1st Edition
Medicinal Spices and Herbs from India Volume 1: Introduction, Therapeutic Properties, and Commercial Products
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. History of the Use of Spices in Indian Culture
Kamaljyoti Talukdar
2. Medicinal Uses of Traditional Indian Spices
Bishnupriya Mohanty and Sangram Keshari Das
3. Effect of Geographical Location and Climatic Variation on Composition of Active Principles in Indian Spices
Sabyasachi Banerjee, Subhasis Banerjee, Sankhadip Bose, and Santanu Banerjee
4. Processing of Indian Species for Extraction of Active Principles
Madhur Babu Singh, Prashant Singh, and Pallavi Jain
PART II: THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF EXOTIC INDIAN SPICES USED AS MEDICINE
5. Anti-Cancer Properties of Indian Spices
Soma Mukherjee, Darryl L. Holliday, Rahel Mathews, Pritam Sarkar, and Nabaraj Banjara
6. Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Exotic Indian Spices
Priyanka Yadav, Priyanka Dubey, and Gyanendra Tripathi
7. Antidiabetic Activities of Exotic Indian Spices
Shaibal Chandra and Rohan Pal
8. Effect of Indian Spices on Metabolic Syndrome, Brain, and Cognitive Disorders
Dipanjana Ash, Ayon Dutta, Kaushik Biswas, and Kamalika Mazumder
9. Beneficial Effects of Exotic Indian Spices on Cardiovascular Diseases
Ankur Singh and Aryadeep Roychoudhury
10. Beneficial Effects of Exotic Indian Spices on Skin Diseases
Rajendra Gyawali, Panna Thapa, and Deepak Basyal
11. Effect of Exotic Indian Spices on Gastrointestinal Disorders
Abhilasha Khare and Rashim Singh
12. Antimicrobial Properties of Exotic Indian Spices
Raja Chakraverty
13. Other Pharmacological Activities of Exotic Indian Spices
Muhammad Khan and Pharkphoom Panichayupakaranant
PART III: SPICE-BASED COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS FOR NUTRITIONAL AND HEALTH BENEFITS
14. Application of Spices in Dairy Products as Natural Medicine
Sabyasachi Banerjee, Subhasis Banerjee, Sankhadip Bose, and Sutapa Biswas Majee
15. Indian Spices, Essential Oils, and Aromatic Waters in Modern Herbal Formulations
Arpita Srivastava, Shalini Pandey, Kush Kumar Nayak, and Arunima Sur
16. Applications of Indian Spices in Beverages
Arati Ho and Debasis Nayak
Biography
Sankhadip Bose, PhD, is a Professor and Head of the School of Pharmacy at The Neotia University, West Bengal, India. He served different faculty positions for more than 18 years in Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology He has published more than 50 research papers/articles in nationally and internationally reputed journals as well as 20 book chapters. He was State Secretary of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India and is a CEC member of the APTI National Team. He is also a life member of the Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER) and an executive editorial member and reviewer for many national and international journals.
Sutapa Biswas Majee, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Health Sciences, NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata, India. She is engaged in exploring the pivotal role of natural and synthetic polymers in modulating drug release and modeling of release kinetics from various dosage forms, such as tablets, osmotic tablets, liquisolid compacts, microsponges, hydrogels, oleohydrogel hybrids, etc. She has published around 75 peer-reviewed research articles and reviews in various national and international journals and has authored/co-authored four books and edited one book and authored book chapters.
Sabyasachi Banerjee, MPharm, is an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology at Gupta College of Technological Sciences, West Bengal, India. He was formerly affiliated with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology. He has published research papers and articles and has presented at many national and international conferences. He is fellow life member of the Scholars Academic and Scientific Society. He is currently pursuing a PhD (Pharmaceutical Technology), specializing in plant-based phytochemicals (isolation, characterization, preparing semi-synthetic derivatives, etc.).
