Rövid leírás:

Polycystic ovarian syndrome is a multifaceted reproductive, metabolic syndrome, its symptoms involving interactions between hormones, genes, and environmental stressors. The characteristic symptoms of polycystic ovarian include menstrual abnormalities, oligo-menorrhea or amenorrhea.

Hosszú leírás:

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a multifaceted reproductive, metabolic syndrome, and its symptoms involve interactions between hormones, genes, and environmental stressors. The characteristic symptoms of PCOS include menstrual abnormalities such as oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea. The general symptoms of PCOS are anovulation or oligo-ovulation.

Herbal Medicine Applications for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome provides comprehensive information on different aspects of PCOS, including its pathogenesis, symptoms, therapies, and management, particularly through herbal remedies.

With 13 chapters related to different aspects of PCOS, this book provides enormous knowledge about the pathogenesis and role of different therapeutic strategies globally. These chapters have been contributed by researchers from across the globe from Europe to Asia, who highlight the importance of herbal medicines in the treatment of a reproductive disorder such as PCOS.

This book also serves as a simple compendium for undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, and pharmaceutical companies to understand the fundamental concepts of herbal treatment use with regard to basic mechanisms, sources, and positive impact. Readers will find an articulate package of knowledge compiled about pathogenesis and complications of PCOS and the role of herbs in the development of drugs for the treatment of reproductive disorders.

Tartalomjegyzék:

Chapter 1. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS): Signs, Symptoms, Epidemiology, Environmental Stress, Management Strategies and Current Therapies

Younis Ahmad Hajam, Rajesh Kumar, Neelam, D R Thakur and Seema Rai

Chapter 2. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS): Regulation of Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis and Steroidogenesis, a Perspective toward Control of PCOS

Namrata, Manisha, Neeru, Indu Sharma, Rajesh Kumar, and Arup Giri

Chapter 3. Potential Phytotherapeutic Intervention for the Treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Seema Rai, Sushmita Pa, Adyasha Purohit, Sunita Patel, Kshipra Xaxa, Gunja Roy, Younis Hajam Ahmad and Rajesh Kumar

Chapter 4. Polycystic ovarian Syndrome (PCOS): The ?Green healers? an Ayurvedic Eye

Shikhar Deep, Ashvani Kumar Srivastav, Sangeeta Rai and Radha Chaube

Chapter 5. Concept of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Anti- PCOS Plants in the Unani System of Medicines

Neha Salaria, Indu Kumari, Neeraj, Diksha Pathania and Rajesh Kumar

Chapter 6. Therapeutic and Pharmacological Perspectives of Some Herbal Resources for the Treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Fast-Spreading Endocrine Disorder

Suresh Kumar, N Mahakud, Adyasha Purohit, Sunita Patel, Kshipra Xaxa, Gunja Roy, Younis Ahmad Hajam and Seema Rai

Chapter 7. Molecular Insights of Active Plant-Based Drug Molecules for the Treatment of PCOS

Sandhya Sharma, Haleema Sabia, Sonam Singh and Radha Chaube

Chapter 8. Current understanding on pathophysiological insight and experimental animal model to study polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and the role of phytobiotics as a potential therapeutic intervention

Shruti Nagrath, Abhinav Bhardwaj and Vijay K. Bharti

Chapter 9. Tanshinone IIA, Curcumin and Rutin phytotherapy: A Natural Treatment for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Rajesh Kumar, Lovepreet Kaur, Neelam, Younis Ahmad Hajam, and Seema Rai

Chapter 10. Apigenin, Catechins and Soy isoflavones as a natural treatment for polycystic ovarian syndrome

Aksh Sharma and Surbhi

Chapter 11. Resveratrol, 6- Gingerol and Quercetin as a natural treatment for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Zoya Shaikh, Ulas Acaroz, and Ahmad Ali

Chapter 12. Role of Environmental Factors in PCOS Development and Progression

Indu Sharma, Chahat Dhawan, Pallavi Arora, Pritika Chandel and Smita Bhattacharjee

Chapter 13. Melatonin as a Possible Chronobiotic / Cytoprotective Therapy in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Daniel P. Cardinali, Seema Rai, Eduardo Spinedi