Edible Plants in Health and Diseases: Volume 1 : Cultural, Practical and Economic Value

The book explores the economic and culturally important medicinal uses of edible plants, providing a comprehensive survey of literature on pharmacognostical characteristics, traditional uses, scientific validation, and phytochemical composition. It is a valuable resource for chemists, food technologists, pharmacologists, phytochemists, and professionals involved with quality control and standardization.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 388 pages
Publication date: 15 January 2023
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore

The book is a comprehensive resource that delves into the realm of edible medicinal plants, offering valuable insights into their nutritive and medicinal properties. It systematically explores the significance of these plants in traditional medicine, their distribution across different regions, and the importance of their chemical constituents in ethnomedicine worldwide. The current volume specifically focuses on the economic and culturally significant medicinal uses of edible plants, conducting a thorough survey of the literature on scientific research related to pharmacognostical characteristics, traditional applications, scientific validation, phytochemical composition, and pharmacological activities. This book serves as a single-source scientific reference, providing a comprehensive exploration of the specific factors that contribute to these potential health benefits. It also discusses strategies for maximizing these potential benefits, making it an invaluable resource for chemists, food technologists, pharmacologists, phytochemists, and all professionals involved in quality control and standardization.

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.

Weight: 611g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789811648823
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022