Main description:

The book provides significant information on some of the promising edible medicinal plants and how these possess both nutritive as well as medicinal value. The significance of these edible plants in traditional medicine, their distribution in different regions and the importance of their chemical constituents are discussed systematically concerning the role of these plants in ethnomedicine in different regions of the world. The current volume focuses on the economic and culturally important medicinal uses of edible plants and a detailed survey of the literature on scientific researches of pharmacognostical characteristics, traditional uses, scientific validation, and phytochemical composition, and pharmacological activities. This book is a single-source scientific reference to explore the specific factors that contribute to these potential health benefits, as well as discussing how to maximize those potential benefits. Chemists, food technologists, pharmacologists, phytochemists as well as all professionals involved with quality control and standardization will find in this book a valuable and updated basis for their work.

Contents:

1 The Role and Place of Edible Plants in the Strategies for Disease Prevention.2 A Cross-cultural Analysis of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh (India) on medicinal use of Edible Plant.3 Ethno-botanical Review of Wild Edible Plants from Himalayas of J&K (India).4 A Review on Possible Anticancer Mechanism of Edible Herbs from Indian Himalayas.5 Recent Advances in the Discovery of Bioactive Components from Edible Natural Sources with Anticancer Activity.6 Traditional use of Edible-medicinal Native Plants in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.7 Role of Edible Plants for Health Perspective: Special Reference to Antioxidant Potential.8 Anti-Carcinogenic Phyto-chemicals in Cruciferous Vegetables and Their Effects on Prevention of Cancers.9 Basic Biochemical Mechanisms behind the Health Benefits of Polyphenols from Edible plants.10 Plant-Based Diets for Performance in Endurance Sports and Cardiovascular Safety.11 An Ethno-botanical Study on Wild Edible Plants of Mediterranean Region of Europe.12 High Altitude Edible Plants: A Great Resource for Human Health. 13 Wild Edible Plants of Heihe Valley (Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, central China)14 Cellular and Molecular Targets of Dietary Isoflavones.15 Epidemiological and Clinical Perspective of Dietary.16 Recommending Flavanols and Procyanidins for Healthy Life Style: Current Knowledge and Future Needs.17 An Assessment of the Pharmacological Properties of Some Edible Seaweeds.18 Edible Plants from Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Promising Alternative for the Management of Diseases.