Traditional Medicines for Modern Times: Antidiabetic Plants
Habitual Medicines for Modern Times: Antidiabetic Plants Books
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The increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus world-wide is an come forth of major socio-economic concern. Scientific interest in plant-derived medicine is steadily rising, yet there is often a wide disparity in the caliber of in rank available. A detailed compilation of scientific in rank from across the globe, Habitual Medicines for Modern Times: Antidiabetic Plants highlights the potential role of nutritional and medicinal plant materials in the prevention, treatment, and control of diabetes and its complications. The book not only describes plants traditionally used to handle diabetes, but evaluates the scientific studies on these plants and describes in vitro, in vivo, and clinical methods for their investigation. It examines the theory that changes in nutritional patterns from habitual plant foodstuffs containing beneficial components, to richer, more processed “junk” food is responsible for the increased prevalence of diabetes worldwide.
The book starts with an introduction to the disease diabetes mellitus written by a consultant physician and an up-to-date, detailed summary table and discussion of scientifically screened antidiabetic plants compiled by authors from the Jodrell Laboratories, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. The next chapters provide an outline of clinical, in vivo, and in vitro methods for assessing antidiabetic activity of plant materials, followed by descriptions of habitual plant remedies used in Asia, the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Australia written by an international group of authors active in antidiabetic plant research. The final chapters emphasize the role of particular phytochemical groups in the treatment or prevention of diabetes. By documenting both habitual and scientifically derived knowledge, Habitual Medicines for Modern Times: Antidiabetic Plants brings us closer to the translation of habitual knowledge into new methods for treatment of this vital disease.
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