Editors: Manish Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Ashita Sharma

Bioactive Phytochemicals from Himalayas: A Phytotherapeutic Approach

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ISBN: 978-981-5123-29-6 (Print)
ISBN: 978-981-5123-28-9 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2023

Introduction

Bioactive Phytochemicals from Himalayas: A Phytotherapeutic Approach covers herbal medicines from the Himalayan mountains. Chapters in this book detail molecular mechanisms and experimental tools and techniques for research on plants in this region. Phytochemical experts guide the readers through the role of Himalayan plants in therapy for metabolic diseases like cancer and diabetes, hepatic diseases, inflammatory diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases. Some chapters focus on diseases and how various plants from Himalayan origin are beneficial in these diseases.

This compilation,with professional contributors, aims to inform a wide scientific community from various research fields about basic research on medicinal plants with a focus on Himalayan herbs. The book also serves as a handbook for pharmacologists working on the broad therapeutic aspects of these plants.

Audience:

Medicinal chemists, ethnobotanists, life science researchers, pharmacologists

Contributors

Editor(s):
Manish Kumar


Praveen Kumar


Ashita Sharma




Contributor(s):
Amritpreet Kaur
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar 143005, Punjab
India


Anjana Bhatia
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar 143005, Punjab
India


Ankita Rajput
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar 143005, Punjab
India


Avinash Nagpal
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar 143005, Punjab
India


Balbir Singh
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar 143005, Punjab
India


Bikram Singh
Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology
Palampur 176 061, Himachal Pradesh
India


Durgesh Singh
Department of Zoology
S.S. Khanna Girls’ Degree College (A Constituent College of University of Allahabad)
Prayagraj, U.P.
India-211003


Hasandeep Singh
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar 143005, Punjab
India


Kavita
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Institute of Medical Science, Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh-221005
India


Kritika Pandit
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar 143005, Punjab
India


Manish Kumar
S.D. College, Barnala-148101
Punjab
India


Naina Rajak
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Institute of Medical Science, Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh - 221005
India


Neena Bedi
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar 143 005, Punjab
India


Neha Garg
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Ayurveda
Institute of Medical Science, Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh - 221005
India


Nikhil Pandey
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh- 221005
India


Palvi Sharma
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar 143005, Punjab
India


Praveen Kumar
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Institute of Medical Science, Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh - 221005
India


Priyanka Mishra
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh- 221005
India


Renu Bhardwaj
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar 143005, Punjab
India


Sarabjit Kaur
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar 143005, Punjab
India


Saroj Arora
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar 143005, Punjab
India


Satwinderjeet Kaur
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar 143005, Punjab
India


Shagun Shagun
BioX Centre, School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi- 175075
Himachal Pradesh
India


Shikha Singh
Department of Prasuti Tantra, Faculty of Ayurveda
Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh-221005
India


Shyam Kumar Masakapalli
BioX Centre, School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi-175075
Himachal Pradesh
India


Sippy Singh
Department of Zoology
S.S. Khanna Girls’ Degree College (A Constituent College of University of Allahabad)
Prayagraj, U.P.
India-211003




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