African Natural Plant Products

New Discoveries and Challenges In Chemistry and Quality

Edited by H. Rodolfo Juliani, James Simon, and Chi-Tang Ho

ACS Symposium Series

Access into a new world of lesser known plants and natural products with exciting new prospects and discoveries
Combines basic chemistry, pharmacognosy, health, and nutrition

African Natural Plant Products

New Discoveries and Challenges In Chemistry and Quality

Edited by H. Rodolfo Juliani, James Simon, and Chi-Tang Ho

Description

Africa has been and continues to be a significant source of medicinal and aromatic plants and botanicals to the world's food, drug, herb and dietary supplement market, and in the past decade numerous African plant materials have established a strong international market presence. This book provides an excellent opportunity to delve into the current and future contributions that African plants can and will continue to make both internal to Africa and on the global stage. This book expertly covers various medicinal plants of African origin and the some of the latest basic and clinical research supporting their ongoing and potential uses in self-care and healthcare. This work also examines various issues and trends in medicinal plants from their uses in Traditional Medicine and ethnobotany, to our modern understanding of the plants chemistry and pharmacognosy, natural products chemistry and applications of medicinal plants, quality control, and models of benefit sharing.

African Natural Plant Products

New Discoveries and Challenges In Chemistry and Quality

Edited by H. Rodolfo Juliani, James Simon, and Chi-Tang Ho

ACS Symposium Series

Preface
Overview
1.: African Natural Plant Products: A Foreword to the Science and Challenges
Mark Blumenthal
2.: The Natural Products Industry: A Global and African Economic Perspective
Anoma Ariyawardana, Ramu Govindasamy and James E. Simon
Traditional Medicines from Africa
3.: Herbal Medicine in Swaziland: An Overview
Oluwole O. G. Amusan
4.: Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.): A Review of Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology
Emmy De Caluwé, Kate?ina Halamová and Patrick Van Damme
5.: Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.): A Review of Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology
Emmy De Caluwé, Kate?ina Halamová and Patrick Van Damme
6.: Popular Traditional Herbal Medicines from the Jóolas of Essyl in the Rural Community of Enampor (Ziguinchor, Sénégal): An Ethnographic Survey
William Diatta, Modou Lo, Alioune Dior Fall, Souleymane Bassene, Serge Sagna, Kady Badji and Emmanuel Bassene
7.: The Diversity of Medicinal Plants in Nigeria: An Overview
Albert Philip Ekanem and Francis Vincent Udoh
Chemistry, Pharmacognosy and Validation of Traditional Medicines
8.: Bioactivity and Bioactive Compounds of African Amaryllidaceae
Esameldin E. Elgorashi and Johannes van Staden
9.: Biology and Chemistry of the Genus Aloe from Africa
Adolfina R. Koroch, H. Rodolfo Juliani, James E. Simon
10.: Chemistry and Biological Evaluation of Nigerian Plants with Anti-Diabetic Properties
Steve Ogbonnia and Chimezie Anyakora
11.: Antiplasmodial Activity of Twenty Essential Oils from Malagasy Aromatic Plants
Michel Ratsimbason, Lalasoa Ranarivelo, H. Rodolfo Juliani and James E. Simon
12.: Traditional Medicinal Plants and Malaria in Africa
Mohammed Sayed Aly Mohammed
13.: The Golden Roots of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta
Alfred Ampomah Appiah
14.: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Ghana
T. C. Fleischer, M. L. K. Mensah and R. A. Dickson
15.:. Nicosan: A Phytomedicinal Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease
Swami Nathan, Prema Tripathi, Qingli Wu, and Faith C. Belanger
16.: Rooibos and Honeybush: Recent Advances in Chemistry, Biological Activity and Pharmacognosy
Jeanine L. Marnewick
