Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants, Vol. 47: Metabolic Disorders: Hyperlipidemia
Description
Metabolic Disorder in human beings is considered as a major disease burden in developed as well as developing world. Hyperlipidemia is a metabolic disorder characterized by elevated levels of lipids (fats) including cholesterol and triacylglycerol, circulating the blood and causing serious complications in cardiovascular system. The medicinal plants and its active components provide an exciting opportunity and promise for the new therapeutic approaches to the treatment of Hyperlipidemia and constitute alternative tool to other pharmacological agents. Based on this rational the present volume presents 19 review articles embodying recent data on worldwide studies on medicinal plants broadly directed towards discovery of new drugs of plant origin. The articles included in the volume provides an insight on the phytochemical components of the plants------ Acorus calamus, Allium cepa, Allium sativum, Amaranthus spinosus, Camellia sinensis, Catharanthus sinensis, Citrus medica, Emblica officinalis, Moringa oleifera, Picrorhiza kurroa, Piper lungum, Piper nigrum, Premna mucronata, Pterocarpus marsupium, Terminalia belerica, Terminalia. arjuna, Trigonella foenum graecum , Zingiber officinale-----. that contribute to antihyperlipidemic effects. These plants can promote reduction of lipids levels in the blood and helps in the process of controlling the levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), TC and HDL cholesterol and several as a potential source of bioactive metabolites for the CHDs. Therefore, content of the volume clearly indicates the current progress by reviewing and role of herbal medicines for the hyperlipidemic disorders, Initial chapters in the volume revealed the various pathophysiological process of hyperlipidemia and regulatory mechanism of cholesterol with multiple lipoproteins. In brief, the volume summarized the medicinal values of few selected plants characterized for phytochemistry, pharmacological actions, biological efficacy, toxicological and safety reference and proven potential with molecular mechanism for the management and treatment of hyperlipidemia. The volume is aimed at a wide range of audience of ethnobotanists, phytochemists, pharmacologists, pharmacists, pharmacognosists and other research scientists engaged in the search of new drugs from natural resources for Hyperlipidemia treatment.
Table of Contents
About the Series; Foreword to the Series; Foreword to the Volume; About the Editors; Preface; Pathophysiology of Hyperlipidemia: Current and Future Perspectives; Hyperlipidemia: Pharmacology of Anticholesteremia; Therapeutic Investigation of Acorus calamus in Triton X-100 Induced Hyperlipidemia in Rats Allium cepa L.: A Scientifically Validated Medicinal Plant for the Prevention and Treatment of Hyperlipidemia; Antihyperlipidemic Potential of the Functional Leafy-Vegetable: Amaranthus spinosus L.; Antihyperlipidemic Activity of Citrus medica; Emblica officinalis Gaertn.: A Review of Application with Special Reference to Hyperlipidemia; Moringa oleifera Bioactives and its Relationship with Dyslipidemias by AMPK Regulation; Moringa oleifera: Importance in Hyperlipidemia and its Biological Overview; Picrorhiza kurroa: A Plant of High Pharmacological Importance; Piper longum - An Ayurvedic Remedy as Antihyperlipidemic; Efficacy of Piperine from Piper nigrum in Metabolic Disorders:A Review; Premna mucronata Roxb: A Review on its Isolation, Structural Elucidation and in Relation to Hyperlipidemia; Evaluation of Anti-Obesity Potential of Heartwood of Pterocarpus marsupium Using Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitory Activity and High Fat Diet Model in Rats; In vitro Hmg-Coa Reductase Inhibitory Effect and Kinetic Properties of Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn; Hyperlipidemic Potentials of Terminalia belerica ; Trigonella foenum - graecum as Antihyperlipidemic Agent; Beneficial Effects of Zingiber officinale Ugainst Hyperlipidemia; Efficacy Study and Safety Evaluation of Isolated Active Compounds of Some Indian Medicinal Plants with Respect to Regulation of Cardiovascular Problems; Subject Index