Editor: Mohamed Eddouks

Phytotherapy in the Management of Diabetes and Hypertension

Volume 2

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ISSN: 2452-3224 (Print)
ISSN: 2452-3232 (Online)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-162-5 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-161-8 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2016
DOI: 10.2174/97816810816181160201

Introduction

Phytotherapy has the potential to give patients long term benefits with less or no side effects. This is the second volume of the series. This volume brings 11 chapters that cover updates on general phytotherapy, traditional Chinese medicine as well as information on anti-diabetic and antihypertensive herbs (including Senna spp., Curcumin, Carum carvi, Premna serratifolia, Eugenia jambolana and more). The monographs presented within this volume give several details necessary for pharmacopoeial data for quality assurance of pharmaceutical products derived from these specific plant sources: botanical features, distribution, identity tests, purity requirements, chemical assays, active or major chemical constituents, clinical applications, pharmacology, contraindications, warnings, precautions, potential adverse reactions, and posology. Hence academic and professional pharmacologists or clinicians will find comprehensive information on a variety of therapeutic agents along with guidelines for applying them in practical phytotherapy of diabetes and hypertension.

Contributors

Editor(s):
Mohamed Eddouks
Faculty of Sciences and Techniques
Moualy Ismail University
Morocco




Contributor(s):
Abderrahmane Moufid
Faculty of Sciences and Techniques Errachidia
Moulay Ismail University
BP. 21, Errachidia
Morocco


Abhijit Mitra
Ethnobotany and Medicinal Plant Research Laboratory, Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics
Assam University
Silchar
Assam
India


Adeeb Shehzad
School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group
Daegu, 702-701l
Korea
/
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences
1-5 Oba Akinjobi Way, G.R.A., Ikeja 100001
Lagos State
Nigeria


Adejuwon A. Adeneye
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences
1-5 Oba Akinjobi Way, G.R.A., Ikeja 100001
Lagos State
Nigeria


Anupam Das Talukdar
Ethnobotany and Medicinal Plant Research Laboratory, Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics
Assam University
Silchar
Assam
India


Aysa Rezabakhsh
Department of Pharmacology and toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy
University of Medical sciences
Tabriz
Iran


Deepa Nath
Ethnobotany and Medicinal Plant Research Laboratory, Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics
Assam University
Silchar
Assam
India
/
Department of Botany and Biotechnology
Karimganj College
Karimganj
Assam
India


E. Sanmuga Priya
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology
Anna University BIT Campus
Tiruchirapalli-620 024
Tamilnadu
India


Hassan Malekinejad
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Urmia University
Iran
/
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy
Urmia University of Medical Sciences
Urmia
Iran.


Manabendra Dutta Choudhury
Ethnobotany and Medicinal Plant Research Laboratory, Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics
Assam University
Silchar
Assam
India


Md. Shahidul Islam
Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus
Durban, 4000
South Africa


Mohamed Eddouks
Faculty of Sciences and Techniques Errachidia
Moulay Ismail University
BP. 21, Errachidia
Morocco


Mohammed Auwal Ibrahim
Department of Biochemistry
Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria
Nigeria
/
Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences
University of KwaZulu-Natal (Westville campus)
Durban, 4000
South Africa


Morad Hebi
Faculty of Sciences and Techniques Errachidia
Moulay Ismail University
BP. 21, Errachidia
Morocco


Omar Farid
Faculty of Sciences and Techniques Errachidia
Moulay Ismail University
BP. 21, Errachidia
Morocco


P. Senthamil Selvan
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology
Anna University BIT Campus
Tiruchirapalli-620 024
Tamilnadu
India


S. Lakshmana Prabu
Dept. of Pharm. Technology
Bharathidasan Institute of Technology, Anna University
Tiruchirappalli, 620 024
India


Salman Ul Islam
School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group
Daegu, 702-701l
Korea


Sanjoy Singh Ningthoujam
Department of Botany
Ghanapriya Women’s College
Manipur
India
/
Ethnobotany and Medicinal Plant Research Laboratory, Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics
Assam University
Silchar
Assam
India


Smitha Rani
Dept of Pharmaceutics
Al Shifa College of Pharmacy
Perintalmanna
Kerala, 679 322
India


Subburayan Karthikeyan
Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus
Durban, 4000
South Africa


Syed Arshad Aakhil Anwar
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology
Anna University BIT Campus
Tiruchirapalli-620 024
Tamilnadu
India


T. Dhanam
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology
Anna University BIT Campus
Tiruchirapalli-620 024
Tamilnadu
India


T.N.K. Suriyaprakash
Dept of Pharmaceutics
Al Shifa College of Pharmacy
Perintalmanna
Kerala, 679 322
India


William C. Cho
Department of Clinical Oncology
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Hong Kong


Xin Jin
School of Pharmacy
China Medical University
Shenyang
China


Xiwei Ji
Institute of Clinical Pharmacology Peking University
Peking University First Hospital
Beijing
China


Young Sup Lee
School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group
Daegu, 702-701l
Korea




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