Bøger af Charu Arora

Benefitting from phytochemicals in medicinal plants has lately gained increasingly more global relevance. The medicinal bioactivity might range from wound healing activity to anti-inflammatory and anti-viral effects. This work describes the challenging scientific process of systematic identification and taxonomy through molecular profiling and nanoparticle production from plant extracts until a final use for e.g. cancer or HIV treatment. From the table of contentsPART A: Biodiversity & Traditional Knowledge.__Habitats and Distribution.__Threats and Conservation.__Culture, tradition and indigenous practices.PART B: Phytochemical constituents - Molecules and Characterization Techniques.__Alkaloids & Flavonoids.__Tannin, Saponnin and Taxol.__Terpenoids, Steroids and Phenolic Compounds.__Essential oil and their constituents.__Characterization Techniques used for the analysis of phytochemical constituents.PART C: Medicinal Bioactivity.__Anti-cancerous and Anti HIV activity.__Anti-microbial, Anti-inflammatory and wound healing activity.__Anti-oxidant activity.__Anti-diabetic activity.__Anti-Corona virus and anti-viral activity.PART D: Nanotechnology.__Nano-materials synthesis from medicinal plant extract.__Characterization and activity of medicinal plant based nanoparticles.PART E: Pharmacology/Drug discovery.__Plant phytochemicals in drug discovery.__Extraction and production of drugs.__System pharmacology and drug discovery.

Essential oils are simply the volatile oils of plants. These are concentrated liquids contain many terpenes, alkaloids and alcohols etc. Various compounds of essential oils have bioactive properties such as antimicrobial, anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, anti-viral and anti-fungal etc. This book describes the sources of essential oils, extraction and production method, characterizing tools, bioactivity, and various applications in the field of industries, daily usage, agriculture, health, and food.