Bioactive Compounds of Medicinal Plants: Properties and Potential for Human Health (Innovations in Agricultural & Biological Engineering)

This volume sheds new light on the immense potential of medicinal plants for human health from different technological aspects. It presents new research on bioactive compounds in medicinal plants that provide health benefits, including those that have proven especially effective in treating and managing diabetes mellitus and hypertension. It looks at the medicinal properties, antioxidant capacity, and antimicrobial activity of plants and provides scientific evidence on the use of medicinal plants in the treatment of certain diseases. Many of the plants described in the chapters are easily accessible and are believed to be effective with fewer side effects in comparison to modern drugs in the treatment of different diseases. Content: Phytochemistry and antifungal activity of desmodium adscendens root extracts / Nwanekwu Kenneth Emeka, Adeniyi Bola, and Mahady Gail -- Bioactive compounds in plants and their antioxidant capacity / Oluyemisi E. Adelakun, Islamiyat Folashade Bolarinwa, and Johnson Akinwumi Adejuyitan -- Plants of the genus Syzygium (Myrtaceae) : a review on ethnobotany, medicinal properties, and phytochemistry / Ian Edwin Cock and Matthew Cheesman -- Effects of Talinum triangulare on hepatic antioxidant gene expression profile in carbon tetrachloride-induced rat liver injury / Gbenga Anthony Adefolaju, Benedict Abiola Falana, Adeoye Oluwole Oyewopo, and Anthony Mwakikunga -- Review on potential of seeds and value-added products of Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) : antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-oxidative stress / Yvonne Yeukai Murevanhema, Victoria Adaora Jideani, and Oluwafemi Omoniyi Oguntibeju -- Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl / Wilfred Mbeng Otang and Anthony Jide Afolayan -- Dietary Intervention of Utazi (Gongrenema latifolium) supplemented diet using wistar male rat animal brain model / Esther Emem Nwanna, Ganiyu Oboh, and Olukemi Abimbola Okediran -- Therapeutic potentials of selected medicinal plants in the management of diabetes mellitus : a review / Folorunso Adewale Olabiyi, Yapo Guillaume Aboua, and Oluwafemi Omoniyi Oguntibeju -- Medicinal activities of Anchomanes difformis and its potential in the treatment of diabetes mellitus and other disease conditions : a review / Toyin D. Udje, Nicole L. Brooks, and Oluwafemi O. Oguntibeju -- Screening of different extracts of Ageratum conyzoides for inhibition of diabetes-related enzymes / Mutiu I. Kazeem, Oluwatosin O. Ogunkelu, Ademola O. Ayeleso, and Emmanuel Mukwevho -- Potential of Catharanthus roseus and Punica granatum in the management and treatment of diabetes mellitus and its complications / Mediline Goboza, Prisca Kachepe, Yapo Guillaume Aboua, and Oluwafemi Omoniyi Oguntibeju -- Ginger and turmeric supplemented diet as a novel dietary approach for management of hypertension : a review / Ayodele Jacob Akinyemi, Ganiyu Oboh, and Maria Rosa Chitolina Schetinger. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 About Senior Editor-in-Chief 10 About Co-Editor 12 List of Contributors 14 List of Abbreviations 18 Preface 1 22 Preface 2 26 Warning/Disclaimer 28 Innovations in Plant Science for Better Health 30 About the Book Series Editor-in-Chief 32 Books in the Series 34 Book Endorsements 36 Other Books on Agricultural & Biological Engineering from AAP 38 PART I: BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN MEDICINAL PLANTS AND HEALTH BENEFITS 42 1: Phytochemistry and Antifungal Activity of Desmodium adscendens Root Extracts 44 2: Bioactive Compounds in Plants and Their Antioxidant Capacity 54 3: Plants of the Genus Syzygium (Myrtaceae): A Review on Ethnobotany, Medicinal Properties, and Phytochemistry 76 PART II: MEDICINAL PLANTS/PLANT PRODUCTS AND HEALTH PROMOTION 126 4: Effects of Talinum triangulare on Hepatic Antioxidant Gene Expression Profile in Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Rat Liver Injury 128 5: Review on Potential of Seeds and Value-Added Products of Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea): Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Anti-Oxidative Stress 142 6: Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Opuntia Aurantiaca Lindl 190 7: Dietary Intervention of Utazi (Gongrenema Latifolium) Supplemented Diet Using Wistar Male Rat Animal Brain Model 204 PART III: MEDICINAL PLANTS AND MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS 226 8: Therapeutic Potentials of Selected Medicinal Plants in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: A Review 228 9: Medicinal Activities of Anchomanes Difformis and Its Potential in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus and Other Disease Conditions: A Review 260 10: Screening of Different Extracts of Ageratum Conyzoides for Inhibition of Diabetes-Related Enzymes 278 11: Potential of Catharanthus Roseus and Punica Granatum in the Management and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Complications 292 PART IV: MEDICINAL PLANTS AND MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTENSION 340 12: Ginger and Turmeric Supplemented Diet as a Novel Dietary Approach for Management of Hypertension: A Review 342 Glossary of Technical Terms 358 Index 368 Bioactive Compounds of Medicinal Plants: Properties and Potential for Human Health sheds light on the immense potential of medicinal plants from human health from different technological aspects, focusing on the continent of Africa.