Brazilian Medicinal Plants - Paperback

by Luzia Valentina Modolo (Editor), Mary Ann Foglio (Editor)

The vast and exciting Brazilian flora biodiversity is still underexplored. Several research groups are devoted to the study of the chemical structure richness found in the different Biomes. This volume presents a comprehensive account of the research collated on natural products produced from Brazilian medicinal plants and focuses on various aspects of the field. The authors describe the key natural products and their extracts with emphasis upon sources, an appreciation of these complex molecules and applications in science. Many of the extracts are today associated with important drugs, nutrition products, beverages, perfumes, cosmetics and pigments, and these are highlighted.

Key Features:

• Presents Brazilian biodiversity: its flora, its people, and its research
• Describes the emergence of natural products research in Brazil
• Emphasizes the increasing global interests in botanical drugs
• Aids the international natural product communities to better understand the herbal resources in Brazil
• Discusses Brazilian legislation to work with native plants

Author Biography

Luzia Valentina Modolo: 2017 - present: Associate Professor of the Department of Botany at UFMG, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2015 - present: Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Advanced Research
2015 - 2017: Head of the Department of Botany at UFMG, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2012 - 2014: Guest editor of the Recent Patents on Biotechnology
2011 - 2014: Vice-head of the Department of Botany at UFMG, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2009 - 2017: Assistant Professor at UFMG, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Mary Ann Foglio:
2015 - Present: Full Professor, UNICAMP, School of Pharmacy, Campinas, Brazil
2002 - 2015: Researcher UNICAMP, CPQBA, Paulinia, Brazil
1987 - 2002: Assistant Researcher UNICAMP, CPQBA, Paulinia, Brazil