Traditional Medicines for Modern Times : Antidiabetic Plants

ISBN-13: 9780415334648 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 336 str.

Amala Soumyanath

Opis

There has been a steady scientific interest in the role of plants in treating diabetes mellitus. This volume presents an ethnopharmacological perspective of the role of plants in the treatment of diabetes and associated complications. The text provides guidance on methodology for those interested in carrying out research, and highlights those plants and phytochemical groups that are of particular significance or potential in this context. Chapters provide an overview of the features prevalence, and conventional treatment of diabetes mellitus, give both a database summary and detailed descriptions of scientific studies carried out worldwide on anti-diabetic plants, and offer insight into methods for the discovery of new anti-diabetic agents.

Recenzje

"The 16 chapters present a comprehensive overview for researchers from a multidisciplinary background interested in diabetes and plants. The merits of this book are that it appeals to a wide audience, varying from ethnobotanists, pharmacologists, phytochemists, and clinical practitioners. This interdisciplinary orientation makes the book a good state-of-the-art contribution on your shelf." 
—Ina Vandebroek, The New York Botanical Garden in Economic Botany, Vol. 61, No. 1, 2007

Spis treści

Introduction to Diabetes Mellitus, K.C.R. BaynesPlants Used in the Treatment of Diabetes, M.S.J. Simmonds and M.-J.R. HowesPreclinical and Clinical Methods for Evaluating Antidiabetic Activity of Plants, C. Day and C.J. BaileyIn Vitro Models for Assessing Antidiabetic Activity, A. Soumyanath and S. SrijayantaAyurvedic, Siddha, and Tribal Medicine, V.P. Menon and P.S.M. PrinceTraditional Chinese and Kampo Medicines, M. Yoshikawa and H. MatsudaTreating Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus from a Western Herbalist's Perspective, J. Roberts, A. McQuade Crawford, and J. Bowen CrowleyNative American Medicine, R.H. Cichewicz and L.J. CliffordAntidiabetic plants in Mexican and Central American Medicine, F.J Alarcon-Aguilar and R. Roman-Ramos Antidiabetic Plants in the Caribbean, C.E. SeaforthManagement of Diabetes in African Traditional Medicine, D.R. Katerere and J.N. EloffAntidiabetic Plants of North Africa and the Middle East, P.S. Haddad, L.C. Martineau, B. Lyoussi, and P.M. LeAustralian and New Zealand Plants with Antidiabetic Properties, E.L. GhisalbertiPlant Polysaccharides in the Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus, P.A. Judd and P.R. EllisSaponins, M. Yoshikawa and H. MatsudaFlavonoids, Xanthones, and Other Antioxidant Polyphenols, L.M. McCune, P. Owen, and T. JohnsIndex

O autorze

Amala Soumyanath