Wholesale Phytochemicals in Medicinal Plants: Biodiversity, Bioactivity and Drug Discovery - Paperback

by Charu Arora (Editor), Dakeshwar Kumar Verma (Editor), Jeenat Aslam (Editor) 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 contents PART 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. Author Biography ____Associate Professor Dr. Charu Arora, Department of Chemistry, Guru Ghasidas University (A Central University), Bilaspur, C.G., India. charuarora77@gmail.com __Head, Department of Chemistry at Guru Ghasidas University and Division Chair, Division of Nanochemistry at Galgotias University, Greater Noida. __2003: Ph. D. in Chemistry from GK University, Haridwar and Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. __19 years of teaching and research experience. __1995: postgraduation in Chemistry from GK University, Haridwar and Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. __Areas of interest and research: Environmental Chemistry, Kinetics and Natural Product Chemistry. Awards: __2011: SARC Gold Medal Award conferred by Scientific and Applied Research Centre, CCS University, Meerut. __2016: Gold Medal Award of Hi-Tech Horticulture Society for outstanding contribution in Chemistry. __2017: SERS Fellow Award for contribution in field of Chemistry.