new developments in pharmacognosy, ethnomedicine, ethnobotany, herbal medicine, complementary and alternative medicine, nanomedicine, nanopharmacology, and ethnoveterinary practices.
Part 1: Ethnomedicine And Pharmacognosy
1. Pharmacognosy and Prehistoric
Uses of Medicinal Plants
2. Complementary and Alternative Systems of
Medicines
3. Ethnobotanical Study of Indigenous Peoples Medicinal Plants
4.
Herbal Medicine: A Case Study of Nigerian Medicinal Plants
5. Plant Species
Utilized for Ethnoveterinary Practices in India
6. Antioxidants and
Phytochemicals
7. Roles of Phytochemicals in the Prevention and Treatment of
Various Diseases
8. Phytochemicals as Oxidative Stress Mitigators
9.
Antimicrobial Medicinal Plants as Effective Natural Bioresources
10.
Medicinal Plants with Anti-Venom Activities
11. Medicinal Potentials of Green
Tea
12. Antioxidant Potentials of Cinnamon
13. Phytochemical as the Hope for
the Treatment of Hepatic and Neuronal Disorders
14. Role of Phytochemicals in
the Treatment of Male Infertility
15. Roles of Medicinal Plants in the
Treatment of Cancer
16. Methylated Flavonoids as a Novel Inhibitor of
Metastasis in the Cancer Cell
17. Medicinal Roles of Phytomolecules in the
Treatment and Management of Diabetes Mellitus
18. Roles of Phytomolecules in
the Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy
19. Phytochemicals as Protagonist for
the Treatment and Management of Autoimmune Diseases Part 3: Nanoparticle
Biosynthesis And Its Biomedical Applications
20. Green Biosynthesis of
Metallic Nanoparticles
21. Cytotoxicity and Biomedical Applications of Metal
Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized from Plants
22. Biosynthesis of Carbon Dots
Nanoparticles from Plants Part 4: Phytochemicals As Friends And Foes
23.
Toxic Plants and Phytochemicals
24. Phytochemicals as Prooxidants
25.
Phytochemical as an Antinutrient
Chukwuebuka Egbuna is a chartered chemist, chemical analyst, and academic researcher. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria, the Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the Society of Quality Assurance (USA). He is a reviewer and editorial board member of various journals, with his most recent role as a website administrator for the Tropical Journal of Applied Natural Sciences.
Shashank Kumar, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Biochemistry and Microbial Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India. Dr. Kumar has published about 60 scientific papers, reviews, editorial articles, and book chapters and has been cited more than 1,200 times. He has also edited several books, including Concepts in Cell Signaling and Carbohydrate Metabolism: Theory and Practical Approach.
Jonathan Chinenye Ifemeje, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Nigeria. He has published over 40 publications and is the Managing Editor of the Tropical Journal of Applied Natural Sciences. He is a member of various institutes, including the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria, the Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the Society of Quality Assurance.
Jaya Vikas Kurhekar, PhD (microbiology), MBA (human resources), is presently Head and Associate Professor in Microbiology in the Department of Microbiology at the college Dr. Patangrao Kadam Mahavidyalaya, Sangli, India. She has published over 40 scientific papers and has also been a reviewer for journals. She has been an editor and contributor and has made significant contributions to the Encyclopedia of Scientists in Microbiology, being compiled and edited by the Maharashtra State Marathi Encyclopedia Creation Board, Mumbai, India.
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