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9780128094419 English 0128094419 Medicinal Spices and Vegetables from Africa: Therapeutic Potential against Metabolic, Inflammatory, Infectious and Systemic Diseases provides a detailed look at medicinal spices and vegetables that have proven safe-and-effective for consumption and the treatment of diseases, including infectious diseases, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. It provides pharmacological evidence, such as the latest information related to efficacy and safety data, in vitro and in vivo studies, clinical trials, and more, to illustrate the use of these spices and vegetables as both palliative and alternative treatments with the goal of furthering research in this area to produce safer and more effective drugs. Provides scientific evidence for the potential of medicinal spices and vegetables used in Africa to fight metabolic, inflammatory, and infectious diseases Includes a review of the latest methods used to investigate the effects of medicinal plants in the treatment of disease Offers an updated resource for students sand scientists in the fields of pharmaceutical science, pharmacognosy, complementary and alternative medicine, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, biochemistry, and more, Medicinal plants, including spices and vegetables, are widely used in Africa as therapies for a variety of health conditions. However, governments in Africa currently provide little incentive to boost traditional medicine, including the use of medicinal plants, citing that there are few studies on the safety of these plants, as well as the methods used to obtain various therapeutic preparations. This book provides a detailed look at medicinal spices and vegetables that have proven safe and effective for consumption and treatment of diseases, including infectious disease, cardiovascular disease and cancer. It provides pharmacological evidence, such as the latest information related to efficacy and safety data, in vitro and in vivo studies, clinical trials and more, to illustrate the use of these spices and vegetables as both palliative and alternative treatments with the goal of furthering research in this area to use compounds from these natural products in the discovery and development of safer and more effective drugs. Provides scientific evidence for the potential of medicinal spices and vegetables used in Africa to fight metabolic, inflammatory and infectious diseases and improve health conditions among populations Includes a review of the latest methods used to investigate the effects of medicinal plants in the treatment of disease Offers and updated resource for students sand scientists in the fields of pharmaceutical science, pharmacognosy, complementary and alternative medicine, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, biochemistry and much more
9780128094419 English 0128094419 Medicinal Spices and Vegetables from Africa: Therapeutic Potential against Metabolic, Inflammatory, Infectious and Systemic Diseases provides a detailed look at medicinal spices and vegetables that have proven safe-and-effective for consumption and the treatment of diseases, including infectious diseases, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. It provides pharmacological evidence, such as the latest information related to efficacy and safety data, in vitro and in vivo studies, clinical trials, and more, to illustrate the use of these spices and vegetables as both palliative and alternative treatments with the goal of furthering research in this area to produce safer and more effective drugs. Provides scientific evidence for the potential of medicinal spices and vegetables used in Africa to fight metabolic, inflammatory, and infectious diseases Includes a review of the latest methods used to investigate the effects of medicinal plants in the treatment of disease Offers an updated resource for students sand scientists in the fields of pharmaceutical science, pharmacognosy, complementary and alternative medicine, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, biochemistry, and more, Medicinal plants, including spices and vegetables, are widely used in Africa as therapies for a variety of health conditions. However, governments in Africa currently provide little incentive to boost traditional medicine, including the use of medicinal plants, citing that there are few studies on the safety of these plants, as well as the methods used to obtain various therapeutic preparations. This book provides a detailed look at medicinal spices and vegetables that have proven safe and effective for consumption and treatment of diseases, including infectious disease, cardiovascular disease and cancer. It provides pharmacological evidence, such as the latest information related to efficacy and safety data, in vitro and in vivo studies, clinical trials and more, to illustrate the use of these spices and vegetables as both palliative and alternative treatments with the goal of furthering research in this area to use compounds from these natural products in the discovery and development of safer and more effective drugs. Provides scientific evidence for the potential of medicinal spices and vegetables used in Africa to fight metabolic, inflammatory and infectious diseases and improve health conditions among populations Includes a review of the latest methods used to investigate the effects of medicinal plants in the treatment of disease Offers and updated resource for students sand scientists in the fields of pharmaceutical science, pharmacognosy, complementary and alternative medicine, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, biochemistry and much more