Ethnopharmacology Recent Advances

EDITOR’S: P. Pushpangadan, V. George and K.K. Janardhan
PUBLISHER: Daya Publishing House
ISBN: 9788170355649
YEAR: 2008
PAGES: 260
SIZE: 15.5 X 24 X 2 cms.
BINDING: Hard
LANGUAGE: English

ABOUT THE BOOK: Ethnopharmacology is a multidisciplinary subject and an area of research where tradition and modern science coexists. The progress of this interdisciplinary science is expanding fast with our increasing quest for phytopharmaceuticals and our increasing awareness on traditional and alternative systems of medicines. The book is a compilation of articles written by eminent researchers working on phytomedicine and on various aspects of ethnopharmacology. Many of the articles are modern approaches to ethnopharmacological research. The book will be immensely useful to students, teachers, scientists and pharmaceutical industries interested in plant based medicine and drug development.

ABOUT THE EDITOR’S:
1. Prof. (Dr.) Palpu Pushpangadan, Ph. D., FBRS, FES, FNSE, FNESA, FNAASc, FNASc, (b.Jan. 23, 1944) is presently the Director General of Amity Institute for Herbal and Biotech Products Development (AIHBPD), Thiruvananthapuram. Formerly he had been Director, National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow from Feb 1999 to Feb 2006 and Director, Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute (TBGRI), Thiruvananthapuram from Nov 1990 to Feb 1999. Dr. Pushpangadan is a multidisciplinary scientist having over 37 years experience. He has carried out original research in Cytogenetics & Plant Breeding, Biotechnology, Molecular Taxonomy, Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, Ethnobiology, Ethnopharmacology, Bioprospecting and Natural Product Development. He has published over 400 original research papers in national and international journals and proceedings, 41 chapters in books, authored books, edited four books and 10 reports. His current area of research is herbal drug development.

2. Dr. V. George, Ph.D., FNSE, FABMS, (b. Feb. 5, 1948) retired as Deputy Director and Head of the Department of Phytochemistry and Phy to pharmacology, Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram. He is presently Director, Amity Institute for Herbal and Biotech Products Development (AIHBPD), Thiruvananthapuram and Secretary General, National Society of Ethnopharmacology, India. Formerly he had been a Scientist with the CSIR Regional Research Laboratory, Jammu / Srinagar. His research interests are in Phytochemistry, Ethnopharmacology, Ethnomedicine, Traditional Knowledge and in Drug Development. He has several patents, published more than 100 research papers, contributed chapters in books, and authored seven books.

3. Dr. K.K. Janardhanan, Ph.D, FPSI, FNSE (b 30 Aug, 1938) currently is Professor, Department of Microbiology, Amala Cancer Research Centre, Thrissur. He obtained Ph.D degree from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur and worked as post-Doc fellow in the Department of Biogenesis, Institute of Microbiology, Prague as a Fellow of Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. He was Deputy Director and Head, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, before joining Amala Cancer Research Centre. Dr.Janardhanan has published over 150 research papers in peer reviewed national and international journals and three books. He has over 25 years of R&D experience on medicinal and aromatic plants. His main areas of interest currently are fungal metabolites, medicinal mushrooms, mycomedicine and mycotoxins. He is now actively working on the therapeutic potentials of medicinal mushrooms occurring in South India for the development of anticancer drugs. Dr. Janardhanan is a Fellow of Indian Phytopathological Society and Fellow of National Society of Ethnopharmacology and is a recipient of Dr. Agnihothrudu Memorial Endowment Oration Award.

CONTENTS:
Acknowledgement
Preface
List of Contributors

1. Mechanisms of Apoptosis Induced by Garlic-Derived Components
    D. Karunagaran and Suby Oommen

2. Music Therapy: An Introduction
    T.V. Sairam

3. Application of Traditional Knowledge of Medicinal Plants by Tribes of Some Part of Rajasthan
    G.S. Paliwal and Poonam Paliwal

4. An Experimental Evaluation to the Anticancer Activity of Homeopathic Medicines
    Ramadasan Kuttan, Girija Kuttan, E.S. Sunila, K.C. Preethi, C. Nimita Venugopal and K.B. Hari Kumar

5. Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Immunomodulatory Effects of Viscwn album Preparations
    Fabienne Prost, Jean-Paul Duong Van Huyen, Sriramulu Ellum, Sandrine Delignat, Jagadeesh Bayry, Michel D. Kazatchkine and Srini V. Kaveri

6. A Rasayana, ICHOR-CR, as a Possible Chemoprotectant Against Doxorubicin-Related Toxicity
    Renee Vanessa Gardner, Hertian Correa, Randall Craver, Evangeline McKinnon, Halina Sadowska-Krowicka and Rajasekharan Worrier

7. Ethnomedicinal Potential of Herbal Drugs on Gastric Dysfunction in Experimental Animals
    Ch. V. Rao and P. Pushpangadan

8. Anti-infiamitia.tui-y, Aiitinucleeptlve and Diuretic Activities of Amoora cncullata Roxb.
    A.K.Das,I.Z. Shahid,M.S.K. Choudhuri, JA. Shilpi and Firoj Ahmed

9. The Role of Ethnomedical Leads in Drug Discovery
    V. George and Anil John

10. Quality of Natural Health Products through Marker Profiling: Promotion and International Coordination
    Pulok K. Mukherjee,, V. Kumar, Peter, Houghton

11. Potential Use of Some Natural Compounds as Radioprotectors
    C.K.K. Nair

12. Resveratrol Miracle: From Chemoprevention to Cardioprotection
    Samarjit Das and Dipak K. Das

13. Protective Effect of Phytochemicals in Cancer Chemoprevention, Wound Healing and Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
    Rajesh L. Thangapazham, Anuj Sharma, and Radha K. Maheshwari

14. A Brief Review on Phytoconstituents with Potential Antidiabetic Activity
    K. Rajendran and Annie Shinvaikar

15. Scientific Evaluation of Traditional Medicine: Ethnopharmacology, Reverse Pharmacology, System Biology to Metabolomics
    Palpu Pushpangadan, R. Govindarajan, S.K. Srivastava, Ch.V. Rao, K. Narayanan Nair, A.K.S. Rawat, Shanta Mehrotra, AJK. Sharma, S. Rajasekharan, V. George and P.G. Latha

16. Biological Diversity in Curcuma: A Review
    Sharad Srivastava, A.K.S. Rawat and Shanta Mehrotra

17. Therapeutic Potential of Medicinal Mushrooms Occurring in South India Amelioration of Oxidative Stress-Induced Hepato-Renal Damages: A Pre-Clinical Evaluation
    T.A. Ajith and K.K. Janardhanan

18. Traditional Medicine and the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Regime of 21" Century
    Palpu Pushpangadan

19. Antimitotic Polysaccharide fromPunicagranatum
    T. T. Sreelekha, K.K. Vijayan, Prabha Balaram

20. Documentation of Traditional Knowledge and IPR Protection Related to Plants Used for Food and Medicine
    S. Rajasekharan, P.G. Latha and P. Pushpangadan

Index