Ebook: Medicinal spices and vegetables from Africa: therapeutic potential against metabolic, inflammatory, infectious and systemic diseases

Medicinal Spices and Vegetables from Africa: Therapeutic Potential against Metabolic, Inflammatory, Infectious and Systemic Diseases provides a detailed look at medicinal spices and vegetables that have proven safe-and-effective for consumption and the treatment of diseases, including infectious diseases, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.It provides pharmacological evidence, such as the latest information related to efficacy and safety data, in vitro and in vivo studies, clinical trials, and more, to illustrate the use of these spices and vegetables as both palliative and alternative treatments with the goal of furthering research in this area to produce safer and more effective drugs.Provides scientific evidence for the potential of medicinal spices and vegetables used in Africa to fight metabolic, inflammatory, and infectious diseasesIncludes a review of the latest methods used to investigate the effects of medicinal plants in the treatment of diseaseOffers an updated resource for students sand scientists in the fields of pharmaceutical science, pharmacognosy, complementary and alternative medicine, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, biochemistry, and more.;Part I. Diverse degenerative diseases in Africa -- 1. Diseases in Africa : an overview -- 2. Management of inflammatory and nociceptive disorders in Africa -- 3. Burden and health policy of cancers in Africa -- 5. Management of infectious diseases in Africa -- 6. Overview of governmental support across Africa toward the development and growth of herbal medicine -- 7. Preparation, standardization, and quality control of medicinal plants in Africa -- Part II. Therapeutic potential of African medicinal spices and vegetables -- 8. Antimicrobial activities of African medicinal spices and vegetables -- 9. Anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive activities of African medicinal spices and vegetables -- 10. Anticancer activities of African medicinal spices and vegetables -- 11. Antiemetic African medicinal spices and vegetables -- 12. African Medicinal Spices and Vegetables and Their Potential in the Management of Metabolic Syndrome -- 13. Other health benefits of African medicinal spices and vegetables -- Part III. Popular African medicinal spices and vegetables, and their health effects -- 14. Allium cepa -- 15. Allium sativum -- 16. Canarium schweinfurthii -- 17. Cinnamon species -- 18. Cymbopogon citratus -- 19. Curcuma longa -- 20. Lactuca sativa -- 21. Mangifera indica L. (Anacardiaceae) -- 22. Moringa oleifera -- 23. Myristica fragrans : a review -- 24. Passiflora edulis -- 25. Petroselinum crispum. a Review -- 26. Sesamum indicum -- 27. African Medicinal Spices of Genus Piper -- 28. Thymus vulgaris -- 29. Syzygium aromaticum -- Index.