Editors:
- Discuss current research on medicinal plants that connects traditionally accumulated botanical wisdom with current bioprospecting trends and (pre-) clinical studies
- Provide an account of recent research activities on select medicinal plants from various phytogeographical regions all over the world
- Cater to the interest of a wide range of readers including lay enthusiasts, traditional practitioners as well as research and clinical professionals
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book offers a fresh look on a variety of issues concerning herbal medicine - the methods of growing and harvesting various medicinal plants; their phytochemical content; medicinal usage; regulatory issues; and mechanism of action against myriad of human and animal ailments. ‘Medicinal Plants: From Farm to Pharmacy’ comprises chapters authored by renowned experts from academics and industry from all over the world. It provides timely, in-depth study/analysis of medicinal plants that are already available in the market as supplements or drug components, while also introducing several traditional herbs with potential medicinal applications from various regions of the world. The book caters to the needs of a diverse group of readers: plant growers, who are looking for ways to enhance the value of their crops by increasing phytochemical content of plant products; biomedical scientists who are studying newer applications for crude herbal extracts or isolated phytochemicals; clinicians and pharmacologists who are studying interactions of herbal compounds with conventional treatment modalities; entrepreneurs who are navigating ways to bring novel herbal supplements to the market; and finally, natural medicine enthusiasts and end-users who want to learn how herbal compounds are produced in nature, how do they work and how are they used in traditional or modern medicine for various disease indications.
Editors and Affiliations
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Agricultural Research Station, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, USA
Nirmal Joshee
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Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, USA
Sadanand A. Dhekney
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Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
Prahlad Parajuli
About the editors
Dr. Sadanand Dhekney is an Associate Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. He received a PhD in Horticulture from the University of Florida (UF), which was followed by post-doctoral research at UF and Assistant/Associate Professor positions at the University of Wyoming. Dr. Dhekney’s research focusses on genetic improvement of perennial fruit species using conventional and molecular breeding approaches. His current research is directed towards grapevine genetic improvement using precision breeding and genome editing. Dr. Dhekney is also actively involved in teaching several courses in plant biotechnology and horticulture. Dr. Dhekney has a long association with the Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB). He has received the 2013 Young Scientist Award from the Society for In Vitro Biology, the 2016 Early Career Research Achievement Award from the University of Wyoming and the 2017 Excellence in Research and Teaching award from the National Agricultural Honor Society, Gama Sigma Delta.
Dr. Prahlad Parajuli is an Assistant Professor of Tumor Immunology and Neuroimmunology at Wayne State University School of Medicine and Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, USA. He completed his Ph.D. from Delhi University, India, followed by two post-doctoral stints at the University of Tokushima Medical School, Japan and then at the University of Nebraska Medical School, Omaha, NE, USA. Apart from being a founding member of American Council for Medicinally Active Plants (ACMAP), Dr. Parajuli is also a member of AACR and AAI. His research focuses on studying the molecular mechanisms of tumor-immune interaction, neuroinflammation as well as anti-tumor and immune modulatory activities of various medicinal plants.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Medicinal Plants
Book Subtitle: From Farm to Pharmacy
Editors: Nirmal Joshee, Sadanand A. Dhekney, Prahlad Parajuli
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31269-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-31268-8Published: 20 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-31271-8Published: 20 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-31269-5Published: 11 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 439
Number of Illustrations: 45 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Biochemistry, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology