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Medicinal Plants in Parkinson's Therapy

  • 1st Edition - November 17, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Sachchida Nand Rai, Payal Singh, Falguni Goel
  • Language: English

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Description

Medicinal Plants in Parkinson's Therapy offers a comprehensive approach to managing Parkinson's disease, blending insights from traditional herbal medicine with contemporary research findings. By examining various herbs, plants, and natural compounds, the book explores their potential in alleviating symptoms such as tremors, stiffness, and bradykinesia. Through practical and scientific research, readers learn how to integrate herbal preparations into their daily routines, including sourcing high-quality herbs, appropriate preparation methods, and dosage instructions. Emphasizing collaboration with healthcare professionals, the book underscores the need to complement herbal treatments with conventional therapies for Parkinson's disease.

Sections delve into complementary approaches like dietary adjustments, lifestyle modifications, and mind-body practices such as meditation and acupuncture. Highlighting medicinal plants like Mucuna pruriens, Withania somnifera, Tinospora cordifolia, Centella asiatica, and Bacopa monnieri, the book reveals their neuroprotective and antioxidant properties. These plants, rich in bioactive compounds such as Ursolic acid, Chlorogenic acid, and Berberine have shown promising therapeutic activity in treating Parkinson's disease.

Key features

  • Offers a holistic perspective on managing Parkinson's disease by combining insights from traditional herbal medicine with contemporary research findings
  • Provides guidance on sourcing high-quality herbs, appropriate preparation methods, and dosage instructions
  • Explores complementary approaches such as dietary adjustments, lifestyle modifications, and mind-body practices like meditation and acupuncture

Readership

Researchers in transitional neuroscience, pharmacology, herbal medicine specifically in Parkinson’s research. Primary care physicians, specialists, trainees and students in Neurology, and primary health care. Herbalist and alternative medical practitioners

Table of contents

1. Exploring Parkinson's Disease: An Insightful Overview

2. Unveiling Traditional Herbal Medicine: Tracing its Historical Roots

3. Harnessing Herbal Remedies for Alleviating Parkinson's Symptoms

4. Unlocking the Therapeutic Potential of Medicinal Plants

5. Understanding L-DOPA-Based Therapies for Parkinson’s Disease and Their Constraints

6. Examining the Role of Mucuna Pruriens in Managing Parkinson’s Disease

7. Exploring the Therapeutic Activity of Withania Somnifera in Parkinson’s Disease

8. Delving into Recent Advances in Parkinson’s Treatment with Tinospora Cordifolia and its Bioactive Components

9. Investigating the Synergistic Effects of Herbal Plants in Addressing Parkinson’s Disease

10. Exploring the Epigenetic Potential of Common Herbs and their Bioactive Compounds in Parkinson’s Disease

11. Examining the Impact of Ayurvedic Medications on Autophagy Modulation in Parkinson’s Disease

12. Unveiling the Therapeutic Potential of Underexplored Medicinal Plants in Parkinson’s Disease

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 17, 2025
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Sachchida Nand Rai

Dr. Sachchida Nand Rai is an Assistant Professor at University Centre for Research & Development (UCRD), Chandigarh University, Punjab, India. He obtained his MSc in Biochemistry from Purvanchal University, India, and his PhD in Biochemistry from Banaras Hindu University, India. Dr. Rai researches the anti-oxidative and anti-neuroinflammatory properties of phytochemicals for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. He is a lifetime member of the Indian Academy of Neuroscience.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor

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Payal Singh

Dr. Payal Singh is an Assistant Professor at University Centre for Research & Development (UCRD), Chandigarh University, Punjab, India. She obtained her MSc in Biochemistry from Purvanchal University, India, and her PhD in Zoology from Banaras Hindu University, India. Her research focuses on vital transcription factors in neurodegenerative diseases, as well as the applications of phytochemicals and the role of vitamins in these diseases.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor

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Falguni Goel

Ms. Falguni Goel is an Assistant Professor at the Meerut Institute of Engineering & Technology, India. She obtained her Master's of Pharmacology from ISF College of Pharmacy, Punjab, specializing in neuropharmacology and molecular biotechnology. Her research focuses on the molecular mechanisms and diagnostic markers of neurodegenerative disorders, including Huntington's, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Diseases, with a particular focus on identifying novel herbal and phytochemical drug targets for these diseases.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, India

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