Bioactive Compounds of Medicinal Plants ― Properties and Potential for Human Health

Bioactive Compounds of Medicinal Plants: Properties and Potential for Human Health sheds light on the immense potential of medicinal plants from human health from different technological aspects, focusing on the continent of Africa. The volume presents new research on bioactive compounds in medicinal plants that provide health benefits, medicinal plant and plant products for health promotion, medicinal plants for the management of diabetes mellitus, and medicinal plants for the management of hypertension.

Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez Campus; and Senior Acquisitions Editor and Senior Technical Editor-in-Chief in Agriculture and Biomedical Engineering for Apple Academic Press Inc. He has worked as a Soil Conservation Inspector and as a Research Assistant at Haryana Agricultural University and Ohio State University. He was the first agricultural engineer to receive the professional license in Agricultural Engineering in 1986 from the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico. On September 16, 2005, he was proclaimed as "Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the twentieth century" by the ASABE, Puerto Rico Section, for his pioneering work on micro irrigation, evapotranspiration, agroclimatology, and soil and water engineering. During his professional career of 45 years, he has received many prestigious awards. A prolific author and editor, he has written more than 200 journal articles and textbooks and has edited over 25 books. He received his BSc degree in engineering from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India; his MSc and PhD degrees from Ohio State University, Columbus; and his Master of Divinity degree from Puerto Rico Evangelical Seminary, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, USA.

Ademola Ayeleso, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry at Adeleke University, Nigeria. Dr. Ayeleso is working on the use of medicinal plants, plant products, and synthesized compounds in the management of diabetes mellitus that has become a threat to the lives of people in both urban and rural areas throughout the world. He has presented his research at both national and international conferences. Dr. Ayeleso obtained is BTech degree in biochemistry at the Federal University of Technology, Nigeria. He received his MSc degree in biochemistry at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and his PhD degree in biomedical technology at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa. He also worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at three different universities in South Africa. Dr. Ayeleso is a prolific writer and has written 20 journal articles and book chapters.