"Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the World for Aging: Botany, Ethnopharmacology, Natural products, and Molecular Pathways provides an unprecedented comprehensive overview of more than 100 plants used globally as medicine with the potential to prevent premature ageing. This handbook covers the pathophysiology of ageing from the molecular and cellular to organs levels, as well as the current state of knowledge about the mode of action of natural products from plants onto the pathophysiological pathways related to: (i) cardiovascular system and metabolism, (ii) central nervous system, (iii) kidneys, (iv) bones, (v) skin and hair, and (vi) immune system"--.