Potential Medicinal Plants in Traditional Medicine.

      Аннотация: During the last few decades, there has been an increasing interest in medicinal plants and their traditional uses. Many urgent issues initiated such research activities, among them is the multidrug resistance of microbial strains which is regarded now as a global alarming issue.This book presents information on the phytochemistry of some potential plants widely used in the traditional system of medicine. The ethnopharmacological activities of these plants have been discussed. Also, the taxonomic profiles of these plants have been outlined.

Ключевые слова: Phytochemistry, Ethnopharmacology, herbal medicine, traditional medicine, Medicinal Plants, Alkaloids, steroids, Saponins, terpenoids, Flavonoids, Argemone mexicana, Abutilon Pannosum, Aristolochia bracteolata Lam., Brassica Juncea, Cassia siamea, Cyperus esculentus, Cucumis prophetarum, Cocus nucifera, Croton zambesicus, Cordia africana, Cissus Quadrangularis, Croton species, Cassia sieberiana, Cassia auriculata, Commifera africana, Carica papaya, Citrullus lanatus subsp. Lanatus, Cleome Gynandra, Cinnamomum verum, Citrullus colocynthis, Cymbopogon citratus Stapf., DELONIX REGIA, Dicoma tomentosa, Detarium microcarpum, Fallopia convolvulus, Glycine Max, Grewia asiatica, Grewia villosa, Gardenia ternifolia, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Hibiscus asper, Helianthus annuus, Indigofera arrecta, Indigofera hirsute, Kigelia africana, Lagenaria siceraria, Lepidium sativum, Leonotis nepetifolia, Leucaena leucocephala, Mimosa ?pineux, Merremia dissecta, Martynia annua, Melissa officinalis, Nerium oleander, Origanum majarana, Pimpinella anisum, Phaseolus vulgaris, Physalis angulata L, Pongamia pinnata, Prunus dulcis, Piliostigma thonningii, Raphanus sativus, Solanum aethiopicum L., Syzygium aromaticum, Trichyspermum ammi, Vigna subterrenea, Vangueria madagascarinsis, Vitex doniana, Xiemenia aegyptiaca, Zingiber officinale, Ziziphus spina- christi