Medicine & Health Sciences

Handbook of Research on Herbal Liver Protection
Hepatoprotective Plants

T. Pullaiah, PhD
Maddi Ramaiah, PhD

Handbook of Research on Herbal Liver Protection

Published. Available now.
Pub Date: March 2021
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Hard ISBN: 9781771889186
E-Book ISBN: 9781003043171
Pages: 812pp w/index
Binding Type: Hardback

This important volume provides a comprehensive overview of hepatotoxicity and medicinal plants used for protecting the liver and curing liver toxicity and liver diseases. To date, there has been no extensive resource on the plants that are used in this capacity, both in traditional medicine and in modern medicine. This book, Handbook of Research on Herbal Liver Protection: Hepatoprotective Plants, fills that gap. It presents information on the medicinal plants used in traditional medicine (both codified and noncodified) and in ethnomedicine, including the plant parts used and methods of use and dosages. The phytochemicals extracted from medicinal plants, screened and used in modern medicine for liver protection and curing liver problems, are given in detail. The volume discusses the medicinal plants screened for hepatoprotection, and the methods of screening are given as well. Methods of assay for screening the medicinal plants are also presented.

Key features:

  • Provides complete information on plants that show hepatoprotective properties
  • Lists and discusses the phytochemicals useful for liver protection and cures
  • Considers traditional uses and ethnomedicinal plants for liver protection
  • Details the plant parts and the extracts that livers protection properties and active principles showing hepatoprotection
This volume will be a single point of reference for researchers who require complete information on hepatoprotective plants. It is also useful for information on liver toxicity/diseases prevention and cures as well as on plants and phytochecmicals used for liver protection. It will be useful to researchers working on liver disorders and diseases, physicians treating the patients with liver problems, for hospitals, pharmacy institutions, pharmacy students, pharmacy researchers, and ethnobotanists and others working in traditional medicine.

CONTENTS:
Preface

1. Liver, Its Activities, Functions, Problems, and Diseases

2. Hepatotoxicity and Hepatoprotective Assay

3. Hepatoprotective Plants

4. Phytoconstituents with Hepatoprotective Activity

5. Ethnomedicinal Plants for Hepatoprotection in India

6. Polyherbal Formulations

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
T. Pullaiah, PhD
Former Professor, Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Andhra Pradesh, India

T. Pullaiah, PhD, is a former Professor at the Department of Botany at Sri Krishnadevaraya University in Andhra Pradesh, India, where he has taught for more than 35 years. He has held several positions at the university, including Dean, Faculty of Biosciences, Head of the Department of Botany, Head of the Department of Biotechnology, and Member of Academic Senate. He was President of the Indian Botanical Society (2014), President of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (2013), and Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences. He was awarded the Panchanan Maheshwari Gold Medal, the Dr. G. Panigrahi Memorial Lecture Award of the Indian Botanical Society and the Prof. Y.D. Tyagi Gold Medal of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy, and a best teacher award from the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Under his guidance, 54 students obtained their doctoral degrees. He has authored over 50 books, edited 20 books, and published over 330 research papers, including reviews and book chapters. His books include Advances in Cell and Molecular Diagnostics (Elsevier), Ethnobotany of India (5 volumes, Apple Academic Press), Red Sanders: Silviculture and Conservation (Springer), Monograph on Brachystelma and Ceropegia in India (CRC Press), Flora of Andhra Pradesh (5 volumes), Flora of Eastern Ghats (4 volumes), Flora of Telangana (3 volumes), Encyclopaedia of World Medicinal Plants (7 volumes, 2nd edition), and Encyclopaedia of Herbal Antioxidants (3 volumes). He was also a member of the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Professor Pullaiah received his PhD from Andhra University, India, attended Moscow State University, Russia, and worked as postdoctoral fellow during 1976–1978.

Maddi Ramaiah, PhD
Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacognosy, Hindu College of Pharmacy, Andhra Pradesh, India

Maddi Ramaiah, PhD, is Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacognosy, Hindu College of Pharmacy, Amaravathi Road, Guntur, A.P., India. He has 11 years of teaching and research experience and has published more than 55 research and review papers in various reputed indexed national and international journals. He has also presented more than 15 research and review posters at national and international conferences. He is a textbook and book chapter author. He attended many conferences, seminars, symposia, workshops, and QIP programs. He has been an active advisor member, editorial board member, and scientific reviewer for more than 50 reputed national and international journals, including Elsevier publications. He is a professional member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India, Association of Pharmacy Professionals, Society for Ethnopharmacology, and the Society of Pharmacognosy. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.




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