New Look to Phytomedicine: Advancements in Herbal Products as Novel Drug Leads

New Look to Phytomedicine: Advancements in Herbal Products as Novel Drug Leads is a compilation of in-depth information on phytopharmaceuticals used in modern medicine for the cure and management of difficult-to-treat and challenging diseases. Readers will obtain cutting edge knowledge on the use of plant products with scientific validation along with the advanced herbal medicine with respect to pharmacokinetics and drug delivery. This authoritative book is a comprehensive collection of research based scientific validation of bioactivities of plant products such as anti-infective, anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, immune-modulatory and metabolic disorders from experts across the globe. This information encourages herbal medicine approaches with currently available chemotherapeutics. Step-by-step information is presented on chemistry, bioactivity and functional aspects of biologically active compounds with their physiological role along with the discovery for new drug-like molecules using chemical modifications and high throughput screening. Pharmacognosy of plant products with mechanistic descriptions of their actions including pathogenicity is updated with the information on the use of nanotechnology and molecular tools in relation to herbal drug research. this book is helpful to researchers in the pharmaceutical industry, medicinal chemistry, natural drug discovery, and practitioners of traditional medicines, ayurveda, unani and alternative medicines will also benefit from this work.

Compiles up-to-date information on chemotherapeutics used in the treatment of infective and metabolic disorders with their associated side effects and drug intolerancePresents advancements in the discovery of new drugs from plants, using molecular and nanotechnology toolsExamines detailed information on the use of herbals agents in cancer, HIV and other ailments including diabetes, malaria and neurological disorders

Section 1: Introduction to Herbal Therapeutics 1. Herbal Medicine: Current trends and future prospects 2. Diversity of bio-active compounds and their therapeutic potential 3. Ethnomedicinal wisdom: An approach for antiviral drug development 4. Plant derived prebiotics and its health benefits

Section 2a: Biological activity and discovery of new compounds from herbs, medicinal plants and herbal medicine 5. Moroccan medicinal plants as anti-infective and antioxidant agents 6. Anti-inflammatory properties of herbs in oral infection 7.Bioactive molecules, pharmacology and future research trends of Ganoderma lucidium as a cancer chemotherapeutic agent 8. Indian berries and its active compounds: therapeutic potential  in cancer prevention 9. Prospects of essential oils in controlling  pathogenic biofilm 10. Anticancer phytocompounds: Experimental and clinical updates 11. Plant derived molecules in managing HIV infection

Section 2b: Mechanism of action plant derived products/medicine 12. Current Strategy to target bacterial quorum sensing and virulence by phytocompounds 13. Understanding biochemical and molecular mechanism of complications of glycation and its management by herbal medicine 14. Insights of Phyto-compounds as anti-pathogenic agents: Controlling strategies for inhibiting biofilms and quorum sensing in Candida albicans 15. Neem Leaf Glycoprotein in Cancer Immunomodulation and Immunotherapy 16. Role of phytomedicine in diabetes and cardiovascular diseases 17. Plant-derived Immuno-modulators

Section 3: Pharmacokinetics, interaction and toxicity profile of phytocompounds 18. Herb and modern drug interactions: Efficacy, quality and safety aspects

Section 4: New dimensions in phytotherapy research and applications 19. High Throughput Virtual Screening (HTVS) of natural compounds & exploration of their Bio-molecular mechanisms: An in silico approach 20. Plant extracts and phytocompounds in management of Malaria 21. Assessment of antimicrobial activity of different phytochemicals against enteric diseases in different animal models 22. Nanoparticles in Ayurvedic medicine: potential and prospects 23. Nanoparticles-based delivery of phytomedicines: Challenges and opportunities 24. Phytomedicine: A potential alternative medicine in controlling neurological disorders