Bioactive Compounds of Medicinal Plants

Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez Campus. He has worked as a Soil Conservation Inspector and as a Research Assistant at Haryana Agricultural University and Ohio State University. In 2005, he was proclaimed as the "Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the Twentieth Century" by the ASABE, Puerto Rico Section, for his pioneering work on micro irrigation, evapotranspiration, agroclimatology, and soil and water engineering. During his professional career of 45 years, he has received many prestigious awards. A prolific author and editor, he has written more than 200 journal articles and textbooks and has edited over 50 books.Ademola O. Ayeleso, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry at Adeleke University, Ede, Nigeria. Dr. Ayeleso is working on the use of medicinal plants, plant products, and synthesized compounds in the management of diabetes mellitus, which has become a major threat to the lives of people in both urban and rural areas throughout the world. He has presented research papers at several international conferences and has written over 20 publications.

• Phytochemistry and Antifungal Activity of Desmodium adscendens Root Extracts. Bioactive Compounds in Plants and Their Antioxidant Capacity. Plants of the Genus Syzygium (Myrtaceae): A Review on Ethnobotany, Medicinal Properties and Phytochemistry. Effects of Talinum triangulare on Hepatic Antioxidant Gene Expression Profile in Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Rat Liver Injury. Review on Potential of Seeds and Value-Added Products of Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea): Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Oxidative Stress. Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl. Dietary Intervention of Utazi (Gongrenema latifolium) Supplemented Diet Using Wistar Male Rat Animal Brain Model. Therapeutic Potentials of Selected Medicinal Plants in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: A Review. Medicinal Activities of Anchomanes difformis and Its Potential in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus and Other Disease Conditions: A Review. Screening of Different Extracts of Ageratum conyzoides for Inhibition of Diabetes-Related Enzymes. Potential of Catharanthus roseus and Punica granatum in the Management and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus and iIs Complications. Ginger and Turmeric Supplemented Diet as a Novel Dietary Approach for Management of Hypertension: A Review.

“In this book, an assemblage of recent findings on the therapeutic potentials of several medicinal plants/natural products is presented. The editors have selected chapters of original research and updated reviews from experienced authors who are specialists in the field. Readers are assured of interesting discoveries and an insight into the future position of medicinal plants/natural products in modern therapeutics. I recommend the book.”—Pius Fasinu, PhD, Pharmacologist, National Center for Natural Products Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi“A dependable, broad, and extremely educational volume of recent progresses in various vital up-and-coming areas of medicinal plants and health. It has exceptional chapters written by erudite scholars. This book can serve as a reference for both students and professionals.”—Bashiru Olaitan Ajiboye. PhD, Biochemistry Program, Department of Chemical Sciences, Afe Babalola University, Nigeria