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Medicinal Plants of Borneo

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The rich biodiversity of Borneo provides many useful plants for medicinal purposes. Written by experts in the field, Medicinal Plants of Borneo provides a guide and introduction to the medicinal plants from Borneo used traditionally as well as plants whose medicinal uses have been recently discovered. These include anti-HIV plants – such as Calophyllum lanigerum (calanolide A) – and anti-cancer plants – such as Aglaia foveolata (silvestrol). The book also provides information on the relevant medicinal chemistry, such as isolated bioactive compounds and the mechanism of action, where available.

FEATURES

    • Discusses the rich experience in the use of medicinal plants and the wide diversity of Borneo’s botanical resources

    • Presents plants with medicinal properties from a scientific perspective

    • Provides readers with current information on the chemistry and pharmacology of natural products with pharmaceutical potential

    • Covers a range of chemical, botanical and pharmacological diversities

    • Forms an important part of the Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants series due to an increasing global interest in natural products and botanical drugs

    Simon Gibbons is Head of the School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, UK, and a Professor of Natural Product Chemistry. He was formerly a Professor of Medicinal Phytochemistry at the School of Pharmacy, University College London (UCL).

    Stephen P. Teo is a forest botanist with the Forest Department, Sarawak, Malaysia.

    Author(s): Simon Gibbons, Stephen P. Teo
    Series: Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants
    Publisher: CRC Press
    Year: 2021

    Language: English
    Pages: 190
    City: Boca Raton

    Cover
    Half Title
    Series Page
    Title Page
    Copyright Page
    Contents
    Series Preface
    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    Editors
    Contributors
    Aims and Purposes
    Introduction
    1. Anti-Malarial Plants
    Introduction
    Lansium parasiticum (Osbeck) K.C. Sahni & Bennet
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br.
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Eurycoma longifolia Jack
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Carica papaya L.
    Traditional Uses
    Chemistry
    2. Anti-Fungal Plants
    Introduction
    Senna alata L. (Roxb.)
    Traditional Uses
    Chemistry
    Biological Activities
    Hymenocallis littoralis (Jacq.) Salisb. and Crinum asiaticum L.
    Traditional Uses
    Chemistry
    Biological Activities
    Alpinia galanga (L.) Wild.
    Traditional Use
    Chemistry
    Biological Activities
    Musa × paradisiaca L.
    Traditional Use
    Chemistry and Biological Activities
    3. Anti-Mycobacterial Plants
    Introduction
    Hydnocarpus wightianus Blume
    Traditional Uses
    Chemistry
    Biological Activities
    4. Anti-Viral Plants
    Introduction
    Carica papaya L.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Calophyllum lanigerum Miq. var. austrocoriaceum P.F. Stevens and Calophyllum teysmannii Miq. var. inophylloide P.F. Stevens
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Clinical Trials of (+)-calanolide A
    Other Antiviral Plants
    5. Anti-Cancer Plants
    Dillenia suffruticosa (Griff.) Martelli
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Annona muricata L.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Aglaia foveolata Pannell
    Traditional Uses
    Chemistry and Biological Activity
    Eurycoma longifolia Jack
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    6. Anti-Diabetic Plants
    Introduction
    Alstonia spp.
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson ex F.A. Zorn) Fosberg
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Psidium guajava L.
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    7. Plants for Fever Remedy
    Introduction
    Centella asiatica (L.) Urv.
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Kaempferia galanga L.
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC.
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    8. Anti-Hypertensive Plants
    Introduction
    Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Nees
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Averrhoa belimbi L.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Annona muricata L.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Aquilaria microcarpa Baill.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A.Chev.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Bauhinia purperea L.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Colocasia esculenta L.
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    9. Anti-Diarrhoeal Plants
    Introduction
    Eleutherine americana (L.) Merr.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Melastoma malabathricum L.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Other Anti-Diarrhoeal Plants
    10. Plants for Eye-Related Diseases
    Introduction
    Polyalthia cauliflora Hook. f. & Thomson var. beccarii (King) J. Sincl. and Polyalthia flagellaris Becc. (Airy Shaw)
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Mitrephora glabra Scheff.
    Traditional Uses
    Chemistry and Biological Activity
    Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Dicranopteris linearis (Burm. f.) Underw.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Tetrastigma scandens (L.) Merr.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Ageratum conyzoides (L.) L.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Hedyotis capitellata Wall. ex G. Don
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Merremia crassinervia Ooststr.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    11. Plants Used in Dental Treatment
    Introduction
    Palaquium gutta (Hook.) Baill.
    Uses of Gutta-Percha
    Chemistry and Biological Activity
    Other Species Used Traditionally in Dental Treatment
    12. Poisonous Plants Used as Blowpipe Dart
    Introduction
    Antiaris toxicaria Lesch.
    Traditional Use
    Chemistry and Biological Activity
    Strychnos spp.
    Traditional Use
    Chemistry and Biological Activity
    13. Plants Used to Treat Arthritis
    Introduction
    Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f.
    Description
    Traditional Uses
    Chemical Constituents
    Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd.
    Description
    Traditional Uses
    Chemical Constituents
    Curcuma longa L.
    Description
    Traditional Uses
    Chemical Constituents
    Hibiscus tiliaceus L.
    Description
    Traditional Uses
    Chemical Constituents
    Morinda citrifolia L.
    Description
    Traditional Uses
    Chemical Constituents and Prospects
    Mimosa pudica L.
    Description
    Traditional Uses
    Chemical Constituents
    Zingiber officinale Roscoe
    Description
    Traditional Uses
    Chemical Constituents
    14. Plants Used for Wound Healing
    Introduction
    Nephelium lappaceum L.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Morinda citrifolia L.
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Melastomata malabathricum L.
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Ageratum conyzoides (L.) L.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Musa × paradisiaca L.
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr.
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Pangium edule Reinw.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Paspalum conjugatum PJ.Berhius
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity and Chemistry
    Aleurites moluccanus (L.) Willd.
    Traditional Use
    Biological Activity and Chemistry
    Justicia gendarussa Burm. f.
    Traditional Uses
    Biological Activity
    Chemistry
    Conclusion
    Bibliography
    Index