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Phytochemicals in Clinical Studies: Current Perspective

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Natural plants and their derived products are effective against various diseases for their prevention and treatment for several years. Availability of synthetic drugs with faster and selective responses against various diseases decreased the use of herbal products. However, due to adverse side effects of synthetic drugs, in the last few years, the clinical use of plant-derived medicines has been exponentially increased in developing as well as developed countries due to their easy availability, low cost, and least toxicity. Therefore, in recent years, several human trials have been done to analyze the toxicology, pharmacokinetics, and biologically effective dose of phytochemicals against cancer, diabetes, and bacterial and viral diseases for their clinical application. In the present book chapter, we have discussed the clinical studies on phytochemicals against several diseases including diabetes, cancer, and diseases associated with microbial infections including women health problems.

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AK acknowledges the University Grants Commission and Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India, for providing financial support in the form of UGC-Start-Up Research and Early Career Research Award, respectively. AK also acknowledges the University Grants Commission, Government of India, for providing Center of Advanced Studies to Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, India. SK acknowledges the University Grants Commission, India, for providing financial support in the form of UGC-Start-Up Research Grant [No.F.30-372/2017(BSR); FD Diary No.6755] and the Central University of Punjab for providing necessary infrastructure facilities. DK acknowledges the Central University of Jammu for providing necessary infrastructure facilities along with financial support in the form of Minor Research Grant (No: CUJ/Acad/Proj-PLS/2017/158) and also to SERB, DST for providing financial support. AB acknowledges the Central University of Jammu for providing necessary infrastructure facilities and the financial support in the form of Minor Research Grant (No: CUJ/Acad/Proj-CMB/2017/159).

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