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Medicinal plants as anti-infectives : current knowledge and new perspectives /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Academic Press,
2022.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Front Cover
- Medicinal Plants as Anti-infectives
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- I. Medicinal plants as anti-infectives: an appraisal of current knowledge worldwide
- 1 A review of medicinal plants used as antimicrobials in Colombia
- Introduction
- Materials and methods
- Plants traditionally used in Colombia as antimicrobials
- Jacaranda caucana Pittier (Bignoniaceae)
- Solanum nudum Dunal (Solanaceae)
- Hymenaea courbaril L. (Leguminosae)
- Xanthium strumarium L. (Asteraceae)
- Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. (Malvaceae)
- Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf (Poaceae)
- Austroeupatorium inulaefolium (Kunth) R.M.King &
- H.Rob. (Asteraceae)
- Biological evaluation as antimicrobials of plant extracts in Colombia
- Antibacterial activity
- Otholobium mexicanum (L.f.) J.W. Grimes. (Fabaceae)
- Cucurbita moschata Duchesne (Cucurbitaceae)
- Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf (Poaceae)
- Conobea scoparioides (Cham. &
- Schltdl.) Benth (Scrophulariaceae)
- Rosmarinus officinalis Govaerts. (Lamiaceae)
- Antiparasitic activity
- Miconia theaezans (Bonpl.) Cogn. (Melastomataceae)
- Annona purpurea Dunal (Annonaceae)
- Guatteria amplifolia Triana &
- Planch. (Annonaceae)
- Annona muricata Linn. (Annonaceae)
- Austroeupatorium inulifolium (Kunth) R.M. King &
- H. Rob. (Compositae)
- Campnosperma panamense Standl. (Anacardiaceae)
- Huberodendron patinoi Cuatrec. (Bombacaceae)
- Monochaetum myrtoideum (Bonpl.) (Melastomataceae) and Acnistus arborescens Linn. Schltdl. (Solanaceae)
- Swinglea glutinosa Merr (Rutaceae)
- Antiviral activity
- Annona sp. (Annonaceae)
- Byrsonima verbascifolia L. DC (Malpighiaceae)
- Vismia macrophylla Kunth. (Clusiaceae)
- Antibacterial evaluation of 25 native plants of the Colombian Caribbean region against strains of Escherichia coli, Klebsie.
- Mammea americana L. (Calophyllaceae)
- Maclura tinctoria L. D.Don ex Steud. (Moraceae)
- Conclusions
- References
- 2 Plants used in Lebanon and the Middle East as Antimicrobials
- Introduction: overview on medicinal plants and their traditional uses as antimicrobials in Lebanon
- Lebanese plants with antimicrobial activity
- Amaryllidaceae
- Allium cepa/Allium sativum
- Anacardiaceae
- Pistacia species
- Apiaceae
- Prangos asperula
- Asteraceae/Compositae
- Matricaria species
- Berberidaceae
- Berberis libanotica
- Cannabaceae
- Humulus lupulus
- Cistaceae
- Cistus species
- Conifers
- Lamiaceae
- Phlomis species
- Cyclotrichium species
- Salvia species
- Rosmarinus officinalis
- Thymol/carvacrol rich species
- Za'atar plants: Satureja thymbra
- Origanum syriacum
- Different Lamiaceae genera
- Thymbra spicata
- Myrtaceae
- Eucalyptus species
- Portulacaceae
- Portulaca oleracea
- Ranunculaceae
- Clematis vitalba
- Nigella sativa
- Rutaceae
- Ruta species
- Rosaceae
- Rosa damascena
- Conclusion
- References
- 3 Medicinal plants in the Balkans with antimicrobial properties
- Introduction
- Medicinal plants with antimicrobial properties
- Amaryllidaceae
- Allium sativum L.
- Apiaceae
- Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Fuss
- Asteraceae
- Achillea millefolium L.
- Artemisia absinthium L.
- Calendula officinalis L.
- Matricaria chamomilla L.
- Betulaceae
- Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.
