Medicinal Plants of Sabah, North Borneo
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| Publisher | CRC Press |
| ISBN 13 | 9781032514314 |
| ISBN 10 | 1032514310 |
| Author | Christophe Wiart |
| Book Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | Researchers in the field of natural product chemistry and pharmacology focus on discovering new drugs from medicinal plants. The medicinal plants of Sabah (North Borneo), many of which are found in all of Asia and the Pacific, represent a vast array of resources that could be used for the discovery of drugs and the development of cosmetics as well as functional food. No other book focuses on the medicinal plants from this part of the globe in such depth. The author is well known in natural products and this text will appeal to a global audience in presenting the botanical description, chemical constituents, pharmacology, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and functional food potentials of these plants.Features:Describes in a phylogenetic order the habitats, distributions, botanical descriptions, local names, uses, chemical constituents, pharmacological activities, and toxic effects of more than 250 species of medicinal plants of SabahProvides a selection of botanical plates of medicinal plants endemic to Sabah, hand-drawn by the authorProvides comment sections to invite further research on the topic of the development of drugs, dietary products, and cosmetics from Sabah medicinal plants |
| About the Author | Christophe Wiart was born on 12th of August, 1967 in Saint Malo, France. After his A-levels, he completed his Pharm.D. at the Facultée des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Rennes 2 (France) and earned his Ph.D. in natural products chemistry at the Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. He has taught pharmacognosy at the University of Malaya, and elsewhere. Dr. Wiart is the author of Medicinal Plants of the Asia-Pacific: Drugs from the Future? (2006), Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific (2006), Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants: Asia and the Pacific (2006), Medicinal Plants from the East (2010), Medicinal Plants from China, Korea and Japan: Bioresource for Tomorrow’s Drug and Cosmetic Discovery (2012), Lead Compounds from Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Cancer (2012), Lead Compounds from Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases (2013), Medicinal Plants in Asia for Metabolic Syndrome (2018), Medicinal Plants from West Bengal and Bangladesh (2019), Medicinal Plants in Asia and Pacific for Parasitic Infections: Botany, Ethnopharmacology, Molecular Basis, and Future Prospect (2020), Medicinal Plants in Asia and the Pacific for Zoonotic Pandemics (2021), and Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the World for Aging (2023).He has published numerous articles. Other current research interests include the ethnopharmacological study of the medicinal plants of Southeast Asia for the development of herbal remedies and lead therapeutic compounds. |
| Publication Date | 28 June 2024 |
| Number of Pages | 398 pages |
Medicinal Plants of Sabah, North Borneo
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