Traditional Herbal Therapy for the Human Immune System

Azamal Husen served as Professor & Head, Department of Biology, University of Gondar, Ethiopia and is a Foreign Delegate at Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita, Ethiopia. He specializes in biogenic nanomaterial fabrication and application, plant responses to environmental stresses and nanomaterials at the physiological, biochemical and molecular levels, herbal medicine, and clonal propagation for improvement of tree species, and has published over 200 research articles. He is contributed to R&D projects of World Bank, ICAR, ICFRE, JBIC etc. He is on the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. Husen has been on the Editorial Board and the panel of reviewers of several reputed journals. He is a Fellow of the Plantae group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, and a Member of the International Society of Root Research, Asian Council of Science Editors, and INPST. He is Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Plant Physiology, and a Series Editor of Exploring Medicinal Plants (Taylor & Francis Group, USA); Plant Biology, Sustainability, and Climate Change (Elsevier, USA); and Smart Nanomaterials Technology (Springer Nature, Singapore).

• ContentsPreface.......................................................................................................................ixAbout the Editor.........................................................................................................xiContributors............................................................................................................ xiiiDisclaimer...............................................................................................................xviiChapter 1 Plant-based Potential Nutraceuticals for Improvingthe Human Immune System..................................................................1Azamal Husen and Muhammad IqbalChapter 2 Antibacterial Properties of Medicinal Plants: Recent Trends,Progress, and Challenges.................................................................... 13Limenew Abate, Archana Bachheti, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti,and Azamal HusenChapter 3 Antiviral Activity of Medicinal Plants: CurrentUnderstanding, Prospects, and Challenges......................................... 55Venkateish V P, Nivya V, Vani V, Baskaran V, and Madan Kumar PChapter 4 Conventional Medicinal Plants: Boosting the ImmuneSystem in Humans............................................................................... 75Antul Kumar, Anuj Choudhary, Harmanjot Kaur,Asish Kumar Padhy, and Sahil MehtaChapter 5 Medicinal Plants for Strong Immune System andTraditional Skin Therapy in South Africa: An Overview ................ 123Learnmore Kambizi and Callistus BvenuraChapter 6 Traditional African Medicinal Plants for a Strong Immune System.......173Anywar GodwinChapter 7 Traditional Brazilian Medicinal Plants for a StrongImmune System................................................................................. 199José Crisólogo de Sales Silva,Solma Lúcia Souto Maior de Araújo Baltar,and Maria Lusia de Morais Belo BezerraChapter 8 Traditional Himalayan Plants: Nature’s Gift for Maintaininga Strong Immune System.................................................................. 211Antul Kumar, Anuj Choudhary, Harmanjot Kaur, Atul Arya,Baljinder Singh, and Sahil MehtaChapter 9 Traditional South Indian Herbal Plants for a StrongImmune System.................................................................................245Mani Divya and Sekar VijayakumarChapter 10 Sacred Medicinal Plants and their Use by IndigenousPeople for Strengthening the Immune System.................................. 255Jamal Akhtar and Fouzia BashirChapter 11 Molecular Features of Potential Herbal Products inEnhancing Human Immune System.................................................. 301Chandrabose Selvaraj, Chandrabose Yogeswari, andSanjeev Kumar SinghChapter 12 Specific Plant Nutrients and Vitamins that Fortify HumanImmune System................................................................................. 363Kirubel Teshome Tadele and Gebeyanesh Worku ZerssaChapter 13 Role of Specific Spices in Fortifying the HumanImmune System.................................................................................397Yashdeep Srivastava, Swati Upadhyay, Mohd Ahmad,Deepak Kumar Verma, and Vinod Kumar MishraChapter 14 Specific Fruits and Berries for a Strong Human Immune System.......411Rakesh KumarChapter 15 Natural Immunity Boosters and Anticancer Medicinal Plants......... 431Swati Agarwal, Sonu Kumari, and Amrendra KumarChapter 16 Potential of Medicinal Plants as Immunity Boosteragainst COVID-19............................................................................. 455Saumya PandeyIndex....................................................................................................................... 475