Phytochemistry, Vol. 2: Pharmacognosy, Nanomedicine, and Contemporary Issues

Part 1: Ethnomedicine And Pharmacognosy

1. Pharmacognosy and Prehistoric Uses of Medicinal Plants

Chukwuebuka Egbuna, Nadia Sharif, and N. Shaista Jabeen

2. Complementary and Alternative Systems of Medicines

Vinesh Kumar and Yogita Sharma

3. Ethnobotanical Study of Indigenous Peoples’ Medicinal Plants

Felix Ifeanyi Nwafor and Stella I. Inya-Agha

4. Herbal Medicine: A Case Study of Nigerian Medicinal Plants

A. Oyedepo, Temitope

5. Plant Species Utilized for Ethnoveterinary Practices in India

V. Lakshminarayana and G. M. Narasimha Rao

Part 2: Medicinal Potentials Of Phytochemicals

6. Antioxidants and Phytochemicals

Chukwuebuka Egbuna

7. Roles of Phytochemicals in the Prevention and Treatment of Various Diseases

Intan Soraya Che Sulaiman, Shibani Sukhi, and Azham Mohamad

8. Phytochemicals as Oxidative Stress Mitigators

Ashutosh Gupta and Abhay K. Pandey

9. Antimicrobial Medicinal Plants as Effective Natural Bioresources

Jaya Vikas Kurhekar

10. Medicinal Plants with Anti-Venom Activities

 Habibu Tijjani and Chukwuebuka Egbuna

11. Medicinal Potentials of Green Tea

Frederick O. Ujah

12. Antioxidant Potentials of Cinnamon

S. Zafar Haider et al.

13. Phytochemical as the Hope for the Treatment of Hepatic and Neuronal Disorders

Swagata Das et al.

14. Role of Phytochemicals in the Treatment of Male Infertility

Vijaykumar K. Parmar and Ketan Variya

15. Roles of Medicinal Plants in the Treatment of Cancer

Prabhat Upadhyay et al.

16. Methylated Flavonoids as a Novel Inhibitor of Metastasis in the Cancer Cell

Prem Prakash Kushwaha, Pushpendra Singh, and Shashank Kumar

17. Medicinal Roles of Phytomolecules in the Treatment and Management of Diabetes Mellitus

Maria Aslam, Sidra Khalid, and Hafsa Kamran

18. Roles of Phytomolecules in the Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy

Rashmi Shukla, Prabhat Upadhyay, and Yamini B. Tripathi

19. Phytochemicals as Protagonist for the Treatment and Management of Autoimmune Diseases

Pragya Mishra, Parjanya Kumar Shukla, and Raghvendra Raman Mishra

Part 3: Nanoparticle Biosynthesis And Its Biomedical Applications

20. Green Biosynthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles

Seshu Vardhan Pothabathula, Prem Prakash Kushwaha, and Shashank Kumar

21. Cytotoxicity and Biomedical Applications of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized from Plants

Hii Yiik Siang et al.

22. Biosynthesis of Carbon Dot’s Nanoparticles from Plants

Hameed Shah and Ashfaq Ahmad Khan

Part 4: Phytochemicals As Friends And Foes

23. Toxic Plants and Phytochemicals

Chukwuebuka Egbuna et al.

24. Phytochemicals as Prooxidants

Andrew G. Mtewa

25. Phytochemical as an Antinutrient

Chukwuebuka Egbuna

As volume 2 of this three-volume set on phytochemistry, this book features chapters that comprehensively review a selection of important recent advances in ethnopharmacology and alternative and complementary medicines. It also presents many informative chapters on the medicinal potential of phytochemicals in the treatment and management of various diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, diabetic nephropathy, autoimmune diseases, neurological disorders, male infertility, and more.

Chukwuebuka Egbuna is a chartered chemist, chemical analyst, and academic researcher. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria, the Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the Society of Quality Assurance (USA). He is a reviewer and editorial board member of various journals, with his most recent role as a website administrator for the Tropical Journal of Applied Natural Sciences.