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Curry Powder to Clinical Significance
  • Language: en

Curry Powder to Clinical Significance

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-09-01
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Rising incidence of life style and age related diseases, side effects of drugs in western medication system and heavy cost for managing these health conditions have turned people more towards natural healthcare system. Today we are experiencing what can be termed as herbal renaissance, which has increased the use of natural or nature-based supplements and drugs for the management of chronic ailments. Researchers acknowledge the utility of traditional herbs and their way of healing, which exists from time immemorial. Turmeric is one of the most popular traditionally used herb and also known as "golden spice". It is grown in various parts of India and other Asian countries, and has been held s...

The Molecular Targets and Therapeutic Uses of Curcumin in Health and Disease
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 502

The Molecular Targets and Therapeutic Uses of Curcumin in Health and Disease

The medicinal uses of Curcumin (also called turmeric) have been known and described for more than 5000 years. A large body of recent research suggests that curcumin is potentially useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, through modulation of numerous molecular targets. This is the first monograph to focus on the potential use of curcumin in the treatment of cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, arthritis, Alzheimer’s, psoriasis and more.

Molecular Targets and Therapeutic Uses of Spices
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 457

Molecular Targets and Therapeutic Uses of Spices

Traditional uses of spices : an overview / Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara ... [et al.] -- Black pepper (Piper nigrum) and its bioactive compound, piperine / Krishnapura Srinivasan -- Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) and its active constituent, 1,8-cineole / Archana Sengupta and Shamee Bhattacharjee -- Molecular targets and health benefits of cinnamon / Kiran Panickar ... [et al.] -- Cloves (eugenol) / Yoshinori Kadoma ... [et al.] -- Coriander / Sanjeev Shukla and Sanjay Gupta -- Fenugreek (diosgenin) / Jayadev Raju and Chinthalapally V. Rao -- Diallyl sulfide from garlic / Girija Kuttan and Punathil Thejass -- Ginger (6-gingerol) / Nidhi Nigam, Jasmine George, and Yogeshwer Shukla -- Kalonji (thymoquinone) / Ahmed O. Kaseb and Abdel-Hafez A. Selim -- Kokum (garcinol) / Manoj K. Pandey, Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara, and Bharat B. Aggarwal -- Capsaicin : a hot spice in the chemoprevention of cancer / Joydeb Kumar Kundu and Young-Joon Surh -- Rosemary (rosmarinic acid) / Jongsung Lee ... [et al.] -- Mint and its constituents / Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara ... [et al.] -- Turmeric (curcumin) / Jen-Kun Lin and Shoei-Yn Lin Shiau.

Inflammation, Lifestyle and Chronic Diseases
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 483

Inflammation, Lifestyle and Chronic Diseases

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-04-19
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

Oxidative stress and inflammation are among the most important factors of disease. Chronic infections, obesity, alcohol and tobacco usage, radiation, environmental pollutants, and high-calorie diets have been recognized as major risk factors for a variety of chronic diseases from cancer to metabolic diseases. All these risk factors are linked to ch

Healing Spices
  • Language: en

Healing Spices

Looks at the healing properties of fifty spices and explains how they can be incorporated into a healthy diet to treat specific health problems and boost natural immunity against common diseases, with fifty recipes for main and side dishes and instructions for making spice mixes.

The Chemistry and Bioactive Components of Turmeric
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 405

The Chemistry and Bioactive Components of Turmeric

This comprehensive book brings together the research carried out on the constituents obtained from turmeric and highlights their chemical and biological activities for researchers and professionals in natural products, nutraceuticals and food chemistry.

Anti-inflammatory Nutraceuticals and Chronic Diseases
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 482

Anti-inflammatory Nutraceuticals and Chronic Diseases

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-09-26
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  • Publisher: Springer

This comprehensive volume focuses on anti-inflammatory nutraceuticals and their role in various chronic diseases. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drugs such as steroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), statins and metformin have been shown to modulate inflammatory pathways, but their long-term intake has been associated with numerous side effects. This means that there is enormous potential for dietary agents that can modulate inflammatory pathways in humans. Leading experts describe the latest research on the role of anti-inflammatory nutraceuticals in preventing and treating chronic diseases.

Resveratrol in Health and Disease
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 714

Resveratrol in Health and Disease

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005-11-01
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

Practicing evidenced-based medicine some 25 centuries ago, Hippocrates proclaimed "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." This advice parallels the common American saying, "You are what you eat," and is supported by a National Institute of Health recommendation to consume as many as eight servings of fruits and vegetables daily to prev

Drug Discovery from Mother Nature
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 410

Drug Discovery from Mother Nature

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-10-22
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  • Publisher: Springer

Second comprehensive volume focuses on anti-inflammatory nutraceuticals and their role in prevention and therapy of various chronic diseases. Food and drug administration (FDA) approved drugs such as steroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), statins and metformin have been shown to modulate inflammatory pathways, but their long-term intake has been associated with numerous side effects. Thus dietary agents which can modulate inflammatory pathways in humans, are likely to exhibit enormous potential. Leading experts describe the latest results of anti-inflammatory nutraceuticals and their role in prevention and therapy of various chronic diseases.

Herbal Drugs: Ethnomedicine to Modern Medicine
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 414

Herbal Drugs: Ethnomedicine to Modern Medicine

Considerable progress has been made in our healthcare system, in particular with respect to sensitive diagnostic tools, reagents and very effective and precise drugs. On the other hand, high-throughput screening technology can screen vast numbers of compounds against an array of targets in a very short time, and leads thus - tained can be further explored. In developing countries, the exploding population exerts pressure not only on natural resources but also on the human population - self, whose members strive to become successful and advance in society. This leads to increased blood pressure, anxiety, obesity-associated lipid disorders, cardiov- cular diseases and diabetes. Most of these d...