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Medicinal spices and vegetables from Africa : therapeutic potential against metabolic, inflammatory, infectious and systemic diseases / edited by Victor Kuete (University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon).
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Language
English
Published/Created
Amsterdam : Academic Press, an impring of Elsevier, [2017]
Description
xx, 669 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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RS181 .M43 2017
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Materia medica, Vegetable
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Africa
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Medicinal plants
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Africa
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Spices
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Africa
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Botany, Medical
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Medicinal plants
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Vegetables
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Medicine, Botanic
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Materia medica, Vegetable
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Africa
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Kuete, Victor
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Summary note
Medicinal Spices and Vegetables from Africa: Therapeutic Potential against Metabolic, Inflammatory, Infectious and Systemic Diseases provides a detailed look at medicinal spices and vegetables that have proven safe-and-effective for consumption and the treatment of diseases, including infectious diseases, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.It provides pharmacological evidence, such as the latest information related to efficacy and safety data, in vitro and in vivo studies, clinical trials, and more, to illustrate the use of these spices and vegetables as both palliative and alternative treatments with the goal of furthering research in this area to produce safer and more effective drugs.Provides scientific evidence for the potential of medicinal spices and vegetables used in Africa to fight metabolic, inflammatory, and infectious diseasesIncludes a review of the latest methods used to investigate the effects of medicinal plants in the treatment of diseaseOffers an updated resource for students sand scientists in the fields of pharmaceutical science, pharmacognosy, complementary and alternative medicine, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, biochemistry, and more.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I. Diverse degenerative diseases in Africa
1. Diseases in Africa : an overview
2. Management of inflammatory and nociceptive disorders in Africa
3. Burden and health policy of cancers in Africa
5. Management of infectious diseases in Africa
6. Overview of governmental support across Africa toward the development and growth of herbal medicine
7. Preparation, standardization, and quality control of medicinal plants in Africa
Part II. Therapeutic potential of African medicinal spices and vegetables
8. Antimicrobial activities of African medicinal spices and vegetables
9. Anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive activities of African medicinal spices and vegetables
10. Anticancer activities of African medicinal spices and vegetables
11. Antiemetic African medicinal spices and vegetables
12. African Medicinal Spices and Vegetables and Their Potential in the Management of Metabolic Syndrome
13. Other health benefits of African medicinal spices and vegetables
Part III. Popular African medicinal spices and vegetables, and their health effects
14. Allium cepa
15. Allium sativum
16. Canarium schweinfurthii
17. Cinnamon species
18. Cymbopogon citratus
19. Curcuma longa
20. Lactuca sativa
21. Mangifera indica L. (Anacardiaceae)
22. Moringa oleifera
23. Myristica fragrans : a review
24. Passiflora edulis
25. Petroselinum crispum. a Review
26. Sesamum indicum
27. African Medicinal Spices of Genus Piper
28. Thymus vulgaris
29. Syzygium aromaticum
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ISBN
9780128092866 ((pbk.))
0128092866 ((pbk.))
LCCN
2017286244
OCLC
959261755
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