Introduction. Diabetes Mellitus. Plant Products: A Promising Source for the Development of New Anti-DM. Medicines (Anti-DM Medicines from Plants).The Need for This Book. Anti-Diabetes Mellitus Plants. Background. Plants Tested for Anti-DM Properties. Anti-DM Plants Not Exposed to Scientific Studies. Conclusion. Nutraceuticals for Diabetes Mellitus (Functional Food for Diabetes Mellitus).What Are Nutraceuticals? Nutraceuticals for Diabetes Mellitus. Dietary Supplements for Diabetes Mellitus. Fixation of Dose/Quantity of Antidiabetic Food. Combination of Nutraceuticals (Combination of Functional Food). Research and Development on Anti-Diabetes Mellitus Plant Foods. Conclusion.
Biography
A. Subramoniam, PhD, is the former director of the Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute in Kerala, India. He earned an MSc in zoology from Annamalai University in Tamil Nadu, India, and his PhD in biochemistry from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India. Dr. Subramoniam carried out his postdoctoral research in biochemical pharmacology at Howard University in Washington, DC, and Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has worked for the Central Food Technology Research Institute, the Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, and the Bose Institute, India and carried out original, high-quality multidisciplinary research in the broad areas of biomedical sciences and plant sciences. Dr. Subramoniam is the author of more than 170 scientific publications, including original research publications in reputed international journals, chapters in books, and review papers in journals. He has nine patents to his credit and has served as a reviewer of scientific journals in the fields of ethnopharmacology, phytopharmacology, biochemistry, and toxicology. He is currently a consultant in medicinal plant research.
"We can be grateful for the considerable amount of collected research that is presented here—in fact, we are gifted with 126 pages packed full of references alone, most of which are from the last 5 to 10 years. These references nicely support the three major sections of the book."
--Wendy L. Applequist, Book Review Editor for Economic Botany.
