Provides details on a broad range of diseases and conditions prevalent throughout the world. Includes information on how plant bioactives can aid in the prevention, treatment, and management of diseases and conditions including cancer, tuberculosis and anti-coagulants, acne, wrinkle formation, and eczema. Each chapter provides a list of plants and plant-based compounds found globally demonstrating their potential in treating various diseases and conditions.

Underexplored Medicinal Plants from Sub-Saharan Africa: Plants with Therapeutic Potential for Human Health examines a comprehensive selection of rarely explored plants that have been underestimated for their therapeutic value. The book contains monographs of medicinal plants, outlining their botanical description, geographical distribution, ethnobotanical usage, chemical constituents, sample and standard preparations and methods, and pharmacological properties. With expert contributors from South Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles, Cameroon and Nigeria, and the compilation of ethnobotanical, taxonomic and pharmacologic information for each species, this book is a valuable resource for researchers, academics in pharmacology, ethnopharmacology, medicinal plant sciences, and more.

Medicinal Plants for Holistic Health and Well-Being discusses, in depth, the use of South African plants to treat a variety of ailments, including tuberculosis, cancer, periodontal diseases, acne, postmacular hypomelanosis, and more. Plants were selected on the basis of their traditional use, and the book details the scientific evidence that supports their pharmacological and therapeutic potential to safely and effectively treat each disease. Thus, this book is a valuable resource for all researchers, students and professors involved in advancing global medicinal plant research. Many plants found in South Africa are also found in other parts of the world. Each chapter highlights plants from other worldwide locations so that scientists can study which plants belong to the same family, and how similar qualities can be used to treat a specific disease.

Aquatic Plants: Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Applications provides a concise description of popular aquatic plants found across the globe. The chapters in this beautifully illustrated, full-color book focus on the aquatic species native to specific continents. Written by a global team of experts, this book explains the distribution, ethnobotanical uses, genome sequencing, chemical compounds, and biological activity of these plants and addresses the cultivation and sustainable production of aquatic and wetland plants. Features: Describes the biological activity of a large collection of aquatic plants. Color photographs highlight each plant's ethnobotanical characteristics, and structural formulae show their chemical constituents. Contributions come from leading scientists from countries including the United States, India, Mauritius, South Africa, and Cyprus. Aquatic Plants: Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Applications is a valuable resource for academics conducting research on aquatic plants and for professionals in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries who are involved with the therapeutic applications of these plants and their sustainable usage.

Aquatic Plants: Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Applications provides a concise description of popular aquatic plants found across the globe.

The chapters in this beautifully illustrated, full-color book focus on the aquatic species native to specific continents. Written by a global team of experts, this book explains the distribution, ethnobotanical uses, genome sequencing, chemical compounds, and biological activity of these plants and addresses the cultivation and sustainable production of aquatic and wetland plants.

Features:

• Describes the biological activity of a large collection of aquatic plants.
• Color photographs highlight each plant’s ethnobotanical characteristics, and structural formulae show their chemical constituents.
• Contributions come from leading scientists from countries including the United States, India, Mauritius, South Africa, and Cyprus.

Aquatic Plants: Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Applications is a valuable resource for academics conducting research on aquatic plants and for professionals in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries who are involved with the therapeutic applications of these plants and their sustainable usage.

"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket." – Chinese proverb

This Chinese proverb simply means: Reading helps strengthen one’s intellect, which correlates with the feeling one will have, once they have read this book. Medicinal Plants in Cosmetics, Health and Disease describes diseases and ailments occurring in individuals worldwide including acne, ageing, various cancers, eczema and other conditions. This book explains each disease and ailment, allowing the reader to gain a better perspective on misunderstood and underestimated assumptions accompanying the ailment or condition. Not only does this book present information on different diseases and ailments, it presents a variety of plants and plant-based compounds demonstrating potential health benefits.

Features:

Provides details on a broad range of diseases and conditions prevalent throughout the world.

Includes information on how plant bioactives can aid in the prevention, treatment and management of diseases and conditions including cancer, tuberculosis and anti-coagulants, acne, wrinkle formation and eczema.

Each chapter provides a list of plants and plant-based compounds found globally, demonstrating their potential in treating various diseases and conditions.

This book is appropriate for individuals having interest in learning several potential health benefits using bioactives derived from medicinal plants and phytomedicine.

