Pharmacological Assays of Plant-Based Natural Products

This volume provides information on how
to select and screen plants for their medicinal properties. It describes phytopharmacological
techniques for extracting and qualitatively and quantitatively analyzing a
plant’s phytochemicals. After a detailed in vitro investigation including nutritional
and anti-nutritional analyses, medicinal properties were tested with various in
vivo models for anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-pyretic, anticancer and
anti-diabetic properties, as well as wound healing, neurodegenerative diseases,
etc. Compound identification and purification techniques include, among others,
TLC and column chromatography, as well as molecular docking with specific
proteins.