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Role of Medicinal Plants in Autoimmune Diseases

Concepts, Perspectives, and Utilization

  • 1 Edición - 25 de octubre de 2024
  • Última edición
  • Editores: Reetika Mahajan, Faheem Shehjar, Sajad Majeed Zargar, Khalid Z. Masoodi, Zahoor A Shah
  • Idioma: Inglés

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Role of Medicinal Plants in Autoimmune Diseases: Concepts, Perspectives, and Utilization provides comprehensive knowledge of autoimmune diseases and the role of various medicinal plant products in their treatment. The book discusses the immune system as a group of complex biological structures and processes in an organism which gives protection against a wide range of pathogenic organisms while simultaneously distinguishing these pathogens from the organism’s own healthy cells and tissues, thus maintaining homeostasis in the body.

It has been an age-old practice to use extracts and other parts of various plants in treating many diseases. Several plants contain various pharmacologically active substances which can be used to treat different diseases. Among these medicinal plants, many have shown good immunomodulatory properties and could act as natural immunosuppressant agents in treating autoimmune disorders.

Puntos claves

  • Elucidates in-depth knowledge on the basics of Immunology, as well as the various autoimmune disorders and the medicinal plant extracts which could be an alternative and safe approach for their treatment and management
  • Provides updated content on the role of different medicinal plants in curing autoimmune diseases
  • Includes a section at the end of each autoimmune disease, giving a comparison between the treatment with conventional drugs and the medicinal plant products
  • Explains the benefits and risks of both treatment regimens in comprehensive, yet easily understandable way

De interès para

Academicians, Researchers, Post graduate students in immunology, medicine, pharmacology

Índice

1. Introduction

2. The Immune System

3. Innate Immunity

4. Acquired Immunity

5. Immunomodulation

6. Different Immune Cells and their role

7. Autoimmune Disorders

8. Organ specific autoimmune disorders

9. Systemic autoimmune disorders

10. Medicinal Plants

11. Medicinal Plants with Immunomodulatory properties

12. Different types of Phytocompounds with Immunomodulatory Activities

13. Future Perspectives

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 1
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 29 de octubre de 2024
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los editores

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Reetika Mahajan

Dr. Reetika Mahajan is currently working as a woman scientist at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-Kashmir), J&K, India. She has 4 years of Research and more than one year of teaching experience in different subjects of Biotechnology. Her research interests include plant genomics and proteomics, molecular breeding, biochemistry, and transgenics. Earlier, she was deeply involved in teaching undergraduate courses such as Cell and Molecular Biology, Genomics and Proteomics, Tissue culture, Environmental biotechnology, etc. at college level. Her editorial activities and scientific memberships include publishing research and review articles in international journals and as a reviewer. Dr Mahajan has published various research and review papers, book chapters on Molecular breeding, genomics and proteomic techniques, and stress tolerant crop plants. She is also reviewer of a few reputed journals: Current Agriculture Research Journal, Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, Recent Patents on Food, Nutrition & Agriculture. She received individual grants (WOS-B) from DST, New Delhi for conducting research.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Proteomics Laboratory, Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-Kashmir), India

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Faheem Shehjar

Dr. Faheem Shehjar is presently working as Post Doc Research Associate of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Centre. Earlier, he worked as Senior Resident at the Advanced Centre for Human Genetics, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS). He obtained his doctorate in Biomedical Sciences from SKIMS (2017). He was awarded the prestigious CSIR-JRF fellowship (2012). Dr. Shehjar was also awarded the Exemplary Researcher Award, SKIMS (2019). Dr. Shehjar has published his research in various international reputed journals and has extensive experience in medical genetics and immunology and holds co-editorship at Intech Open Publications. His expertise includes immunology and genetics.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Post Doc Research Associate, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, College of medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Centre, NE, USA

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Sajad Majeed Zargar

Sajad Majeed Zargar, Ph.D, is currently an Assistant Professor at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Sciences & Technology in India and visiting Professor at University of Padova, Italy. Dr. Zargar is the recipient of the CREST overseas fellowship from DBT, the Goho grant from Govt. of Japan, and the Erasmus Fellowship from European Union. He is also a member and representative of INPPO (International Plant Proteomics Organisation). His editorial activities and scientific memberships include publishing research and review articles in international journals and is also reviewer.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Proteomics Laboratory, Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India

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Khalid Z. Masoodi

Khalid Z. Masoodi is an Associate Professor and Senior Scientist in the Division of Plant Biotechnology at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, India. He is the recipient of a number of awards and holds numerous patents. He has two decades worth of teaching and research experience in the areas of plant biotechnology, molecular biology, cancer research, and human disease research, and has published numerous articles and books. He leads a transcriptomics laboratory and works extensively with fluorescence imaging, real-time PCR, cell culture, and Western blotting platforms. His scientific interests include transcription biology in plant stress responses and cancer, as well as the discovery of new drugs from medicinal plants.

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Associate Professor/Senior Scientist at the Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, India

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Zahoor A Shah

Zahoor Shah works in the University of Toledo, OH, USA.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
University of Toledo, OH, USA

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