1st Edition

Medicinal Plants in Asia for Metabolic Syndrome Natural Products and Molecular Basis

By Christophe Wiart Copyright 2018
    524 Pages 187 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    520 Pages 187 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Medicinal Plants in Asia for Metabolic Syndrome: Natural Products and Molecular Basis offers an in-depth view into the metabolic syndrome pharmacology of natural products with an emphasis on their molecular basis, cellular pathways, metabolic organs, and endocrine regulations. This sensational volume provides the scientific names, botanical classifications, botanical descriptions, medicinal uses, chemical constituents, and pharmacological activities of more than 100 Asian plants, with high quality original botanical plates, chemical structures, and pharmacological diagrams. It also lists hundreds of carefully selected bibliographical references, constituents on insulin resistance, obesity, atherosclerosis, atherogenic dyslipidemia, and endothelial dysfunction.

    Foreword

    Introduction

    Acanthopanax senticosus

    Adhatoda vasica

    Aegle marmelos

    Alstonia macrophylla

    Artemisia herba-alba

    Artemisia capillaris

    Astilbe rubra

    Barringtonia racemosa

    Biophytum sensitivum

    Broussonetia kazinoki

    Calamintha officinalis

    Camellia japonica

    Camellia sinensis

    Carissa carandas

    Carthamus tinctorius

    Castanea crenata

    Castanospermum austral

    Cedrela odorata

    Centella asiatica

    Celosia argentea

    Chlorophytum borivilianum

    Chromolaena odorata

    Cichorium intybus

    Clerodendrum bungei

    Cnidium officinale

    Commelina communis

    Coptis chinensis

    Cotylelobium melanoxylon

    Cichorium intybus

    Dioscorea bulbifera

    Dolichandrone falcata

    Dendrobium loddigesii

    Ducrosia anethifolia

    Duranta repens

    Echium vulgare

    Elephantopus mollis

    Embelia ribes

    Euphorbia thymifolia

    Ficus deltoidea

    Garcinia cambogia

    Garcinia mangostana

    Gardenia jasminoides

    Gymnema sylvestre

    Hibiscus sabdariffa

    Holarrhena antidysenterica

    Hyssopus officinalis

    Ipomoea batatas

    Kochia scoparia

    Lagenaria siceraria

    Lagertroemia speciosa

    Lawsonia inermis

    Lonicera coerulea

    Lepidium sativum

    Ligusticum chuanxiong

    Lithospermum erythrorhizon

    Mangifera indica

    Melissa officinalis

    Morus alba

    Mucunia pruriens

    Murraya koenigii

    Nelumbo nucifera

    Neolamarckia cadamba

    Nigella sativa

    Ocimum basilicum

    Olea europea

    Origanum vulgare

    Orthosiphon aristatus

    Panax japonica

    Peucedanum japonicum

    Phyllanthus reticulatus

    Picris hieracioides

    Piper longum

    Pistacia chinensis

    Platycodon grandiflorum

    Polygala aureocauda

    Polygonatum odoratum

    Polygonum cuspidatum

    Premna tomentosa

    Pterocarpus marsupium

    Punica granatum

    Raphanus raphanistrum

    Rheum ribes

    Rosmarinus officinalis

    Rubia yunnanensis

    Salacia oblonga

    Salacia reticulata

    Salvia miltiorrhiza

    Salvia officinalis

    Saururus chinensis

    Sesamum indicum

    Scutellaria baicalensis

    Sorbus commixta

    Shorea roxburghii

    Sinocrassula indica

    Siraitia grosvenorii

    Silybum marianum

    Smallanthus sonchifolius

    Stereospermum colais

    Swertia chirata

    Swertia kouitchensis

    Spilanthes acmella

    Tamarindus indica

    Taraxacum officinale

    Tectona grandis

    Terminalia bellirica

    Terminalia superba

    Tinosporora cordifolia

    Trapa japonica

    Tussilago farfara

    Viscum album

    Trigonella foenum-graecum

    Uncaria laevigata

    Vaccinium myrtillus

    Viburnum dilatatum

    Zanthoxylum piperitum

    Zingiber officinale

    Index

    Biography

    Christophe Wiart (born August 12, 1967) is a French scientist. His fields of expertise are Asian ethnopharmacology, chemotaxonomy and ethnobotany. He has collected, identified and classified several hundred species of medicinal plants from India, Southeast Asia and China.

    Ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants in Asia Pacific; bioprospection, collection and identification of medicinal botanical samples and phytochemical and pharmacological study for the identification of lead compounds as novel antibacterial, anticancer, and antioxidant principles from rare plants from the rainforest of Southeast Asia.

    Dr. Christophe Wiart appeared on HBO's Vice (TV Series) in season 3, episode 6 (episode 28 of the series), titled "The Post-Antibiotic World & Indonesia's Palm Bomb." This episode aired on April 17, 2015. It highlighted the need to find new treatments for infections that were previously treatable with antibiotics, but are now resistant to multiple drugs. "The last hope for the human race’s survival, I believe, is in the rainforests of tropical Asia", said ethnopharmacologist Dr. Christophe Wiart. "The pharmaceutical wealth of this land is immense".