EAN: 9783642279034

SPRINGERBRIEFS IN PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY ...

This work is the first monograph devoted solely to Bombax ceiba   popularly known as the Red
Silk Cotton Tree. Consisting of seven chapters  it covers all relevant aspects of this plant 
from its historical and spiritual importance  to its botanical characterization 
pharmacognostical details and ethnobiological uses  to its scientific validation in various
animal and human studies. Each part of the tree is of medicinal value and possesses many novel
chemical constituents such as shamimicin  bombasin  bombamalone  bombamaloside etc. along with
other bioactive secondary metabolites. The book presents the chemical structures of the most
important constituents and highlights various pharmacological activities  predominantly
antioxidant  anti-inflammatory  anti-mutagenic  hypoglycemic  hypotensive  hepatoprotective and
fibrinolytic  which may prove to be a source for the development of a novel
phyto-pharmaceutical agent to treat diabetes  heart disease and cancer. In addition  separate
chapters deal with the commercial and ecological significance of B. ceiba   as well as a case
study on its conservation. Numerous color illustrations are included to identify the plant and
to justify its nickname  the Little Bird's Cafeteria.

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