Medicinal plants : antioxidant properties, traditional uses and conservation strategies /

Medicinal plants : antioxidant properties, traditional uses and conservation strategies /

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Imprint:Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, 2013.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Botanical Research and Practices
Botanical research and practices.
Subject:
Medicinal plants -- Utilization.
Antioxidants.
Antioxidants.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11210024
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Other authors / contributors:Pereira, David Alexandre Micael.
ISBN:9781629482200
162948220X
9781629482194
1629482196
Notes:Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Nowadays, natural products and in particular medicinal plants, play an important role in human health and therapeutics. Across the world, several different cultures employ medicinal plants for the treatment of a wide range of pathological conditions. In this book, we address the antioxidant properties of several medicinal plants, as well as their traditional uses and conservation strategies. This is, without a doubt, a wonderful opportunity to have a closer insight into the chemistry, biological properties, conservation and traditional use of medicinal plants used around the world.
Other form:Print version: Medicinal plants 9781629482194
Table of Contents:
  • MEDICINAL PLANTS ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES, TRADITIONAL USES AND CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Capacity of Medicinal Plants: A Review; Abstract; Introduction 1. Medicinal Plants; 2. Phytochemicals in Plants; 3. Functions and Biosynthesis of Phenolic Compounds; 4. Phenolic Compounds and Health Benefits; 5. Extraction and Recovery of Phenolic Compounds; 6. Separation and Detection of Phenolic Compounds; 7. MSn Identification and Structural Characterization of Phenolic Compounds.
  • 8. Antioxidant Capacity and Phenolic Compounds9. Medicinal Plants with High Antioxidant Capacity and Phenolic Compounds; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2 Potential Antioxidant Benefits of Commonly Used Fruits and Vegetables around the World; Abstract; Introduction; Reactive Oxygen Species: Source and Defense; Food as a Natural Source of Antioxidants; Fruits and Vegetables: Examples with Clinical Relevance; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Hydroponic Production of Medicinal Plants; Abstract; Introduction; Hydroponic Growing of Medicinal Plants; A Case Study: Basil; Conclusion; References.
  • Chapter 4 Flavonoids as Antioxidant Therapy for Metabolic DisordersAbstract; Introduction; Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress; Plants as an Alternate Therapy; Plants as Antioxidants; Biosynthesis of Flavonoids; Subclasses of Flavonoids; Location of Flavonoids in Plants; Biological Activities of Flavonoids; Diabetes and Oxidative Stress; Diabetes
  • Induced Oxidative Stress; Obesity and Oxidative Stress; Mechanisms of Obesity
  • Induced Oxidative Stress; Antioxidants; Antioxidant Flavonoids with Anti-diabeticActivities; Pharmacokinetics of Flavonoids; Conclusion; ReferencesAgatia, G.
  • Azzarellob, E Pollastrib, S; Tattinic, M. Flavonoids; Chapter 5 Use of Antioxidants to Control Obesity and Promote Weight Loss; Abstract; Introduction; Factors Affecting Obesity; Nutritional Therapies in Weight Management; Role of Plants and Bioactive Compounds in Weight Loss; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 Application of Antioxidant Plants as Anti-Hemolytic Agents; Abstract; Introduction; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7 Health Attributes, Antioxidant Properties and Phytochemical Composition of Traditional Medicinal Plants from Eastern Anatolia; Abstract; Introduction.
  • Ethnobotanical Medicinein Turkey
  • Historical PerspectiveEastern Anatolia
  • A Pot of Gold for Medicinal Plants; Collection, Preservation and Application of Traditional Medicine in Eastern Anatolia; Traditional Medicinal Plants of Eastern Anatolia: Current Status; The Most Versatile Herbs: Phytochemical Composition and Pharmacological Activities; Antioxidant Capacities and Enzyme-inhibitory Activities of Selected Medicinal Plants from the Van Province; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8 Hetherotheca inuloides (Mexican Arnica) a Potent Antioxidant Effect as Neuro and Hepato-Protective; Abstract.

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