About the Editor

Namrita Lall is a professor of Medicinal Plant Sciences, DST

NRF SARCHII Chair in Plant Health Products from IKS, and is based at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. In addition to this, she holds numerous appointments, including an adjunct faculty position at the University of Missouri, JSS College of Pharmacy, India and a senior research fellow at the Bio-Tech R&D Institute, Jamaica. She has an interest in investigating medicinal plants and evaluating their potential for pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical purposes.

Table of Contents

1. Phytomedicine from Medicinal Plants: An Introduction

Talita Turvey, Samantha R. Loggenberg and Namrita Lall

2. The potential of microbial mediated fermentation products of herbal material in anti-aging cosmetics

Bianca D. Payne and Namrita Lall

3. Phytomedicines targeting antibiotic resistance through quorum sensing and biofilm formation associated with acne vulgaris

Isa A. Lambrechts and Namrita Lall

4. Nanoparticle-stabilized liposomes as an effective bioactive drug molecule delivery for acne treatment

Catherine Wilkinson, Marco N. De Canha and Namrita Lall

5. Medicinal Plants for Eczema

Marizé Nel and Namrita Lall

6. Natural products in the treatment of unremitting wounds secondary to diabetes or peripheral vascular disease

Sarah Murnane

7. Global medicinal plants and phyto-derived compounds in wound healing

Samantha R. Loggenberg and Namrita Lall

8. Naturally occurring histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors in the treatment of cancers

Sujatha Puttalingaiah, Murthy V. Greeshma, Mahadevaswamy G. Kuruburu, Venugopal R. Bovilla and SubbaRao V. Madhunapantula

9. Synthetic compounds vs Phytochemicals for the treatment of human cutaneous malignant melanoma: A review on human malignant melanoma, the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway and the potential of phytochemicals isolated from medicinal plants and various dietary sources

Jacqueline Maphutha and Namrita Lall

10. Anti-proliferative properties of various South African Buddleja species

Talita Turvey and Namrita Lall

11. Scutellaria species and cancer research: The way forward.

Samantha H. Sherman, Lani Irvin, Prahlad Parajuli and Nirmal Joshee

12. Lung matters: a review on lung cancer and therapeutic possibilities of medicinal plants

Tenille Esmear and Namrita Lall

　

13. Phytonanotechnology: Phytonanoformulations and their applications in cancer therapy

Tafadzwa J. Chiome and Asha Srinivasan

14. Plant-based adjunct therapy for Tuberculosis

Lydia Gibango, Anna-Mari Reid, Jonathan L. Seaman and Namrita Lall

15. The Genus Blumea: Ethnomedicinal uses, Phytochemistry and pharmacology

Harish C. Upadhyay

16. Natural Product Compounds from Plants in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Priya Darshani, Md TanjimAlam, Prem P Tripathi and VS Pragadheesh

17. The potential of plants as treatments for venous thromboembolism: A review of traditional use, biological activity and chemical constituents

Lilitha L. Denga and Namrita Lall

18. A Pharmacological Appraisal of Antimalarial Plant Species

Mahwahwatse J. Bapela, Precious B. Ramontja and Mcebisi J. Mabuza

19. Potential of medicinal plants as a treatment for infections caused by Aspergillus spp.

Tefo K. Pule, Marco N. De Canha, Namrita Lall and Quenton Kritzinger

20. Naturally occurring alkaloids with anti-HIV activity

Surjeet Verma and Namrita Lall

21. Chemistry and pharmacology of naturally occurring flavoalkaloids

Rashmi Gaur, Jyoti and Nikhilesh Kumar

22: The role of plant based natural compounds in inflammation-The effective inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolic pathways

Marcela Dvorakova, Premysl Landa and Lenka Langhansova

23. Botanicals and the gut microbiome

Anna-Mari Reid and Namrita Lall

24. Plant-Derived Compounds as New Therapeutics for Substance Use Disorders

Kevin S. Murnane

25. Agro Technology of Important Medicinal Plants: From Farm to Pharma

Nikita Patel, Swetal Patel, Abdullahi A. AbdulRahaman and Ramar Krishnamurthy

26. Aquatic Phytotherapy: Prospects, Challenges and Bibliometric Analysis of Global Research Output on Medicinal Aquatic Plants from 2011 to 2020

Muhali O. Jimoh and Learnmore Kambizi/