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Pharmacology of Bombax ceiba Linn. [electronic resource] / by Vartika Jain, Surendra K. Verma.

By: Jain, Vartika [author.].
Contributor(s): Verma, Surendra K [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: SpringerBriefs in Pharmacology and Toxicology: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012Description: XII, 94p. 19 illus., 13 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642279041.Subject(s): Medicine | Toxicology | Pharmacy | Alternative medicine | Plant Ecology | Conservation biology | Botany | Biomedicine | Pharmacology/Toxicology | Complementary & Alternative Medicine | Plant Sciences | Plant Ecology | Pharmacy | Conservation Biology/EcologyDDC classification: 615 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- Ethno-biology -- Phytochemical studies -- Pharmacological investigations and toxicity studies -- Commercial importance -- Ecological importance and need of conservation -- Future research --  Index.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This work is the first monograph devoted solely to Bombax ceiba, popularly known as the Red Silk Cotton Tree. Consisting of seven chapters, it covers all relevant aspects of this plant, from its historical and spiritual importance, to its botanical characterization, pharmacognostical details and ethnobiological uses, to its scientific validation in various animal and human studies. Each part of the tree is of medicinal value and possesses many novel chemical constituents such as shamimicin, bombasin, bombamalone, bombamaloside etc. along with other bioactive secondary metabolites. The book presents the chemical structures of the most important constituents and highlights various pharmacological activities, predominantly antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-mutagenic, hypoglycemic, hypotensive, hepatoprotective and fibrinolytic, which may prove to be a source for the development of a novel phyto-pharmaceutical agent to treat diabetes, heart disease and cancer. In addition, separate chapters deal with the commercial and ecological significance of B. ceiba, as well as a case study on its conservation. Numerous color illustrations are included to identify the plant and to justify its nickname, the “Little Bird’s Cafeteria”.
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Introduction -- Ethno-biology -- Phytochemical studies -- Pharmacological investigations and toxicity studies -- Commercial importance -- Ecological importance and need of conservation -- Future research --  Index.

This work is the first monograph devoted solely to Bombax ceiba, popularly known as the Red Silk Cotton Tree. Consisting of seven chapters, it covers all relevant aspects of this plant, from its historical and spiritual importance, to its botanical characterization, pharmacognostical details and ethnobiological uses, to its scientific validation in various animal and human studies. Each part of the tree is of medicinal value and possesses many novel chemical constituents such as shamimicin, bombasin, bombamalone, bombamaloside etc. along with other bioactive secondary metabolites. The book presents the chemical structures of the most important constituents and highlights various pharmacological activities, predominantly antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-mutagenic, hypoglycemic, hypotensive, hepatoprotective and fibrinolytic, which may prove to be a source for the development of a novel phyto-pharmaceutical agent to treat diabetes, heart disease and cancer. In addition, separate chapters deal with the commercial and ecological significance of B. ceiba, as well as a case study on its conservation. Numerous color illustrations are included to identify the plant and to justify its nickname, the “Little Bird’s Cafeteria”.

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