1st Edition
Natural Products Chemistry of Botanical Medicines from Cameroonian Plants
A contribution to the series on Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants, Natural Products Chemistry of Botanical Medicines from Cameroon focuses on the sources and chemistry of natural products from plants in Cameroon, West Africa. The plants selected offer an opportunity to trace a route through history from ancient civilizations to the modern day, showing the important value to man of natural products in medicines and in foods. This book highlights how many of the extracts from Cameroon are today associated with important drugs, nutrition products, beverages, perfumes, cosmetics and pigments, as well as presenting their complex chemistry and structure.
Key Features:
- Forms an important part of the series on Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants, as Cameroon is a country with rich experience in the use of medicinal plants and with a wide diversity of botanical resources
- Addresses the current development of pharmacognosy research in Cameroon
- Provides readers with updated information on the chemistry and pharmacology of natural products with pharmaceutical potential
- Covers an extensive range of chemical, botanical and pharmacological diversities
Xavier Siwe Noundou is a Scholar/Scientist based at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. He has been a EU FP7 Marie Curie Fellow (2015-2016), Kaposvar University in Hungary (2015, 2016), Trakia Univesity in Bulgaria (2016), TWAS Fellow (2013), National Research Foundation South Africa Fellow (2014-2016). Dr Noundou works on Medicinal Chemistry focusing on Chemistry, Pharmacognosy and Nanotechnology. His main research interests include terrestrial natural products chemistry (from Cameroon and South Africa) and marine natural products chemistry (from the South African coastline): bioactive metabolites isolated as potential antiparasitic, antimicrobial, antiviral and antiproliferative candidates. He is author of more than forty scientific publications in his field of expertise.
Contents
Book Series: Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants.....................................vii
Introduction – Cameroon...........................................................................................ix
Editor........................................................................................................................xi
Contributors............................................................................................................ xiii
Chapter 1 The Genus Olax: Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry
and Biological Activities.......................................................................1
Bienvenu Tsakem, Beaudelaire Kemvoufo Ponou,
Billy Tchegnitegni Toussie, Romuald Fouedjou Tematio,
Xavier Siwe-Noundou, Rui W.M. Krause,
Rémy Bertrand Teponno, and Léon Azefack Tapondjou
Chapter 2 Chemistry and Biological Activities of Cameroonian
Hypericum Species..............................................................................23
Gabin Thierry M. Bitchagno, Vaderament-A
Nchiozem-Ngnitedem, Sylvain Valere Sob, and Serge Alain Fobofou
Chapter 3 Biologically Active Saponins from Some Cameroonian
Medicinal Plants.................................................................................. 37
Léon Azefack Tapondjou, Rémy Bertrand Teponno,
Beaudelaire Kemvoufo Ponou, Romuald Tematio Fouedjou,
and Luciano Barboni
Chapter 4 Antioxidant and Immunomodulatory Activities of Cameroonian
Medicinal Plants..................................................................................83
Matthias Onyebuchi Agbo, Patience O. Osadebe,
Xavier Siwe-Noundou, and Rui W.M. Krause
Chapter 5 Chemometric Evaluation of Phytochemical Principles in
Cameroonian Plants............................................................................99
Ezealisiji Kenneth Maduabuchi
Chapter 6 Medicinal Plants from Cameroon for Obstetric
and Gynecological Uses.................................................................... 123
Bazil Ekuh Ewane, Benjamin C. Ozumba, Patience O. Osadebe,
Philip F. Uzor, and Xavier Siwe-Noundou
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Chapter 7 Ondongdong si (Acmella caulirhiza Delile), a Medicinal Plant
from Cameroon................................................................................. 141
Tanyi M. Kima and Eleonora D. Goosen
Chapter 8 Cameroonian Allanblackia Species.................................................. 183
Jean Emmanuel Mbosso Teinkela
Index ...................................................................................................................... 201
Biography
Dr. Xavier Siwe-Noundou is a scholar and scientist based at Rhodes University in
Grahamstown / Makhanda, South Africa. He has been a Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation (GBMF) Fellow (2017-2019), Oregon State University in USA (2017),
University of California San Diego in USA (2019); an EU FP7 Marie Curie Fellow
(2015–2016), Kaposvar University in Hungary (2015, 2016), Trakia Univesity in
Bulgaria (2016), TWAS Fellow (2013), National Research Foundation South Africa
Fellow (2014-2016).
Dr. Siwe-Noundou works on medicinal chemistry focusing on chemistry, pharmacognosy,
and nanotechnology. His main investigations include terrestrial natural
products chemistry (from Cameroon and South Africa) and marine natural products
chemistry (from South Africa cost line). All the bioactive metabolites isolated are
screened as potential antimicrobial, antiparasitic and antiproliferative candidates. He
is an author of more than fifty scientific publications in his field of expertise.
