Drug Discovery from Mother Nature

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gupta, Subash Chandra (Editor), Prasad, Sahdeo (Editor), Aggarwal, Bharat B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 929
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Pharmacology.; Food > Biotechnology.; Nutrition.; Biomedicine.; Food Science.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.
• Physical Description: VIII, 410 p. 47 illus., 22 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319413426
• ISSN: 0065-2598 ;

Second comprehensive volume focuses on anti-inflammatory nutraceuticals and their role in prevention and therapy of various chronic diseases. Food and drug administration (FDA) approved drugs such as steroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), statins and metformin have been shown to modulate inflammatory pathways, but their long-term intake has been associated with numerous side effects. Thus dietary agents which can modulate inflammatory pathways in humans, are likely to exhibit enormous potential.  Leading experts describe the latest results of anti-inflammatory nutraceuticals and their role in prevention and therapy of various chronic diseases.