Overview
The first book devoted solely to Bombax ceiba
Richly illustrated
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Pharmacology and Toxicology (BRIEFSPHARMA)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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About this book
This work is the first monograph devoted solely to Bombax ceiba, popularly known as the Red Silk Cotton Tree. Consisting of seven chapters, it covers all relevant aspects of this plant, from its historical and spiritual importance, to its botanical characterization, pharmacognostical details and ethnobiological uses, to its scientific validation in various animal and human studies. Each part of the tree is of medicinal value and possesses many novel chemical constituents such as shamimicin, bombasin, bombamalone, bombamaloside etc. along with other bioactive secondary metabolites. The book presents the chemical structures of the most important constituents and highlights various pharmacological activities, predominantly antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-mutagenic, hypoglycemic, hypotensive, hepatoprotective and fibrinolytic, which may prove to be a source for the development of a novel phyto-pharmaceutical agent to treat diabetes, heart disease and cancer. In addition, separate chapters deal with the commercial and ecological significance of B. ceiba, as well as a case study on its conservation. Numerous color illustrations are included to identify the plant and to justify its nickname, the “Little Bird’s Cafeteria”.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pharmacology of Bombax ceiba Linn.
Authors: Vartika Jain, Surendra K. Verma
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Pharmacology and Toxicology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27904-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-27903-4Published: 06 February 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-27904-1Published: 04 February 2012
Series ISSN: 2193-4762
Series E-ISSN: 2193-4770
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 94
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Plant Sciences, Plant Ecology, Pharmacy, Conservation Biology/Ecology