Medicinal Spices and Vegetables from Africa Therapeutic Potential against Metabolic, Inflammatory, Infectious and Systemic Diseases

About this book

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.

Contents

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
4. Metabolic Syndromes and Public Health Policies in Africa
5. Management of Infectious Diseases in Africa
6. Overview of Governmental Support Across Africa Towards 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. Anti-cancer Activities of African Medicinal Spices and Vegetables
11. Anti-emetic Activities of African Medicinal Spices and Vegetables
12. African Medicinal Spices and Vegetables Used in the Management of Metabolic Syndromes
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
22. Moringa oleifera
23. Myristica Species in Africa
24. Passiflora edulis
25. Petroselinum crispum: A Review
26. Sesamum indicum
27. African Medicinal Spices of Genus Piper
28. Thymus vulgaris
29. Syzygium aromaticum
30. Zinziber officinalis

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Biography

Dr. Victor Kuete is a scholar-scientist at the University of Dschang, Cameroon. Dr. Kuete has been a fellow of TWAS (2007), AUF (2008), DAAD (2009), University of Mainz-Germany (2010), Alexander von Humboldt (2012-2014), etc., and International Foundation for Science Grantee (2008-2009; 2012-2013). His Research Programme is focused on Pharmacognosy and Dr. Kuete mainly investigates African medicinal plants and isolated compounds as potential antimicrobial, antiviral, anti-proliferative agents. Dr. Kuete is the author of more than 120 scientific publications related to the bioactivity of medicinal plants and their derived products, and has also authored several books and more than forty book chapters.