Role of Medicinal Plants in Autoimmune Diseases Concepts, Perspectives, and Utilization Developments in Immunology Series

Langue : Anglais

Coordonnateurs : Mahajan Reetika, Shehjar Faheem, Zargar Sajad Majeed, Masoodi Khalid Z., Shah Zahoor A

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Role of Medicinal Plants in Autoimmune Diseases: Concepts, Perspectives, and Utilization provides comprehensive knowledge of autoimmune diseases and the role of various medicinal plant products in their treatment. The book discusses the immune system as a group of complex biological structures and processes in an organism which gives protection against a wide range of pathogenic organisms while simultaneously distinguishing these pathogens from the organism?s own healthy cells and tissues, thus maintaining homeostasis in the body. It has been an age-old practice to use extracts and other parts of various plants in treating many diseases. Several plants contain various pharmacologically active substances which can be used to treat different diseases. Among these medicinal plants, many have shown good immunomodulatory properties and could act as natural immunosuppressant agents in treating autoimmune disorders.

1. Introduction 2. The Immune System 3. Innate Immunity 4. Acquired Immunity 5. Immunomodulation 6. Different Immune Cells and their role 7. Autoimmune Disorders 8. Organ specific autoimmune disorders 9. Systemic autoimmune disorders 10. Medicinal Plants 11. Medicinal Plants with Immunomodulatory properties 12. Different types of Phytocompounds with Immunomodulatory Activities 13. Future Perspectives

Dr. Reetika Mahajan is currently working as a woman scientist at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-Kashmir), J&K, India. She has 4 years of Research and more than one year of teaching experience in different subjects of Biotechnology. Her research interests include plant genomics and proteomics, molecular breeding, biochemistry, and transgenics. Earlier, she was deeply involved in teaching undergraduate courses such as Cell and Molecular Biology, Genomics and Proteomics, Tissue culture, Environmental biotechnology, etc. at college level. Her editorial activities and scientific memberships include publishing research and review articles in international journals and as a reviewer. Dr Mahajan has published various research and review papers, book chapters on Molecular breeding, genomics and proteomic techniques, and stress tolerant crop plants. She is also reviewer of a few reputed journals: Current Agriculture Research Journal, Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, Recent Patents on Food, Nutrition & Agriculture. She received individual grants (WOS-B) from DST, New Delhi for conducting research.
Dr. Faheem Shehjar is presently working as Post Doc Research Associate of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Centre. Earlier, he worked as Senior Resident at the Advanced Centre for Human Genetics, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS). He obtained his doctorate in Biomedical Sciences from SKIMS (2017). He was awarded the prestigious CSIR-JRF fellowship (2012). Dr. Shehjar was also awarded the Exemplary Researcher Award, SKIMS (2019). Dr. Shehjar has published his research in various international reputed journals and has extensive experience in medical genetics and immunology and holds co-editorship at Intech Open Publications. His expertise includes immunology and genetics.
Sajad Majeed Zargar, Ph.D, is currently an Assistant Professor at Sher-e-Kas

Elucidates in-depth knowledge on the basics of Immunology, as well as the various autoimmune disorders and the medicinal plant extracts which could be an alternative and safe approach for their treatment and management
Provides updated content on the role of different medicinal plants in curing autoimmune diseases
Includes a section at the end of each autoimmune disease, giving a comparison between the treatment with conventional drugs and the medicinal plant products
Explains the benefits and risks of both treatment regimens in comprehensive, yet easily understandable way