Phytochemicals in Medicinal Plants : Biodiversity, Bioactivity and Drug Discovery

Benefitting from phytochemicals in medicinal plants has lately gained increasingly more global relevance. The medicinal bioactivity might range from wound healing activity to anti-inflammatory and anti-viral effects. This work describes the challenging scientific process of systematic identification and taxonomy through molecular profiling and nanoparticle production from plant extracts until a final use for e.g. cancer or HIV treatment. From the table of contents PART A: Biodiversity & Traditional Knowledge. \_\_Habitats and Distribution. \_\_Threats and Conservation. \_\_Culture, tradition and indigenous practices. PART B: Phytochemical constituents – Molecules and Characterization Techniques. \_\_Alkaloids & Flavonoids. \_\_Tannin, Saponnin and Taxol. \_\_Terpenoids, Steroids and Phenolic Compounds. \_\_Essential oil and their constituents. \_\_Characterization Techniques used for the analysis of phytochemical constituents. PART C: Medicinal Bioactivity. \_\_Anti-cancerous and Anti HIV activity. \_\_Anti-microbial, Anti-inflammatory and wound healing activity. \_\_Anti-oxidant activity. \_\_Anti-diabetic activity. \_\_Anti-Corona virus and anti-viral activity. PART D: Nanotechnology. \_\_Nano-materials synthesis from medicinal plant extract. \_\_Characterization and activity of medicinal plant based nanoparticles. PART E: Pharmacology/Drug discovery. \_\_Plant phytochemicals in drug discovery. \_\_Extraction and production of drugs. \_\_System pharmacology and drug discovery. - Broad overview on medicinal plants research. - Covering the steps from taxonomy to molecules profiling and nanoparticle productions. - Valuable for scientists and students.