Herbal medicines
Subtitle: development and validation of plant-derived medicines for human health
By: [edited by] Giacinto Bagetta ... [et al.].
Series: Clinical pharmacognosy -- 1; Clinical pharmacognosy -- 1.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781439837689
Subjects: Phytotherapy; Therapeutic use; Medicinal Plants; Plant Preparations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The European legislation (directive 2004/24/EC) brings clarification and recognition to herbal medicinal products / Giuseppe Nisticò and Dagmar Roth-Behrendt; title: Taxonomy, morphology, and ecology of medicinal plants: a botanical perspective / Simon Pierce, Alessandra Luzzaro, and Bruno E.L. Cerabolini; title: Ethnopharmacological approaches used to identify medicinal plants / Tsukasa Sakurada ... [et al.]; title: Medicinal plants : molecular biology/biotechnology approach; title: Candida Vannini ... [et al.]; title: Breeding and cultivation of medicinal plants / Christoph Carlen; title: Sample preparation, analytical methods, and chemical standardization of medicinal plants; title: Angela Perrone ... [et al.]; title: The role of zebrafish in the future of natural product discovery; title: Alexander D. Crawford, Camila V. Esguerra, and Peter A.M. de Witte; title: Phytocomplexes versus single-entity drugs : the never-ending dilemma in herbal medicine / Elizabeth M. Williamson; title: Molecular modes of action of drugs used in phytomedicine / Michael Wink; title: Bioavailability issues of nonnutrient plant and fruit constituents / Mariusz Konrad Piskula and Junji Terao; title: From identification to clinical translation of medicinal plants / Gian Franco Gensini ... [et al.]; title: Recommendations for reporting randomized controlled trials of herbal medicine interventions / Joel J. Gagnier ... [et al.]; title: Pharmacovigilance methods and systems in herbal medicines / Gioacchino Calapai; title: Mechanisms and clinical relevance of herb drug interactions from the perspectives of pharmacokinetics / Laura Berliocchi ... [et al.]; title: Nature's gift to photodynamic medicine : hypericin, a herbal photosensitizer is a component of hypericum perforatum / Heinrich Walt; title: Plants and plant-derived products as cancer chemopreventive agents / Douglas M. Noonan, Ilaria Sogno, and Adriana Albini; title: From standard tanacetum parthenium extract to a stabilized derivative of parthenolide : studies in animal models of pain / Rosaria Greco ... [et al.]; title: Antiviral effects of essential oils used traditionally in phytomedicine / Jürgen Reichling and Paul Schnitzler; title: The neuroprotective capacity of achyrocline satureioides (Lam) D.C. and its flavonoids : mechanisms of action / Federico Dajas ... [et al.]; title: Recent progress in echinacea research / Karin Woelkart and Rudolf Bauer; title: Contribution of herbal medicine to human health : a brief history / Luigi Antonio Morrone ... [et al.]; title: Quality issues of current herbal medicines / Paola Montoro, Sonia Piacente, and Cosimo Pizza; title: Herbal medicines in the developing world : South America / Federico Dajas and Felicia Rivera-Megret; title: Herbal medicines : epidemiology of their utilization, a perspective on the industrialized world / Anna Loraschi and Marco Cosentino.