Mangroves with Therapeutic Potential for Human Health: Global Distribution, Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry, and Biopharmaceutical Applications explores, for the first time in a book, the exciting potential of mangroves for therapeutic applications in medicine and pharmacology. This authoritative, illustrated and clearly written book pairs the fascinating biodiversity of mangroves with their promising pharmacological propensities. Providing a comprehensive and authoritative overview, the book explores the important aspects related to mangroves, including global distribution, medicinal values and pharmaceutical applications in one source.
This book is a valuable resource for researchers, academics in the field of herbal medicine, pharmacology, pharmacognosy, medicinal chemistry, biochemistry, natural product chemistry, ethnopharmacology, biotechnology, marine biology, microbiology, as well as professionals in the pharmaceutical industries.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to mangrove plants: protectors of the marine environment and an asset for human health - p. 3 2. Chapter 2. Mangroves and people - p. 23 3. Section II: Mangroves in medicines - p. 57 4. Chapter 3. Biopharmaceutical applications of mangrove plants: opening a new door to disease management and prevention - p. 63 5. Chapter 4. Mangroves and their associated fungal endophytes: a prolific source of novel phytochemicals - p. 97 6. Section III: Monographs of medicinally important mangrove plants - p. 149 7. Acanthus ilicifolius L. - p. 159 8. Aegialitis rotundifolia Roxb. - p. 173 9. Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco - p. 177 10. Avicennia germinans (L.) L - p. 183 11. Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. - p. 187 12. Avicennia officinalis L. - p. 201 13. Bruguiera cylindrica (L.) Blume - p. 209 14. Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Lam - p. 213 15. Bruguiera parviflora (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. ex Griff. - p. 223 16. Ceriops decandra (Griff.) W. Theob. - p. 227 17. Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C. B. Rob. - p. 233 18. Excoecaria agallocha L. - p. 239 19. Heritiera fomes Buch.-Ham. - p. 245 20. Heritiera littoralis Aiton - p. 249 21. Kandelia candel (L.) Druce - p. 253 22. Lumnitzera racemosa Willd. - p. 261 23. Nypa fruticans Wurmb - p. 265 24. Pelliciera rhizophorae Planch. & Triana - p. 269 25. Rhizophora apiculata Blume - p. 273 26. Rhizophora mucronataLam. - p. 279 27. Rhizophora mangle L. - p. 289 28. Rhizophora racemosa G. Mey. - p. 293 29. Sonneratia apetala Buch.-Ham. - p. 297 30. Xylocarpus granatum J. Koenig - p. 303 31. Index - p. 307
Mangroves with Therapeutic Potential for Human Health: Global Distribution, Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry, and Biopharmaceutical Applications explores, for the first time in a book, the exciting potential of mangroves for therapeutic applications in medicine and pharmacology. This authoritative, illustrated and clearly written book pairs the fascinating biodiversity of mangroves with their promising pharmacological propensities. Providing a comprehensive and authoritative overview, the book explores the important aspects related to mangroves, including global distribution, medicinal values and pharmaceutical applications in one source.
This book is a valuable resource for researchers, academics in the field of herbal medicine, pharmacology, pharmacognosy, medicinal chemistry, biochemistry, natural product chemistry, ethnopharmacology, biotechnology, marine biology, microbiology, as well as professionals in the pharmaceutical industries.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to mangrove plants: protectors of the marine environment and an asset for human health - p. 3 2. Chapter 2. Mangroves and people - p. 23 3. Section II: Mangroves in medicines - p. 57 4. Chapter 3. Biopharmaceutical applications of mangrove plants: opening a new door to disease management and prevention - p. 63 5. Chapter 4. Mangroves and their associated fungal endophytes: a prolific source of novel phytochemicals - p. 97 6. Section III: Monographs of medicinally important mangrove plants - p. 149 7. Acanthus ilicifolius L. - p. 159 8. Aegialitis rotundifolia Roxb. - p. 173 9. Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco - p. 177 10. Avicennia germinans (L.) L - p. 183 11. Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. - p. 187 12. Avicennia officinalis L. - p. 201 13. Bruguiera cylindrica (L.) Blume - p. 209 14. Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Lam - p. 213 15. Bruguiera parviflora (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. ex Griff. - p. 223 16. Ceriops decandra (Griff.) W. Theob. - p. 227 17. Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C. B. Rob. - p. 233 18. Excoecaria agallocha L. - p. 239 19. Heritiera fomes Buch.-Ham. - p. 245 20. Heritiera littoralis Aiton - p. 249 21. Kandelia candel (L.) Druce - p. 253 22. Lumnitzera racemosa Willd. - p. 261 23. Nypa fruticans Wurmb - p. 265 24. Pelliciera rhizophorae Planch. & Triana - p. 269 25. Rhizophora apiculata Blume - p. 273 26. Rhizophora mucronataLam. - p. 279 27. Rhizophora mangle L. - p. 289 28. Rhizophora racemosa G. Mey. - p. 293 29. Sonneratia apetala Buch.-Ham. - p. 297 30. Xylocarpus granatum J. Koenig - p. 303 31. Index - p. 307
