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Indian herbal medicines : antioxidant and antimicrobial properties / Ramesh Kumar Sharma, Maria Micali, Bhupendra Kumar Rana, Alessandra Pellerito, Rajeev K. Singla.

9783030809188 (electronic bk.)
3030809188 (electronic bk.)
303080917X
9783030809171

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.

English

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10.1007/978-3-030-80918-8 doi

RM666.H33

615.3/210954

This book discusses the scope and limitations of the antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of foods as medicines or medicinal coadjuvants in traditional Indian herbal therapies. The first chapter introduces readers to the relevance of the Ayurveda system, its holistic classification approach, applications of selected herbs and the demonstrable efficacy of herbal extracts in terms of antimicrobial susceptibility. In turn, the second chapter discusses the antimicrobial properties and kinetic mechanisms of inhibition ascribed to selected vegetable extracts. The third chapter addresses the antioxidant power of phenolic compounds from vegetable products and herbal extracts. The book closes with a review of natural antioxidant agents' role in the treatment of metabolic disorders. Written from an Indian perspective, this book unravels the chemistry of the traditional Indian diet and its impact on health. Further, it can serve as a reference for other traditional products with similar health claims.

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