- Lamiaceae
- Lavandula angustifolia Mill.
- Mentha longifolia (L.) L.
- Mentha x piperita L.
- Ocimum basilicum L.
- Origanum vulgare L.
- Malvaceae
- Althaea officinalis L.
- Malva sylvestris L.
- Pinaceae
- Larix decidua Mill.
- Picea abies (L.) H.Karst.
- Rosaceae
- Agrimonia eupatoria L.
- Prunus spinosa L.
- Rosa canina L.
- Rubus fruticosus L.
- Urticaceae
- Urtica dioica L.
- Conclusions.
- Selected South African plants used in traditional medicine for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and their bio...
- Aloe ferox
- Cassia abbreviata
- Combretum molle
- Elaeodendron transvaalense
- Hypoxis hemerocallidea
- Peltophorum africanum
- Tabernaemontana elegans
- Terminalia sericea
- Conclusion
- References
- 6 Antibacterial activity of some selected medicinal plants of Pakistan
- Introduction
- Antibacterial properties of different medicinal plants from Pakistan
- Conclusion
- References
- 7 Medicinal plants used as antidiarrheal agents in the lower Mekong basin
- Introduction
- Traditional medicine for diarrheal diseases in the Mekong Basin
- The role of traditional medicine in the management of diarrhea
- The cultural belief system of people living in the Mekong area
- Pharmacological validation of plants used for diarrhea
- Models assessing the effect of plants on the signs and symptoms of diarrhea
- Antidiarrheal effect
- Spasmolytic activity
- Models assessing the antimotility and antisecretory activities
- Antimotility activity
- Antisecretory activity
- Models assessing the antiinfective properties
- Antibacterial activity
- Antiviral and antiparasitic activity
- Other models
- Medicinal plants used for diarrhea in the lower Mekong basin
- Literature search methodology
- Overview of the dataset
- Discussion of some selected plant species
- Psidium guajava
- Chromolaena odorata
- Alstonia scholaris
- Allium sativum
- Centella asiatica
- Punica granatum
- Caesalpinia sappan
- Mangifera indica
- Holarrhena pubescens
- Oroxylum indicum
- Conclusion
- References
- 8 Medicinal plants from West Africa used as antimalarial agents: an overview
- Introduction
- Traditional use of medicinal plants in West Africa.
- Plant extracts and plant compounds validated by in vitro and/or in vivo approach
- In vitro antimalarial evaluation of plant extracts
- In vivo antimalarial evaluation of plant extracts
- In vitro and in vivo evaluation of antimalarial compounds
- Clinical trials in humans for the evaluation of antimalarial plants and compounds
- The case of Artemisia in West Africa
- Conclusion
- References
- II. Medicinal plants as anti-infectives: recent innovations and regulations
- 9 Mycobacterial quorum quenching and biofilm inhibition potential of medicinal plants
- Introduction
- Significance of quorum quenching research
- Current state of quorum quenching research
- Quorum sensing versus quorum quenching
- Biofilms
- Background on biofilms
- Biofilms and Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Virulence factors
- Background on virulence factors
- Virulence factors and Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Medicinal plants as quorum quenching agents
- Medicinal plants and mycobacterial quorum quenching
- Phytochemicals used in bacterial quorum quenching
- Conclusion
- References
- 10 Untargeted metabolomics for the study of antiinfective plants
- Introduction
- Plants as sources of antiinfective agents
- Bioassay-guided fractionation
- Metabolomics
- Methods of detection
- Data analysis
- Biochemometrics
- Metabolomics-driven antiinfective discovery from plants
- Challenges and future directions
- Metabolome coverage
- Annotation/identification
- Synergy
- Conclusions
- References
- 11 Value chains and DNA barcoding for the identification of antiinfective medicinal plants
- Introduction
- Taxonomy and DNA barcoding
- Infectious diseases and antiinfective plants
- Herbal products, commercialization, and quality issues of antiinfective plants
- Advancements in quality control methods
- Materials and methods
- Results and discussion.