Bioactive Compounds of Medicinal Plants Properties and Potential for Human Health

This volume sheds new light on the immense potential of medicinal plants for human health from different technological aspects. It presents new research on bioactive compounds in medicinal plants that provide health benefits, including those that have proven especially effective in treating and managing diabetes mellitus and hypertension. It looks at the medicinal properties, antioxidant capacity, and antimicrobial activity of plants and provides scientific evidence on the use of medicinal plants in the treatment of certain diseases. Many of the plants described in the chapters are easily accessible and are believed to be effective with fewer side effects in comparison to modern drugs in the treatment of different diseases.

Phytochemistry and Antifungal Activity of Desmodium adscendens Root Extracts Nwanekwu Kenneth Emeka, Adeniyi Bola, and Mahady Gail Bioactive Compounds in Plants and Their Antioxidant Capacity Oluyemisi E. Adelakun, Islamiyat Folashade Bolarinwa, and Johnson Akinwumi Adejuyitan Plants of the Genus Syzygium (Myrtaceae): A Review on Ethnobotany, Medicinal Properties, and Phytochemistry Ian Edwin Cock and Matthew Cheesman Effects of Talinum triangulare on Hepatic Antioxidant Gene Expression Profile in Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Rat Liver Injury Gbenga Anthony Adefolaju, Benedict Abiola Falana, Adeoye Oluwole Oyewopo, and Anthony Mwakikunga Review on Potential of Seeds and Value Added Products of Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea): Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Oxidative Stress Yvonne Yeukai Murevanhema, Victoria Adaora Jideani, and Oluwafemi Omoniyi Oguntibeju Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl Wilfred Mbeng Otang and Anthony Jide Afolayan Dietary Intervention of Utazi (Gongrenema latifolium) Supplemented Diet Using Wistar Male Rat Animal Brain Model Esther Emem Nwanna, Ganiyu Oboh, and Olukemi Abimbola Okediran Therapeutic Potentials of Selected Medicinal Plants in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: A Review Folorunso Adewale Olabiyi, Yapo Guillaume Aboua, and Oluwafemi Omoniyi Oguntibeju Medicinal Activities of Anchomanes difformis and its Potential in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus and Other Disease Conditions: A Review Toyin D. Udje, Nicole L. Brooks, and Oluwafemi O. Oguntibeju Screening of Different Extracts of Ageratum conyzoides for Inhibition of Diabetes-Related Enzymes Mutiu I. Kazeem, Oluwatosin O. Ogunkelu, Ademola O. Ayeleso, and Emmanuel Mukwevho Potential of Catharanthus roseus and Punica granatum in the Management and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Complications Mediline Goboza, Prisca Kachepe, Yapo Guillaume Aboua, and Oluwafemi Omoniyi Oguntibeju Ginger and Turmeric Supplemented Diet as a Novel Dietary Approach for Management of Hypertension: A Review Ayodele Jacob Akinyemi, Ganiyu Oboh, and Maria Rosa Chitolina Schetinger

Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez Campus. He has worked as a Soil Conservation Inspector and as a Research Assistant at Haryana Agricultural University and Ohio State University. In 2005, he was proclaimed as the "Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the Twentieth Century" by the ASABE, Puerto Rico Section, for his pioneering work on micro irrigation, evapotranspiration, agroclimatology, and soil and water engineering. During his professional career of 45 years, he has received many prestigious awards. A prolific author and editor, he has written more than 200 journal articles and textbooks and has edited over 50 books. Ademola O. Ayeleso, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry at Adeleke University, Ede, Nigeria. Dr. Ayeleso is working on the use of medicinal plants, plant products, and synthesized compounds in the management of diabetes mellitus, which has become a major threat to the lives of people in both urban and rural areas throughout the world. He has presented research papers at several international conferences and has written over 20 publications.