Therapeutic Use of Medicinal Plants and their Extracts: Volume 2

849 Pages·2018·26.54 MB·English

by  A.N.M. Alamgir

Progress in Drug Research 74
Series Editor:
K. D. Rainsford
A. N. M. Alamgir
Therapeutic Use of
Medicinal Plants
and their Extracts:
Volume 2
Phytochemistry and Bioactive
Compounds
Progress in Drug Research
Volume 74
Series editor
K. D. Rainsford, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK
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A. N. M. Alamgir
Therapeutic Use of Medicinal
Plants and their Extracts:
Volume 2
Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds
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A.N.M.Alamgir
Department ofBotany
Chittagong University
Chittagong
Bangladesh
ISSN 0071-786X ISSN 2297-4555 (electronic)
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Dedicated to the memory of my beloved
parents, who always inspired me to learn
from nature
Preface
The textbook of “Phytochemistry and bioactive compounds”, Volume 2 of the
series—TherapeuticuseofMedicinalPlantsandtheirExtracts,hasbeenwrittento
meet the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students, who are pursuing
education in the Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmacy, Botany, and Plant
Biochemistry of different universities as well as Ayurvedic and Unani colleges.
Natural drugs including botanicals are gaining increasing momentumin popularity
and use all over the world for their diversity and less toxic side effects.
Complementary and alternative medicine botanicals are equally important in the
developinganddevelopedcountries,andtheusesofmoreandmoreherbsarenow
found as monographs in the national and international pharmacopeia. The knowl-
edge about the nature and properties of phytochemicals and bioactive compounds
presentinthecrudedrugsasfundamentalconstituentsandtheirmechanismofwork
is important for their optimum utilization. The present book “Phytochemistry and
bioactive compounds” may fulfill the purpose of the knowledge hunters in natural
resource arena, who take care about the quality, standard, and efficacy of herbal
drugs. This book contains up-to-date information of the subject and may help the
scientific community (students, teachers, and researchers) to keep themselves
updated with the research and development work being carried out for a particular
medicinal plant; and persons interested in herbal medicine bioactive compounds
also may find its usefulness. It contains 9 chapters and covers many aspects of
phytochemistry and molecular pharmacognosy including the source, classification,
properties, molecular structure, and use of natural drugs, excepients, nutraceutical,
cosmeceuticals, lead compounds, precursors, etc., of primary and secondary
metabolicorigin.Medicinalherbshavingatremendousbiosyntheticcapabilitiesare
yet considered as a potential source for precursors and lead compounds for the
development of life-saving drugs against cancer, hepatitis, asthma, HIV, etc.
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The herbal biosynthetic potentialities can be explored further under controlled
scientific method of in vitro cultivation of cells, tissues, and organs of medicinal
herbsforthesmooth productionofusefulsecondarymetabolites.Theroleofthese
botanicals in national economy and world trade has been proved to be significant.
Ihope,thisbookwillbehelpfulforthestudents,researchers,andgeneralreaders
who have an interest in herbal drugs. I am grateful to the publishers for kind
assistance.
Chittagong, Bangladesh A. N. M. Alamgir