This reference work covers general concepts of anti-viral metabolites, classifications, ethnopharmacology, chemistry, clinical and preclinical studies focusing on different medicinal plants against various types of viral infections. Various plants have been used in medicine since ancient times and are known for their strong therapeutic effects. The book will describe potential antiviral properties of medicinal plants against a diverse group of viruses, and provide an insight to the potential plants possess for broad-spectrum antiviral effects against emerging viral infections.
The book aims to target a broad audience including virologists, molecular biologist, microbiologist and scientists working with natural products as well as researchers, students, healthcare experts involved in pharmaceutical and medical field.
Chapter 1 Introduction of medicinal plants as source of anti-viral
metabolite(s), effects on health and general adverse effects.
Chapter
2:General plants showing anti-viral activity giving emphasis on CDRIs
biological screening programme.
Chapter 3: Classification of medicinal
plants having anti-viral activity as per (i) family and (ii) types of viral
infections.
Chapter 4: Ethnopharmacology, Chemistry, Clinical and
preclinical studies focusing on use of different medicinal plants against
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) Type 1 infections.
Chapter 5: Ethnopharmacology,
Chemistry, Clinical and preclinical studies focusing on use of different
medicinal plants against Herpes simplex virus (HSV) Type 2 infections.-
Chapter 6: Role of various medicinal plants against in HIV infection in human
with possible mechanism of action and functions of secondary metabolites.-
Chapter 7: Ethnopharmacology, chemistry, clinical and preclinical studies
focusing on use of different medicinal plants against Hepatitis B
infections.
Chapter 8: Antiviral effects of different medicinal plants
against Hepatitis C (HCV) infection: Role of phytochemicals.
Chapter
9: Medicinal plants in controlling Pox virus affections:Ethnopharmacology,
chemistry, clinical, preclinical studies and future perspectives.
Chapter
10: Role of medicinal plants in prevention and treatment of Respiratory viral
infections.
Chapter 11: Assessment of effectiveness of herbal drugs in
prevention and treatment against Gastrointestinal viral diseases.
Chapter
12: Antiviral potential of medicinal plants in treatment of diseases caused
by Influenza virus A: Role of secondary metabolites, clinical and preclinical
studies and future perspectives.
Chapter 13: Role of medicinal plants in
treatment of diseases caused by Influenza virus B and Parainfluenza virus
type 3.
Chapter 14: Ethnopharmacology, chemistry, clinical and preclinical
studies focusing on the uses of herbal drugs against Polio Infections.-
Chapter 15: Ethnopharmacology, chemistry, clinical and preclinical studies
focusing on use of medicinal plants against SARS-CoV/Corona virus
infections.
Chapter 16: Medicinal plants in controlling and treatment of
diseases caused by Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia Virus (VHSV).
Chapter
17:Ethnopharmacology, chemistry, Clinical and preclinical studies focusing on
use of different medicinal plants against vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV)
infections.
Chapter 18: Ethnopharmacology, chemistry, clinical and
preclinical studies focusing on use of various medicinal plants against Human
Adenovirus Type 1 infections.
Chapter 19: Medicinal plants used by
traditional medical practitioner in controlling and treatment of Cutaneous
viral diseases: Ethnopharmacology, chemistry, Clinical and preclinical
studies.
Chapter 20: Herbal drugs and medicinal plants in controlling and
treatment for the diseases caused by Dengue virus (DEN-1 & 2):
Ethnopharmacology, chemistry, clinical and preclinical studies.
Chapter
21: Ethnopharmacology, chemistry, Clinical and preclinical studies focusing
on use of natural medicinal plants against Neurological viral diseases.-
Chapter 22: Ethnopharmacology, chemistry, clinical and preclinical studies
focusing on traditional crude drugs against Encephalitis infection.
Chapter
23: Ethnopharmacology, chemistry, Clinical and preclinical studies focusing
on use natural plants in the treatment of Renal syndrome caused by viruses.-
Chapter 24: Natural products in controlling and treatment of cancers and
genital warts caused by different viruses.
Chapter 25: Role of traditional
plants in controlling and treatment of fever, joint pain and pogosta diseases
caused by viruses.
Chapter 26: Natural medicinal plants used in in
controlling and treatment of diseases caused by Coxsackie and Coxsackie virus
B3 with possible mechanism of action and role of phytochemicals.-Chapter
27: Phytochemical, clinical and preclinical studies focusing on use
Indigenous plants against Cytomegalovirus, Cytomegalovirus B1 and
Epstein-Barr virus infection: Prevalence and impact on patients with
haematological diseases.
Chapter 28: Flavonoids: promising natural compounds
against viral infections: Ethnopharmacology, chemistry, mechanism of action,
clinical, preclinical studies and future perspectives.
Chapter
29: Coumarins: emerging antiviral compounds from natural origin:
Ethnopharmacology, chemistry, mechanism of action, clinical, preclinical
studies and future perspectives.
Chapter 30: Antiviral potential of
Curcumins: Ethnopharmacology, chemistry, clinical studies focusing on
mechanism of action and future perspectives.
Dr. Dilipkumar Pal (M. Pharm, Ph.D, F.I.C., Chartered Chemist, Post Doct. in Australia) is now working in the post of Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Ghasidash Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur, C.G., 495 009, India. He received his master and PhD degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and performed post doctoral research as an Endeavour research fellow at the University of Sydney, Australia. His areas of research interest include Phytochemical and pharmacological evaluation of indigenous plants and Natural Biopolymers. He has published 177 full research papers in peer-reviewed national and international scientific journals and contributed 117 abstracts in different national and international conferences, mostly related to his specialisation. He has written 2 books and 65 book chapters and edited 08 books published by reputed international publishers. His research publications have acquired a highly remarkable cited recordin Scopus and Google Scholar (H-Index: 44; i-10-index 103, citation 6312 till date). During Dr. Pal's 21 year research-oriented teaching profession he has received 13 prestigious national and international professional awards. He has guided 8 Ph. D and 40 master students for their dissertation thesis. He is the reviewer and Editorial Board member of 27 and 29 scientific journals, respectively. Dr Pal has been working as the Editor-in-Chief of one research journal also. He is the member and life member of many professional organizations. Recently, Dr Pal has been included in Worlds top 2 % Indian Scientist (Pharmacy and Pharmacology) (as released by Stanford University, USA).
