Therapeutic Mushrooms for Diabetes Mellitus

ISBN-13: 9781774912225 / Twarda / 2023 / 290 str.

Opis

Discusses the role of mushrooms in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. It considers mushroom powders, their extracts, and their bioactive components for the management of diabetic syndrome as well as in vitro, in vivo, and clinical studies on lowering hyperglycemia and other diabetes associated secondary abnormalities.

Spis treści

1. Diabetes Mellitus: A Health Syndrome 2. Natural Products for the Management of Diabetes: Achievements and Future Trends 3. Human Medicinal Mushrooms Use 4. Bioactive Constituents from Mushrooms for the Management of Diabetes: A Scientific Corroboration 5. Mechanism of Actions of Antidiabetic Mushrooms 6. Effects of Mushrooms in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus 7. Role of Mushrooms in the Prevention of Glycation and Other Secondary Complications 8. In vitro Evaluation of the Antidiabetic Efficacy of Mushrooms 9. In vivo Appraisal and Clinical Trials of the Antidiabetic Potential of Mushrooms 10. Antidiabetic Mushrooms: Market Products, Safety and Challenges

O autorze

Uzma Azeem, PhD, is affiliated with the Sanmati Government College of Science Education and Research, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. She was formerly Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany and Environmental Sciences at Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Punjab, India. To date, she has authored 11 papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals and one book, Fungi for Human Health: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives (Springer Nature). Dr. Azeem earned her MPhil and doctorate in Botany with specialization in Mycology and Plant Pathology at Punjabi University, India.

Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD, is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He was formerly a lecturer, fellow, and researcher at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India, and at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia. Dr. Hakeem has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plant research, plant-microbe-soil interactions, as well as in environmental studies. He has served as a visiting scientist at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. Dr. Hakeem has authored and edited more than 80 books with international publishers. He also has to his credit more than 180 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 75 book chapters in edited volumes. At present, Dr. Hakeem serves as an editorial board member and reviewer for several high-impact international scientific journals. He is included in the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK.