Seabuckthorn (Hippophae L.) : A Multipurpose Wonder Plant : Vol. II: Biochemistry and Pharmacology

Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Biochemistry: 1. Free radicals, diseases, anti-oxidants and anti-oxidant properties of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.)/Virendra Singh. 2. Lipophilic components of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) seeds and berries/Baoru Yang and Heikki Kallio. 3. Biochemical characteristics of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae L.)/Lu Rongsen. 4. Biochemical variations in Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) growing in different regions of CIS States/M.A. Korovina and V.A. Fefelov. 5. Biochemical characteristics of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) growing in Azerbaijan/Eldar N. Novruzov. 6. Bioactive substances of Mongolian Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.)/Ya. Jamyansan and D. Badgaa. 7. Morpho-biochemical characteristics of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) growing in cold arid Ladakh Himalayas/Sanjai K. Dwivedi, Ranjit Singh and Z. Ahmed. 8. Flavonoids of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.): chemistry and pharmacology/O.N. Tolkachev and O.P. Sheichenko. 9. Flavonoids and other biologically active substances of Seabuckthorn leaves/D.Ts. Tsybikova, D.B. Rasputina and N.F. Komissarenko. 10. Carotenoids and Sterines of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.)/Eldar N. Novruzov. 11. Tannins of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.): chemical properties and biological action/O.P. Sheichenko and O.N. Tolkachev. 12. Lipids of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) fruits/N.P. Bekker, A.I. Glushenkova, Ja V.Rashkes, T.G. Zhmyrko and Kh. M. Shakhidoyatov. 13. Lipids of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) leaves/N.P. Bekker and A.I. Glushenkova. 14. Epicuticular and intracellular lipids of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) leaves/N.P. Gonchova and A.I. Glushenkova. 15. Polysaccharides and dietary fibre in Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) Berries/G. Dongowski. 16. Amino acids and other nutrients of Siberian Seabuckthorn fruit/L.P. Solonenko and G.F. Privalov. 17. Mineral composition of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae L.)/R.K. Gupta and Virendra Singh. 18. Biochemical changes during ripening of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) fruits/M. Antonelli, A. Raffo and F. Paoletti. 19. Seasonal dynamics of polyprenols and dolichols in Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) leaves/T.P. Kukina and V.A. Raldugin. 20. Dynamics of Vitamin E in processed Seabuckthorn fruit oil/Jiang Zirong. 21. Vitamin C in Seabuckthorn fruit during harvesting and cold storage/M. Jalakas, K. Karp, M. Noormets and M. Starast. 22. Vitamin C content of Seabuckthorn fruits and raw juice during different storage and processing conditions/Li Chengyi and Lu Zhihao. 23. Stability of Hydrophilic and Lipophilic antioxidants of Seabuckthorn under different storage conditions/Michael Netzel, Silke Allmann, Gabriele Strass, Katja Kranl, Robert Aman, Andreas Schieber, Reinhold Carle, Irmgard Bitsch, Roland Bitsch. 24. Quality parameters of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) oil/Jorg-Thomas MOrsel, Karl Heilscher and Claudia Morsel. 25. Molecular composition of carotenoid-Lipo-protein structures of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) Berries/Carmen Socaciu and Adela Pintea. II. Pharmacology: 26. Physiological effects of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) fruit pulp and seed oils/Baoru Yang and Heikki Kallio. 27. Anti-oxidants and anti-oxidative activity of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae L.)/Xiangqun Gao. 28. Bioactivity and bioactive compounds of Seabuckthorn fruit juice/Silke Allmann, Gabriele Strass, Katja Kranl, Thomas Frank, Irmgard Bitsch, Roland Bitsch and Michael Netzel. 29. Seabuckthorn in curtailing oxidative, cold and hypoxic stresses/S. Geetha, M. Sai Ram, S.K. Grover, H.M. Divekar, Virendra Singh, G. Ilavazhagan and R.C. Sawhney. 30. Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) as a radio-protector/H.C. Goel and M. Bala. 31. Biological properties of Seabuckthorn super oxide dismutase drug formulation/Y.H. Jin and D.L. Tao. 32. Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) in cutaneous wound healing of animals/A.C. Varshney and S.P. Tyagi. 33. Effect of a Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) seed oil preparation on the chronic cervicitis/A.R. Wu, Y.C. Su, J.F. Li, Q.L. Liu, J.X. Lu, X.Z. Wei, C.M. Qian, Y.X. Lai and G.N. Wang. 34. Anti-viral, anti-microbial and toxicological studies on Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.)/L.D. Shipulina, O.N. Tolkachev, L.V. Krepkova, V.V. Bortnikova and A.A. Shkarenkov. 35. Adaptogenic and gastroprotective properties of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) fruit preparations/S.M. Nikolayev, D.Ts. Tsybikova, O.D. Tsyrenzhapova, N.N. Fedotovskikh and E.I. Matkhanov. 36. Effect of a Seabuckthorn preparation on the blood circulation in rats/Zhou Yuansheng, Tu Jie, Cui Huiling, Ren Yongzhen, Yuan Bingxiang, Xu Shuju and Shun Xiaodong. 37. Effect of a Seabuckthorn preparation on the coronary blood circulation and Myocardial Oxygen consumption/Zhou Yuansheng, Tu Jie, Cui Huiling, Ren Yongzhen, Yuan Bingxiang, Shun Xiaodong, Ding Baoxin and Hu Hao. III. Miscellaneous: 38. Seabuckthorn (Hippophae L.) in traditional medicines/Virendra Singh. 39. A green technology for the integrated processing of fresh Seabuckthorn berries/V.V. Venugopalan, A. Ranjit, K. Sarinkumar and C. Arumughan. 40. Processing methodologies of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) food products/Andry F. Lebeda. 41. Research and development of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae L.) in India/Virendra Singh. 42. Development and commercialization of Seabuckthorn: a German experience/Virendra Singh and Jorg-Thomas Morsel. Index.

"This second volume of the book on "Seabuckthorn (Hippophae L.) - A Multipurpose Wonder Plant" contains 42 excellent papers by experts from several countries like Russia, China, India, Finland, Germany and Central Asia. The book mainly focuses on the biochemistry and pharmacology of this multipurpose plant, which grows widely in cold regions of Asia, Europe and introduced in North and South America. The book has been divided in three sections. The first section on "Biochemistry" has 25 papers, which deals with bioactive compounds like vitamins, carotenoids, flavonoids, sterols, tannins, fatty acids, amino acids and minerals etc. in Seabuckthorn fruit and leaves. The second section on "Pharmacology" has 12 papers, which deals with the studies on the experimental and clinical trials conducted on the efficacy of Seabuckthorn fruit and leaf extracts and oil on various diseases of skin, cardiovascular system, cancer, ulcer and wounds etc. in animals and some studies in human being also. The third section "Miscellaneous" has 5 papers, which deals with studies on the ethnobotany, processing technology, methodologies of health food product development and Seabuckthorn research in some countries. The book will prove very useful to the researchers, herbal medicine industry, policy makers and all those interesting in knowing more about this multipurpose wonder plant." (jacket)