Nanotechnology in Herbal Medicine. Applications and Innovations. Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials

Table of Contents

1. Nanotechnology in herbal medicine 2. Nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems for herbal medicine 3. Characterization of nanomaterials 4. A different encapsulation technique and its cellular uptake mechanism 5. Biosynthesis of nanoparticles using plant extract 6. Applications of nanoemulsions as drug delivery vehicle for phytoconstituents 7. Plant extracts: Antioxidant and antimicrobial properties and their effect of nanoencapsulation 8. Nanoherbal gel formulations and delivery strategies 9. Synthesis and characterization of nanoherbal formulations for topical wound healing applications 10. Recent advances in herb-synthesized nanoparticles for viral diseases 11. Application of phyto-nanomedicine for the treatment of different disease conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disorders 12. Phyto nanomedicine for cancer therapy 13. Lipid-based nanostructures for the delivery of herbal antimicrobials 14. Nanostructured liquid-crystalline systems containing natural compounds 15. Dendrimer: A new carrier for herbal medicine 16. Metal and carbon nanocarriers for potential delivery of plant active ingredients 17. Cosmetic applications of herbal products and encapsulated herbal active formulations 18. Nonencapsulated plant essential oils as a shelf-life enhancer for herbal raw materials 19. Nanoherbal medicine: Challenges and future perspectives

Authors

Sabu Thomas International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, School of Energy Materials, and School of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. Prof. Sabu Thomas is the Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala, India. He also serves as the Chairman of Trivandrum Engineering Science and Technology Research Park (TrESPARK) in Kerala, India. Formerly, he was the Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University. His ground-breaking research has covered the areas of polymer science and engineering, polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites and nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. Prof. Thomas has received several national and international awards in recognition for his work and recently received Honoris Causa (DSc) from the University of South Brittany, Lorient, France, in recognition for his contributions to polymer science and engineering. Prof. Thomas has published more than 1400 peer-reviewed research papers, reviews, and book chapters. He has also edited and written 210 books. His H-index stands at 139, accompanied by a citation count of 43,000. Adebola Omowunmi Oyedeji Professor, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Walter Sisulu University (WSU), South Africa. Prof. Oyedeji is Professor of Organic Chemistry at Walter Sisulu University (WSU), Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, South Africa, where she teaches organic chemistry at both undergraduate and postgraduate level as well as leads a natural product research group.
She obtained her Master's degree in Polymer Chemistry from the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and her PhD degree in Organic Chemistry from University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Her work hinges on natural products chemistry with special interest in finding the medicinal values of terpenoids class of compounds in medicinal plants.
Prof. Oyedeji is a recipient of several awards including TWAS (2003), NRF South Africa (2003-2004), National Research Foundation Rated Scientist (2010-2015 & 2016-2021), WSU Established Female Researcher (2017), WSU Vice Chancellor Awards for Excellence in Research (2017), Pre-commercialization innovation product developed (2019), Engagement through Professional/Discipline-based Service Provision (2019) and Engagement through Research and Scholarship (2019).
She is a fellow of Chemical Society of Nigeria (CNS), member of Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS), member of South African Chemical Institution (SACI) and Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). She is also an affiliated member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). Oluwatobi Samuel Oluwafemi Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. Professor Oluwafemi is a fully-fledged academic that is involved in Teaching & Learning, Research, Community Engagement, staff and student mentorship among many other activities. His research interest is in the synthesis of binary, ternary and quaternary semiconductor nanomaterial and nanostructures such as quantum dots, metal nanomaterials, core-shells, doped nanostructures and polymer nanocomposites for different applications which includes biological, (basically for cancer treatment ie imaging, labelling, drug delivery photodynamic therapy and photothermal therapy), optical (development of optical devices), environmental (sensing and determination of environmental pollutants), nanotoxicology and water treatment. He is also involved in the indigenous knowledge system (IKS) for value added chain using different South African medicinal plants. This involves isolation, extraction, biological activity testing, and synthesis of nanomaterial using the plant extract and packaging for pharmaceutical purposes. Rose Jaquilin PJ Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa. Rose Jaquilin PJ is currently pursuing her PhD degree at Walter Sisulu University, South Africa. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and a Master's degree in Polymer Chemistry from Kerala University, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. She has nine years' research experience at Syngene International Ltd, a leading pharmaceutical company in India. Her research areas include bio- and specialty-polymer synthesis, polymer grafting, hydrogel and dendrimer synthesis, controlled radical (ATRP, RAFT), anionic and cationic polymerization techniques. Her current research work includes synthesis and characterization of herbal nanomaterials for different applications.