ABSTRACT

Ethnobotany: Ethnopharmacology to Bioactive Compounds comprises of carefully selected studies focusing on the importance of ethnobotanical data as an effective approach towards the discovery of novel ethnopharmacological properties and bioactive compounds that characterize herbal products, pharmaceutical drugs and medicinal plants. This book incorporates therapeutic, nutritional, phytochemistry and pharmacological properties of medicinal plants, mechanisms of action and clinical trials of bioactive compounds as well as the molecular basis of the bioactive compounds from the perspective of modern phytochemistry. This book will be useful for a diverse group of readers including students, botanists, pharmacists, chemists, herbalists and those researchers interested in ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology.

chapter Chapter 2|21 pages

Resveratrol

Perspectives from Ethnobotanical uses to Health Applications

chapter Chapter 6|26 pages

Beyond Phytochemistry

Comparative Ethnobotany among Oneirogenic Alkaloid Containing Tabernaemontana species from Mexico and the Amazon and the African shrub Tabernanthe iboga (Apocynaceae)

chapter Chapter 8|24 pages

The Genus Alepidea

A Review of its Medicinal Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Activities

chapter Chapter 9|25 pages

Genus Salvia

Its Secondary Metabolites and Roles in the Treatment of Common Cancer Types in Men and Women