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Natural Product Experiments in Drug Discovery

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Editors:
  1. Karuppusamy Arunachalam

    1. Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology and the Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China

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  2. Xuefei Yang

    1. Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology and the Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China

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  3. Sreeja Puthanpura Sasidharan

    1. Department of Botany, NSS College, Nemmara, Palakkad, India

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  • Includes cutting-edge techniques
  • Contains key implementation advice from the experts
  • Features a wide variety of medicinal plants along with related analysis techniques

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Table of contents (32 protocols)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Phytochemical, Antioxidant, and Flavonoid Investigation of Methanolic Leaf Extract of Piliostigma thonningii (Schum.)

    • Michael O. Afolayan, Rebecca O. Omosimua, Adewale E. Fadeyi, Onyinye C. Aguzue, Olayinka T. Asekun, Oluwole B. Familoni
    Pages 1-26

  3. A Comparative Evaluation of Organoleptic, Physicochemical, Proximate, and Mineral Composition of Syzygium laetum and Syzygium occidentale, Endemic to Western Ghats: A Search for Low-Cost Nutraceuticals

    • V. R. Snehalatha, A. R. Rasmi
    Pages 27-40

  4. Chemical Characterization, Biological Activities, and Some Medicinal Uses of Different Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) Genotypes

    • Gulsum Yaldiz, Mahmut Camlica, Yashashree Pradhan, Ahmad Ali
    Pages 41-61

  5. Estimation of Primary and Secondary Metabolites and In Vitro Free Radical Scavenging Activities with Ficus tsjahela Burm.F. Crude Extracts

    • Thamaraikani Velmurugan, Amala Divya Sebasthi, Sekar Thangavel
    Pages 63-73

  6. Evaluating the Lipid Profile and Mineral Composition of the Seed Oil of Caesalpinia sappan L. (Caesalpiniaceae)

    • S. Nagaraju, T. G. Thippeswamy, H. Ravi Kumar
    Pages 75-86

  7. Phytochemical Screening, Physicochemical Analysis, and Powder Characterization of Selected Litsea Species Endemic to the Southern Western Ghats

    • K. Ummu Habeeba, A. R. Rasmi
    Pages 87-95

  8. Metabolite Profiling of Bioactive Compounds in Selected Species of Gomphostemma Wall. ex Benth. from the Western Ghats by GC-MS Analysis

    • K. Sajitha Menon, John E. Thoppil
    Pages 97-107

  9. Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Aromatic Medicinal Plant Commiphora caudata (Wight & Arn.) Engl.

    • Ch. Srinivasa Reddy, K. Sri Rama Murthy, K. Ammani
    Pages 109-120

  10. Unravelling the Phytochemistry of Ethnomedicinal Tree Pajanelia longifolia (Willd.) K. Schum.

    • C. K. Smitha, P. S. Udayan, M. Vaishnavi
    Pages 121-130

  11. Comparative Phycochemical Investigation and Antioxidant Content of Two Marine Seaweeds

    • S. Amala Divya, V. Thamaraikani, S. Karthikeyan, T. Sekar
    Pages 131-146

  12. Evaluation of Nutritional, Antioxidant, and Anti-arthritic Activity of Hedychium coronarium J. Koenig Rhizome

    • Benedict Mathews Paul, Gowtham Kannan, S. Sruthi, Ashwini Lydia Manoharan, Gayathri Nataraj, Parimelazhagan Thangaraj
    Pages 147-172

  13. Phytochemical, Pharmacognostic, and In Vitro Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitory Activities of Cipadessa baccifera Leaves

    • T. L. Mary Sheeja, Gomathi Venkatachalam
    Pages 173-182

  14. Comparative Study of Drug Efficiency of Semecarpus anacardium and Tridax procumbens Against Zika Virus

    • Akshata Sharma, A. Aishwarya, S. Riyaz Sharif, Abhishek Biswal, S. Ivo Romauld, Vivek Pazhamalai
    Pages 183-202

  15. Evaluation of In Vitro Antioxidant Activity of Oldenlandia dineshii: An Endemic Plant from the Hillocks of Palakkad District, Kerala, India

    • M. K. Prasanth, C. Chandini, L. Leeja
    Pages 203-214

  16. Identification of Secondary Metabolites Through HR-GC-MS: Antibacterial and Antifungal Activity from Root Fractions of Alstonia scholaris (L.) RBr. from Andhra Pradesh, South India

    • Devarakonda Ramadevi, Radha Rayi, Ganga Rao Battu
    Pages 215-230

  17. In Vitro Models on Inhibition of Inflammatory Mediators by Ethanolic Extract of Careya arborea Roxb. Bark in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced RAW 264.7 Cell Lines

    • A. R. Bindu, N. A. Aleykutty
    Pages 231-248

  18. Pharmacological Elucidation of Antioxidant, Hypoglycemic, and Anti-Inflammatory Potentials of Phyllanthus candolleanus (Wights ARN) Chakrab.

    • Mohammed Asiq, Gayathri Jagadeesan, Francis Jegan Raj, S. Anish Ruban, Kasipandi Muniyandi, Parimelazhagan Thangaraj
    Pages 249-266

  19. α-Glucosidase Inhibition and Upregulation of PPARγ by Flavonoid Naringenin from Tinospora sinensis Stem, a Possible Mechanism of Antidiabetic Activity

    • Bobby S. Prasad, K. K. Srinivasan
    Pages 267-289

  20. Purification and Characterization of a Cysteine Protease from Sprouted Lablab purpureus Seed Radicle Extract: Its Effect on Blood Coagulation

    • R. S. Thoyajakshi, S. Nagaraju, H. Ravi Kumar, D. Poornima
    Pages 291-310
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About this book

This detailed volume explores a wide range of evidence-based complementary medicine and various bio-analytical techniques used to define botanical products. Collecting recent work and current developments in the field of contemporary phytomedicine as well as their future possibilities in human health care, the book includes unique contributions in the form of chapters on phytomedicine and screening biological activities explained with diverse hyphenated techniques, as well as issues related to herbal medications, such as efficacy, adulteration, safety, toxicity, regulations, and drug delivery. Written for the Springer Protocols Handbooks series, chapters feature advice from experts on how to best conduct future experiments. 

Extensive and practical, Natural Product Experiments in Drug Discovery serves as an ideal reference for students, professors, and researchers in universities, R&D institutes, pharmaceutical and herbal enterprises, andhealth organizations.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology and the Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China

    Karuppusamy Arunachalam, Xuefei Yang

  • Department of Botany, NSS College, Nemmara, Palakkad, India

    Sreeja Puthanpura Sasidharan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Natural Product Experiments in Drug Discovery

  • Editors: Karuppusamy Arunachalam, Xuefei Yang, Sreeja Puthanpura Sasidharan

  • Series Title: Springer Protocols Handbooks

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2683-2

  • Publisher: Humana New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Protocols

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-0716-2682-5Published: 21 September 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-0716-2685-6Published: 22 September 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-0716-2683-2Published: 20 September 2022

  • Series ISSN: 1949-2448

  • Series E-ISSN: 1949-2456

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 561

  • Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations, 126 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Medicinal Chemistry, Plant Sciences, Pharmacology/Toxicology

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