Main description:

This informative volume provides new insights with scientific evidence on the uses of medicinal plants in the treatment of certain diseases. It reviews various therapies with herbal phytoconstituents for certain types of disorders, modes of action, and pharmacological screening. It focuses on potential benefits of herbal extracts and bioactive compounds for human health care, provides a comparative phytoconstituent analysis of selected medicinal plants using GCMS/FTIR techniques, and discusses the role of herbal medicines in female genital infections. It goes on to look at the health-boosting properties of cabbage and the functional properties of milk yam (Ipomoea digitata L.).

Contents:

Part 1: Herbs and Their Extracts: Scope and Role Of Bioactive Compounds In Human Health 1. Potential of Herbal Extracts and Bioactive Compounds for Human Healthcare 2. Herbal Extracts and Their Bioactivities: Comparative Phytoconstituent Analysis of Selected Medicinal Plants Using GC-MS/FTIR Techniques 3. The Role of Herbal Medicines in Female Genital Infections Part 2: Functional Activities of Selected Plants 4. From Designer Food Formulation to Oxidative Stress Mitigation: Health-Boosting Constituents of Cabbage 5. Functional Properties of Milk Yam (Ipomoea digitata L.)