Medicinal Spices and Vegetables from Africa: Therapeutic Potential against Metabolic, Inflammatory, Infectious and Systemic Diseases provides a detailed look at medicinal spices and vegetables that have proven safe-and-effective for consumption and the treatment of diseases, including infectious diseases, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. It provides pharmacological evidence, such as the latest information related to efficacy and safety data, in vitro and in vivo studies, clinical trials, and more, to illustrate the use of these spices and vegetables as both palliative and alternative treatments with the goal of furthering research in this area to produce safer and more effective drugs.
ISBN: | 9780128092866 |
Publication date: | 13th February 2017 |
Author: | Victor, PhD (Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, Cameroon) Kuete |
Publisher: | Academic Press Inc an imprint of Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 694 pages |
Genres: |
Pharmacology Complementary medicine Botany and plant sciences Social and cultural anthropology |