Traditional and Herbal Medicines for COVID-19 explores promising ways to manage COVID-19, post-COVID, and long-COVID conditions. The management plans are based on anti-virus activity, anti-inflammatory, and diverse health benefits of traditional and herbal medicines through a comprehensive summarization of scientific literature by experts in the field. It presents information on a view of the origin of SARS-CoV-2, emerging variants and pathogenesis, and it proposes renewed strategies of diagnostics, vaccines, and therapies.
Features
· Provides an in-depth analysis to illustrate the impact of traditional and herbal medicines on crucial protein targets that are responsible for the progress of SARS-CoV-2 infection and symptoms
· Presents knowledge of SARS-CoV-2 and variants
· Explores strategies to manage COVID-19, post-COVID, and long-COVID by applying traditional herbal medicines
· Illustrates molecular aspects of anti-coronavirus activity from traditional herbal medicines
· Features information on molecular mechanisms of target proteins involving COVID-19 infection and symptoms
Traditional and Herbal Medicines for COVID-19 serves as an ideal reference for researchers, and experts in the fields of virology, epidemiology, drug discovery, and traditional herbal medicine. This book aligns with supporting the “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030" by the United Nations to establish “Good Health and Well-Being.”
Author Biography:
Jen-Tsung Chen is a professor of cell biology at the National University of Kaohsiung in Taiwan. He also teaches genomics, proteomics, plant physiology, and plant biotechnology. Dr. Chen’s research interests include bioactive compounds, chromatography techniques, plant molecular biology, plant biotechnology, bioinformatics, and systems pharmacology. He is an active editor of academic books and journals to advance the exploration of multidisciplinary knowledge involving plant physiology, plant biotechnology, nanotechnology, ethnopharmacology, and systems biology. He serves as an editorial board member in reputed journals, including Plant Methods, GM Crops & Food, Plant Nano Biology, Biomolecules, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and a guest editor in Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers in Pharmacology, Journal of Fungi, and Current Pharmaceutical Design. Dr. Chen published books in collaboration with Springer Nature, CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, and In-TechOpen and he is handling book projects for some more international publishers on diverse topics such as drug discovery, herbal medicine, medicinal biotechnology, nanotechnology, bioengineering, plant functional genomics, plant speed breeding, and CRISPR-based plant genome editing.
