1st Edition
Medicinal Spices and Herbs from India Volume 2: Beneficial Health Effects of 20 Exotic Spices
1. Impacts of Black Cumin (Nigella sativa) on Human Health
Partha Pratim Das, Sabyasachi Banerjee, and Sankhadip Bose
2. Indian Exotic Spices and Their Health Effects: Celery (Apium graveolens)
Aradhna Gupta, Anju Kaicker, Nikhat Jamal Siddiqi, and Bechan Sharma
3. Utilization of Black Stone Flowers (Parmotrema perlatum) as a Spice in India and Their Health Effects
Pungbili Islary, Suchismita Sahoo, and Andsrimay Pradhan
4. Indian Exotic Spices and their Health Effects: Capsicum frutescens (Chili Pepper)
Dibyendu Das, Mir Ekbal Kabir, Rikraj Loying, Sawlang Borsingh Wann, Jatin Kalita, and Prasenjit Manna
5. Therapeutic Efficacy of Zanthoxylum Species (Syn. Fagara Species)
Sabyasachi Banerjee, Sankhadip Bose, and Partha Pratim Das
6. Garcinia gummi-gutta (Malabar Tamarind): A Spice in Natural and Traditional Medicine
Sabyasachi Banerjee and Sankhadip Bose
7. Impacts of Asian Spider Flower (Cleome viscosa) on Human Health
Partha Pratim Das, Sabyasachi Banerjee, and Sankhadip Bose
8. An Insight into the Therapeutic Potential of Alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria)
Wearank Terang and Sabyasachi Banerjee
9. Indian Spice Garcinia indica Choisy (Kokum) with Predominant Health Benefits
Ivan Aranha
10. Therapeutic Role of Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum) in Human Diseases with Reference to Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, and Future Directions
Shreeta Singha, Rajat Nath, Deepa Nath, and Anupam Das Talukdar
11. Ceiba pentandra (Kapok Tree): An Overview of Its Medicinal Benefits
Partha Pratim Das, Sabyasachi Banerjee, and Sankhadip Bose
12. Pharmacological Activities of a Perennial Shrub Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.): A Review
Piu Das, Md. Harun Al Rashid, and Anindita Kundu
13. Bixa orellena (Anatto or Lipstick Tree): A Potential Healer of Health Complications as Indian Spice
Ankita Choudhurya, Partha Palitb, and Subhash C. Mandalc
14. The Smelliest Spice in World, Asafoetida (Ferula narthex Bioss): Health Benefits
Sangram Keshari Das and Bishnupriya Mohanty
15. Therapeutic Potential of the Indian Spice Trigonella foenum-graecum L. (Fenugreek)
Sabyasachi Banerjee and Sankhadip Bose
16. The Role of Indian Spice Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) as a Natural and Herbal Medicine
Sabyasachi Banerjee and Sankhadip Bose
17. Medicinal Spices and Herbs from India: Therapeutic Properties and Molecular Mechanism of Saffron (Crocus sativus L.)
Anand Raj Dhanapal, Rajkumar Vijayakumar, Murugesan Krishnan, Baskar Venkidasamy, and Thiruvengadam Muthu
18. Saussurea lappa (Kushta): An Indian Spice and Its Potential Health Benefits
Sabyasachi Banerjee, Subhasis Banerjee, Sankhadip Bose, Avik Das, and Chandrasekhar Mitra
19. Healing Benefits of Indian Sandalwood (Santalum album L.)
Sabyasachi Banerjee, Subhasis Banerjee, Sankhadip Bose, Santanu Banerjee, and Utsab Chakraborty
20. Therapeutic Applications of Moschus moschiferus (Musk)
Sabyasachi Banerjee, Sankhadip Bose, Subhasis Banerjee, and Santanu Banerjee
Biography
Sankhadip Bose, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, The Neotia University, West Bengal, India. He served different faculty positions for more than 16 years in Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology and guided more than 20 master‘s degree students in their research projects. Dr. Bose has successfully handled one Central Government Research Project from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, Govt. of India, in 2013. One PhD has been awarded under the supervision of Dr. Bose, and three other PhD projects are ongoing in Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology under his supervision. He has published more than 70 research papers/articles in nationally and internationally reputed journals as well as 10 book chapters. He was State Secretary of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (2006-2021), and presently he is the CEC member of the APTI National Team. He is also a life member of the Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER). Dr. Bose has been the Chairperson of Scientific Session of AICTE Sponsored National Conference on "Complex Diseases, Novel Therapeutics & Delivery Challenges," 2014, Gupta College of Technological Sciences, Asansol, West Bengal, India. He is a member of many scientific committees of national and international conferences. He is also the executive editorial member and reviewer of many national and international journals. He earned his Master of Pharmacy in Pharmacognosy from K.L.E.S‘ College of Pharmacy, Hubli, Karnataka, and PhD (Pharmaceutical Technology) from West Bengal University of Technology (presently MAKAUT), Kolkata, India.
Sutapa Biswas Majee, PhD, is currently an Associate Professor in the Division of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Health Sciences, NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata, where she teaches BPharm and MPharm courses and guides research projects for postgraduate students. She is also 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 is involved in studies on pharmacological activities of plant-derived secondary metabolites and mathematical modeling of different diseases. She has published around 75 peer-reviewed research articles and reviews in various national and international journals. She has authored/co-authored four books and edited one book and authored book chapters on various topics pertaining to modulation of drug release and study of release kinetics from drug delivery devices, hydrogels, computational methods in preformulation studies of dosage forms, mathematical modeling of infectious diseases, and synergistic interaction between plant products and antibiotics. She is empaneled as a reviewer for Frontiers, Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. She acquired her MPharm (Pharmaceutics) and PhD degrees from Jadavpur University, India, and PGDHRM. She carried out her postdoctoral research on parasitology, phytochemistry and microbiology from Bose Institute and Jadavpur University, India.
Sabyasachi Banerjee, MPharm, is an Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Gupta College of Technological Sciences, Asansol in Paschim Barddhaman District, West Bengal, India. He served as Assistant Professor for more than four years at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology. He has published 10 research papers and articles in internationally reputed journals and currently has around 12 in process. He has also presented at many national and international conferences. He has been a fellow life member of the Scholars Academic and Scientific Society. He did his Master of Pharmacy in Quality Assurance and Pharma Regulatory Affairs at Gupta College of Technological Sciences, Asansol, West Bengal, and is pursuing a PhD (Pharmaceutical Technology), specializing in plant-based phytochemicals (isolation, characterization, preparing semi-synthetic derivatives, etc.) at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (formerly known as, West Bengal University of Technology), Haringhata, India.
