A contribution to the series on Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants, Natural Products Chemistry of Botanical Medicines from Cameroon focuses on the sources and chemistry of natural products from plants in Cameroon, West Africa. The plants selected offer an opportunity to trace a route through history from ancient civilizations to the modern day, showing the important value to man of natural products in medicines and in foods. This book highlights how many of the extracts from Cameroon are today associated with important drugs, nutrition products, beverages, perfumes, cosmetics and pigments, as well as presenting their complex chemistry and structure.
Key Features:
Forms an important part of the series on Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants, as Cameroon is a country with rich experience in the use of medicinal plants and with a wide diversity of botanical resources
Addresses the current development of pharmacognosy research in Cameroon
Provides readers with updated information on the chemistry and pharmacology of natural products with pharmaceutical potential
Covers an extensive range of chemical, botanical and pharmacological diversities
Xavier Siwe Noundou is a Scholar/Scientist based at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. He has been a EU FP7 Marie Curie Fellow (2015-2016), Kaposvar University in Hungary (2015, 2016), Trakia Univesity in Bulgaria (2016), TWAS Fellow (2013), National Research Foundation South Africa Fellow (2014-2016). Dr Noundou works on Medicinal Chemistry focusing on Chemistry, Pharmacognosy and Nanotechnology. His main research interests include terrestrial natural products chemistry (from Cameroon and South Africa) and marine natural products chemistry (from the South African coastline): bioactive metabolites isolated as potential antiparasitic, antimicrobial, antiviral and antiproliferative candidates. He is author of more than forty scientific publications in his field of expertise.
Contents Book Series: Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants.....................................vii Introduction – Cameroon...........................................................................................ix Editor........................................................................................................................xi Contributors............................................................................................................ xiii Chapter 1 The Genus Olax: Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Biological Activities.......................................................................1 Bienvenu Tsakem, Beaudelaire Kemvoufo Ponou, Billy Tchegnitegni Toussie, Romuald Fouedjou Tematio, Xavier Siwe-Noundou, Rui W.M. Krause, Rémy Bertrand Teponno, and Léon Azefack Tapondjou Chapter 2 Chemistry and Biological Activities of Cameroonian Hypericum Species..............................................................................23 Gabin Thierry M. Bitchagno, Vaderament-A Nchiozem-Ngnitedem, Sylvain Valere Sob, and Serge Alain Fobofou Chapter 3 Biologically Active Saponins from Some Cameroonian Medicinal Plants.................................................................................. 37 Léon Azefack Tapondjou, Rémy Bertrand Teponno, Beaudelaire Kemvoufo Ponou, Romuald Tematio Fouedjou, and Luciano Barboni Chapter 4 Antioxidant and Immunomodulatory Activities of Cameroonian Medicinal Plants..................................................................................83 Matthias Onyebuchi Agbo, Patience O. Osadebe, Xavier Siwe-Noundou, and Rui W.M. Krause Chapter 5 Chemometric Evaluation of Phytochemical Principles in Cameroonian Plants............................................................................99 Ezealisiji Kenneth Maduabuchi Chapter 6 Medicinal Plants from Cameroon for Obstetric and Gynecological Uses.................................................................... 123 Bazil Ekuh Ewane, Benjamin C. Ozumba, Patience O. Osadebe, Philip F. Uzor, and Xavier Siwe-Noundou vi Contents Chapter 7 Ondongdong si (Acmella caulirhiza Delile), a Medicinal Plant from Cameroon................................................................................. 141 Tanyi M. Kima and Eleonora D. Goosen Chapter 8 Cameroonian Allanblackia Species.................................................. 183 Jean Emmanuel Mbosso Teinkela Index ...................................................................................................................... 201
Dr. Xavier Siwe-Noundou is a scholar and scientist based at Rhodes University in Grahamstown / Makhanda, South Africa. He has been a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF) Fellow (2017-2019), Oregon State University in USA (2017), University of California San Diego in USA (2019); an EU FP7 Marie Curie Fellow (2015–2016), Kaposvar University in Hungary (2015, 2016), Trakia Univesity in Bulgaria (2016), TWAS Fellow (2013), National Research Foundation South Africa Fellow (2014-2016). Dr. Siwe-Noundou works on medicinal chemistry focusing on chemistry, pharmacognosy, and nanotechnology. His main investigations include terrestrial natural products chemistry (from Cameroon and South Africa) and marine natural products chemistry (from South Africa cost line). All the bioactive metabolites isolated are screened as potential antimicrobial, antiparasitic and antiproliferative candidates. He is an author of more than fifty scientific publications in his field of expertise.
