ABSTRACT
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.).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|214 pages
Herbs and Their Extracts: Scope and Role of Bioactive Compounds in Human Health
chapter Chapter 1|156 pages
Potential of Herbal Extracts and Bioactive Compounds for Human Healthcare
part II|84 pages
Functional Activities of Selected Plants