Overview
Being the first book to provide scientific understanding of effects of Ashwagandha
Gives a comprehensive guide to Ashwagandha bioactives and bioactivities
Presents medicinal value of Ashwagandha
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Ashwagandha – Phytogenomics and Pharmacology
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Ashwagandha for Cancer
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Sunil Kaul was born and brought up in Kalimpong (Darjeeling). He obtained his MPhil and PhD degrees from the University of Delhi, India. After his initial post-doctoral training, he was appointed as a researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST) in Japan, and has been working there for last 28 years. He is now a Chief Senior Research Scientist. His major research interest is to understand the molecular mechanism of stress, aging and cancer. He has been merging the traditional knowledge with modern technologies like gene silencing and imaging to understand the mechanism of action of Ayurvedic herb, Ashwagandha and others. He is a coordinator of the DBT (India)-AIST (Japan) International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine at AIST, Japan. With more than 200 research publications in International peer revised journals and several invited talks Internationally, he has been in Editorial board of several scientific journals. He is a Fellow of Geriatrics Society of India (FGSI), Overseas Fellow of Biotech Research Society of India (FBRSI), Fellow of Indian Academy of Neuroscience (FIAN), and Foreign Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Science of Ashwagandha: Preventive and Therapeutic Potentials
Editors: Sunil C. Kaul, Renu Wadhwa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59192-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59191-9Published: 02 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86565-2Published: 12 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59192-6Published: 13 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 508
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 76 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomedicine general, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Popular Science in Medicine and Health, Medical Education, Complementary & Alternative Medicine