Overview
- Reveals the impact of medicinal plants on the treatment of obesity and diabetes
- Reviews the molecular actions of bioactive phytochemicals
- Reports on the latest clinical trials of herbal formulations and phytochemicals
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
Focusing on the pharmacokinetics of anti-obesity and anti-diabetic phytochemicals, their bioavailability in the respective target tissues and their elimination times, the book also describes the nanoformulations of phytochemicals and herbal extracts. Lastly, it presents an overview of the advances in clinical studies on the use of herbal and mushroom extracts in obesity and diabetes management.
Given its scope, this book is useful not only for researches in the field but also for students studying nutrition, food sciences, plant sciences or pharmacology, as well as for health professionals and practitioners.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Professor Biswanath Dinda completed undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the University of Calcutta, India. He received his PhD in 1974 for his research in the field of natural product chemistry, conducted in Prof. P. L. Majumder’s research group at the Chemistry Department of Calcutta University. Prof. Dinda completed his postdoc research from 1976 to 1978, working in Prof. Jack L. Beal’s research group at Ohio State University’s College of Pharmacy. After his return from the USA, he first worked as a lecturer in Chemistry in an undergraduate college, and then joined the Calcutta University Post Graduate Centre in Agartala, Tripura, India as a senior lecturer in 1981. He was a full Professor at Tripura University from 1993 until he retired as senior-most professor in 2012. Prof. Dinda’s research has focused on the discovery of various herbal drugs from locally available plants. During his 30 years as a lecturer and university professor, he has taught various (organic) chemistry courses, especially in the chemistry of pericyclic and photochemical reactions and the spectroscopy and chemistry of natural products.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Natural Products in Obesity and Diabetes
Book Subtitle: Therapeutic Potential and Role in Prevention and Treatment
Editors: Biswanath Dinda
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92196-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-92195-8Published: 09 March 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-92198-9Published: 10 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-92196-5Published: 08 March 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 551
Number of Illustrations: 45 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nutrition, Biochemistry, general, Food Science, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Chemistry/Food Science, general, Medicinal Chemistry