Antidiabetic Potential of Plants in the Era of Omics

ISBN-13: 9781774910085 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 458 str.

Opis

An informative overview of diabetes mellitus in conjunction with current plant-based treatments for this disease and available methods for studying the antidiabetic activities of scientifically developed plant products, mechanisms of action, their therapeutic superiority, and genome editing research perspectives.

Recenzje

The quality of the book is well-done and it is organized in a way that will enable a variety of practitioners to utilize the material. The background and
use of many contributors is exceptional, and the research and dedication are apparent in this publication. - Amy Schreiner, DC, DICCP v(Northwestern Health Sciences University)

Spis treści

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO DIABETES 1. Diabetes Mellitus: History, Diagnosis, Classification, Pathophysiology, Risk Factors 2. Diabetes Mellitus: Signs and Symptoms, Epidemiology, Current Prevention, and Management Therapies and Treatments PART II: ANTIDIABETIC PLANTS IN SYSTEMS OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE 3. The "Green Healers" of Diabetes Mellitus: An Ayurvedic Eye 4. Concept of Diabetes Mellitus and Antidiabetic Plants in the Unani System of Medicine 5. Omics Technology in Antidiabetic Plant Research 6. Ethnobotanical Information of Medicinal Plants Used for Diabetes Mellitus in the Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve, Andhra Pradesh, India PART III: MODES OF ACTION 7. Overview of Steviol Glycosides: Action toward Diabetes Control 8. Mechanism of Action of the Traditional and Modern Phyto-Biotics in the Treatment of Diabetes in the Current Era 9. Molecular Insights of Active Plant-Based Antidiabetic Drug Molecules PART IV: RECENT BIOTECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS OF ANTIDIABETIC PLANTS AND PLANT-BASED ANTIDIABETES DRUGS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES WITH GENOME EDITING TECHNOLOGIES 10. Molecular Breeding and Application of Molecular Markers for Improvement of Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants 11. Biotechnologically Engineered Transgenic Medicinal Plants: Exploration of Antidiabetic Properties 12. Transcriptomic Studies of Medicinal Plants Elucidating Their Role in Diabetes 13. How Metabolomics Shapes the Future of Drugs in Antidiabetic Plants 14. Zinc Finger Nuclease Based Genome Editing in Enhancement of Antidiabetic Activity of Plants: Prospective Applications 15. Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nucleases (Talens): A Genome Editing Tool to Explore Enhanced Activity of Antidiabetic Plants