17.: Umckaloabo: From a Patent Remedy to a Modern Herbal Pharmaceutical based upon Pelargonium siodides with Clinically Proven Efficacy
Thomas Brendler
18.:African Psychoactive Plants
Gary I. Stafford, Anna K. Jäger and Johannes van Staden
Quality Control of African Natural Plant Products
19.: Quality and Safety of African Medicinal Plants
Renée A. Street and Johannes van Staden
20.: Voacanga africana: Chemistry, Quality and Pharmacological Activity
Adolfina R. Koroch, H. Rodolfo Juliani, Daniel Kulakowski, Hanson
Arthur, Juliana Asante-Dartey and James E. Simon
21.: Quality Control and 5-HTP (5-Hydroxy-L-tryptophan) Analysis of Griffonia (Griffonia simplicifolia (DC.) Baill.) Seed Accessions Collected in Ghana
Kwan Su Kim, H. Rodolfo Juliani, Michael Bucuk, Dan Acquaye, Julie Asante-Dartey, Qing-Li Wu and James E Simon
22.: Characterization of Essential Oils from Cinnamomum camphora T. Nees & Eberm and Ravensara aromatica Sonnerat from Madagascar
Lalasoa Ranarivelo, Panja Ramanoelina, H. Rodolfo Juliani, and James E. Simon
23.: Quality, and Consumer Studies in the USA of African Herbal Teas for the Natural Product Industry Development in Sub-Sahara Africa
H. Rodolfo Juliani, Yvonne Koelliker, Michael Bucuk, Cara Welch, Beverly J. Tepper, Elton Jefthas and James E. Simon
Applications and Commericalization of African Natural Plant Products
24.: Moringa (Moringa oleifera): a Source of Food and Nutrition, Medicine and Industrial products
John Shindano and Kasase Chitundu
25.: Nutritional Assessment of Moringa (Moringa spp.) from Ghana, Senegal and Zambia
H. Rodolfo Juliani, Yudy Fonseca, Dan Acquaye, Halimu Malumo, Diatta Malainy, James E. Simon
26.:. Saro (Cinnamosma fragrans Baillon) essential oil: Application in Health and Medicine
Olivier Behra, Pascal Danthu, Samira Sarter, Rina Radaniela, Cesar Fourcade, Roger Randrianarivelo and Boris Ranaivosoa, Bérengère Arnal-Schnebelen
27.: Essential Oil Bearing Plants from Kenya: Chemistry, Biological Activity and Applications
Julius Wanjohi Mwangi, Grace Njeri Thoithi and Isaac Ongubo Kibwage
28.: Comparison of Ginger extracts from Africa and Asia: Discovery of the Specificity of the Madagascar Ginger for the Cosmetic Industry
Fabien Scorza, Serge Holderith, Xavier Ormancey
29.: Models of Benefit-Sharing Policy: Opportunities and Challenges in Ensuring Equitable Natural Product Discovery in Africa
Benjamin D. Neimark
Author Index
Subject Index

African Natural Plant Products

New Discoveries and Challenges In Chemistry and Quality

Edited by H. Rodolfo Juliani, James Simon, and Chi-Tang Ho

ACS Symposium Series

Author Information

Edited by H. Rodolfo Juliani, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, James Simon, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and Chi-Tang Ho, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

H. Rodolfo Juliani is a Plant Biologist currently working as a Research Associate at the Plant Biology and Pathology Department at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He serve as the Quality Assurance and Quality Control Coordinator for the international development programs PFID/NP and ASNAPP, and as the Associate Director of the New Use Agriculture and Natural Plant Products program (NUANPP). James E. Simon is currently a Professor in the Department of Plant Biology and Plant Pathology, and serves as the Director of the New Use Agriculture and Natural Plant Products Program, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, which seeks to identify new crop opportunities, new applications of bioactive and nutritious plant compounds and new products from fruits, vegetables and herbs including nutraceutical, bioactive and cosmetic ingredients.

Chi-Tang Ho is currently Professor II in the Department of Food Science, Rutgers University. He has published over 450 scientific articles, and is an editorial board member for a variety of publications, including the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.