
The African and Arabian Moringa Species
Chemistry, Bioactivity and Therapeutic Applications
Description
Key Features
- Outlines the botanical description, traditional uses and socioeconomic significance of the African and Arabian Moringa plants
- Exhaustively discusses the chemistry of these plants to highlight secondary metabolites and methodologies for their isolation, identification and quality control
- Discusses the future potential of the plants and their chemical components for various disease conditions
Readership
Medicinal chemists working on the isolation of drug molecules from natural sources; Postgraduate students and lecturers in the fields of natural products, drug discovery/medicinal chemistry and/or pharmacology; pharmaceutical and nutraceutical researchers and traders
Table of Contents
Section A - Moringa stenopetala: Botanical, ecological & socioeconomic perspectives
Chapter 1: Moringa stenopetala - botanical and ecological perspectives
Chapter 2: Moringa stenopetala - socioeconomic significance
Section B - The chemistry of Moringa stenopetala
Chapter 3: The chemistry of Moringa stenopetala seed oils
Chapter 4: The chemistry of Moringa stenopetala – non-oil components
Chapter 5: Quality control and chemical profiling of Moringa stenopetala drug preparations
Section C - The science behind the multiuse of Moringa stenopetala
Chapter 6: The pharmacology of Moringa stenopetala: toxicology aspects
Chapter 7: The pharmacology of Moringa stenopetala - antioxidant mechanisms
Chapter 8: The pharmacology of Moringa stenopetala: antimicrobial effects
Chapter 9: The pharmacology of Moringa stenopetala –effects on diabetes and related diseases
Chapter 10: The pharmacology of Moringa stenopetala - potential anticancer effects
Chapter 11: The science behind the use of Moringa stenopetala seeds for water purification
Section D – Other Moringa species indigenous to Africa and the Arabian/Persian region
Chapter 12: The chemistry & pharmacology of other African and Arabian Moringa species
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 230
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2017
- Published: June 9, 2017
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081022863
- eBook ISBN: 9780081022948
About the Author
Solomon Habtemariam
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