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Bioactive compounds of medicinal plants : properties and potential for human health / edited by Megh R. Goyal and Ademola O. Ayeleso - First edition - Toronto ;;New Jersey : Apple Academic Press, 2018 - 1 online resource (384 pages)

This volume sheds new light on the immense potential of medicinal plants for human health from different technological aspects. It presents new research on bioactive compounds in medicinal plants that provide health benefits, including those that have proven especially effective in treating and managing diabetes mellitus and hypertension. It looks at the medicinal properties, antioxidant capacity, and antimicrobial activity of plants and provides scientific evidence on the use of medicinal plants in the treatment of certain diseases. Many of the plants described in the chapters are easily accessible and are believed to be effective with fewer side effects in comparison to modern drugs in the treatment of different diseases

ISBN: 9781315147475

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pharmacology
Botany
Plants, Medicinal
Plant extracts
Phytotherapy
MEDICAL--Alternative Medicine
MEDICAL--Pharmacology
Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Diabetes Mellitus
Materia medica, Vegetable

Dewey Class. No.: 615.3/21