1st Edition
Phytopharmaceuticals for Brain Health
Editors
Contributors
Section I?Pathophysiology
Chapter 1 A Hidden Etiological Nemesis of Chronic Neurodegenerative Diseases
Bernard W. Downs and Manashi Bagchi
Chapter 2 Modulation of Brain Function with Special Emphasis to Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Gonadal Axis by Xenohormones, Phytohormones, and Insulin
Sanjoy Chakraborty, Devya Gurung, Soheli A. Chowdhury, and Majeedul H. Chowdhury
Chapter 3 Environmental Pollution and Climate Change Impacts on Human Health with Particular Reference to Brain: A Review
Monowar Alam Khalid and Syed Monowar Alam Shahid
Chapter 4 Metal Toxicity and Oxidative Stress in the Brain: Role of Antioxidants
Rama Nair, Manashi Bagchi, and Sreejayan Nair
Section II?Phytopharmaceuticals
Chapter 5 Effects of Dietary Supplements and Nutraceuticals of Plant Origin on Central and Peripheral Nervous System Pathology
Odete Mendes
Chapter 6 Huperzine A and Shankhapushpi in Brain Health
Debasis Bagchi, Manashi Bagchi, and Anand Swaroop
Chapter 7 Resveratrol and Depression
Jui-Hu Shih, Chien-Fu Fred Chen, and I-Hsun Li
Chapter 8 Current Perspectives on the Beneficial Role of Curcuma longa and Centella asiatica Linn in Neurological Disorders
Shahnaz Subhan, Manashi Bagchi, and Abdul Ilah
Chapter 9 Tocotrienol Vitamin E in Brain Health
Richard Stewart and Savita Khanna
Chapter 10 Emerging Roles of Flavonoids in Brain Health
Arti Parihar and Andrea I. Doseff
Chapter 11 Nuts and Brain Health
Sui Kiat Chang and Cesarettin Alasalvar
Chapter 12 Science behind Usefulness of Bac
Biography
Dr. Shahnaz Subhan, is a researcher and faculty in university settings. She received her PhD in 2002 at the University of Delhi, India. During her PhD, Dr. Subhan has mainly worked on cutting edge research on phytopharmaceuticals for neurological disorders and major skin diseases mainly vitiligo and psoriasis. Her research work was involved in the purification of beta-bungarotoxin binding protein from human cadaver skeletal muscle for neuromuscular disorders. She was also involved in in vitro production of asiatic acid and asiaticoside - highly potent pharmaceutical bioactive compounds known to cure neurological disorders and for in vitro production of psoralen, which is highly expensive and the only compound known to be very effective in the treatment of several skin diseases. Long-term goal of her research group is to provide the groundwork to streamline, accelerate, and promote the translation of basic discoveries into highly effective phytotherapies to benefit humans affected with major neurological and skinrelated problems.
She worked as an Assistant Professor with more than nine years of experience in teaching and research at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India. She also worked as a Principal Investigator for an independent government funded projects in India and Supervisor for PhD and post graduate students of Biotechnology programs at University system in India.
Manashi Bagchi, Ph.D., FACN, received her Ph.D. degree in Chemistry in 1984. Dr. Bagchi is currently the Chief Scientific Officer of Dr. Herbs LLC, Concord, CA. Dr. Bagchi served as Associate Professor in the Creighton University School of Pharmacy & Allied Health Profession, Omaha, NE, from Sept 1990 to Aug 1999. Later, she served as the Director of Research at InterHealth Nutraceuticals, Benicia, CA, from Sept 1999 to July 2009. Dr. Bagchi is a Member of the Study Section and Peer Review Committee of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD. Her research interests include free radicals, human diseases, carcinogenesis, anti-ageing and anti-inflammatory pathophysiology, mechanistic aspects of cytoprotection by antioxidants and chemoproteactants, regulatory pathways in obesity and gene expression. She is a Member of Society of Toxicology (Reston, VA), New York Academy of Sciences (New York, NY) and Institutes of Food Technologists (Chicago, IL). She is a Fellow and currently Board Member of the American College of Nutrition (Clearwater, FL). Dr. Bagchi has 210 papers in peer reviewed journals and 2 books. She has delivered invited lectures in various national and international scientific conferences, organized workshops, and group discussion sessions. Dr. Bagchi is a Member of the Board of Directors of American College of Nutrition, Clearwater, FL. Dr. Bagchi is serving as Editorial Board Member of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. Dr. Bagchi received funding from various institutions and agencies including the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Nebraska State Department of Health, and Cancer Society of Nebraska.
