Pharmacological Assays of Plant-Based Natural Products

Thangaraj, Parimelazhagan

Pharmacological Assays of Plant-Based Natural Products by Parimelazhagan Thangaraj - 1st ed. - Cham Springer International Publishing 2016 - 1 recurso en línea (XV, 188 p.) - Progress in Drug Research 71 0071-786X . - Progress in Drug Research 71 .

This volume provides information on how to select and screen plants for their medicinal properties. It describes phytopharmacological techniques for extracting and qualitatively and quantitatively analyzing a plant�s phytochemicals. After a detailed in vitro investigation including nutritional and anti-nutritional analyses, medicinal properties were tested with various in vivo models for anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-pyretic, anticancer and anti-diabetic properties, as well as wound healing, neurodegenerative diseases, etc. Compound identification and purification techniques include, among others, TLC and column chromatography, as well as molecular docking with specific proteins.

9783319268118


Plantas medicinales

RS164 / .T436 2016 EB