Advances In Natural Products: Importance In Health And Economy

Advances In Natural Products: Importance In Health And Economy
ISBN-10
8170355303
ISBN-13
9788170355304
Category
Functional foods
Pages
250
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Daya Books
Author
Zaheer Ahmed

Description

Natural products, including plants, animals and minerals have been the basis of treatment of human diseases and have been exploited for human use for thousands of years. These have been the most important sources of drugs and drug leads in history, underlined by the fact 61 per cent of all new chemical entities introduced worldwide as drugs during 1981-2002 can be traced to or were inspired by natural products. The developing world is performing extensive work in identifying enormous natural resources which can be exploited to produce herbal medicines for the treatment of deadly ailments. This publication provides a fascinating view on the recent developments in natural products research and related fields through a collection of 25 selected papers discussed during the International Workshop on Natural Products, Drugs, Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals for the Benefit of Manking held in Karachi, Pakistan during 10-19 February 2006. The volume covers scientific studies, developmental approaches and status of different countries in the area of natural products and herbal medicines. The material presented herein would surely serve as a valuable reference material for the professionals and the persons who are actively involved in research and application of natural products as drugs, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. Contents Part I: Scientific Studies on Medicinal Herbs; Chapter 1: Herbicidal Activity of Calendula officinalis Extracts on Wheat Palant by Y W A EI-Sheikh, Karima H E Hagag and A S Marzouk; Chapter 2: Chemical Investigation of Prunus mahalab L Kernels by Khaled A Shams; Chapter 3: Addressing Social Equity Through Anti-fertility and Abortifacient Effect s of Dipsacus mitis D Don by Sumitra Singh; Chapter 4: Chemical Constituents from Some Medicinally Important Plant Dildar Ali, Munawwar Hussain, Syed Muhammad Shakil Hussain, Durey Nayab Zahra, Nuzhat, Arshad and Zaheer Ahmed; Chapter 5: Biological Studies on Melilotus officinalis by Iqbal Azhar, Farah Mazhar, MohtasheemuI Hasan and M Shaiq Ali; Chapter 6: Chemical Constituents of Salvia nubicola by Muhammad Shaiq Ali, Shakeel Ahmed, Syed Amir Ibrahim and Waqar Ahmed; Chapter 7: Antimicrobial Activity of Pakistani Honey Against Gram Positive and Gram Nagative by Samiyah Tasleem and Syed Baqir S Naqvi; Chapter 8: Antioxidants Potencies of the Essential Oils of Eucalyptus tereticornis, Ageratum conyzoides and Cinnamomum tenius by Shafiq-ur Rehman, Amna Shafiq, Durre Shahwar and Muhammad Akram Kashmiri; Chapter 9: Studies in Natural Products and Synthetic Organic Chemistry: A search for New Medicinally and Pharmaceutically Interesting Compouns by Shaikh Sirajudain Nizami, Rizwana Razi and Abdul Sattar; Chapter 10: Lepidium mayenii, Maca, A Plant from the Highlands of Peru: Biological Properties by Gustavo F Gonzales; Chapter 11: Three New Cytotoxic Benzopyrans from Mallotus apelta by Nguyen Hai Dang, Phan Van Kiem, and Chau Van Minh; Chapter 12: Investigation and Development of New Medicines from the Biodiversity: An Urgent Necessity in Developing Countries by Jose Oscar Gutierrez-M; Chapter 13: Mangifera indica L Extract (Vimang) Protection Against Iron-induced Damage to Mitochondria and 2-deoxyribose Potentialities for the Treatment of Iron Overload-Related Diseases by Gilberto L Pardo-Andreu, Rene Delgado, Anibal E Vercesi, Rizette Avila-Gonzalez, and Alberto J Nunez-Selles; Part II: Aproaches Towards The Development of Useful Products From Natural Products; Chapter 14: Role of Traditional Systems of Medicine in Health Care by A Saraswathy; Chapter 15: Role of a Poly Herbal Formulation in the Prevention and Management of Coronary Heart Disease by Aruna Agrawal, G Victor Rajamanickam, D P Attrey and G P Dubey; Chapter 16: Importance of Ethnobotany in Nature-based Drug Discovery by Zabta K Shinwari; Chapter 17: Natural Products as Bio-insecticides for Control of Vectors of Mosquito- borne Diseases by Radhika samarasekkera and Indira S Weerasinghe; Chapter 18: Enhancing Domestic Drug Production Capacity in Developing Countries: Approaches, Prospects and Constrainsts; Chapter 19: Nature Based Natura Based Nutraceuticals: Emerging Trends by Rashida Ali, Umer Abdullah, S Abudiat, M Badaruddin and M Iqbal Choudhary; Part III: Status of Herbal Medicines and Botanicals in Different Countries; Chapter 20: Status of Development in Natural Products: Drugs, Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals in Indonesia by Arie Ika Susanty; Chapter 21: Status of Herbals in Malaysia by Mohamed Isa Abd Majid; Chapter 22: Role of Herbals Medicine in Myanmar by Khin Khin Win Aung; Chapter 23: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Used in Pharmaceutical and Related Industries in Nepal by Sumitra Singh; Chapter 24: Status of Traditional Medicine Research and Development in Nigeria Kwaptoe Edward Tsenlong; Chapter 25: Status of Natural Products, Drugs,Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals in Vietnam by Nguyen Hai Dang

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