Title: Functional Herbal Medicines. Taking Advantage of the Science Factor.
Description: Today's conventional wisdom is tomorrow's historical footnote! We are witnessing a revolution in our understanding of the crucial role that nutrients play in illness-prevention and disease risk-reduction --both in general and, in particular, for those ailments associated with rapidly-changing tressful lifestyles and degenerative diseases. A wealth of new technologies and genetic information promises to provide people with an unprecedented number of innovative new treatment options. In fact, in the next 20 years, experts predict the number of new entries to outstrip and largely replace today's well-accepted preparations. This is a visionary book, underscoring the importace of the "science factor".
Subjects: Natural products, complimentary medicines, patients, herbals, science, phytomedicines, alternative treatments, dietary supplements, pharmaceutcal industry, health, gynaecology, pediatry, gastro-enterology, psychology, heart disease, cancer, men's health, placebo, school medicine, effective medicines
Places: Canada, USA, France, Italy, India, China
People: Adlercreuz Herman ( Professor, Dept. of Clinical Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland); Arntzen Charles (President/CEO, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc.); Badmaev Vladimir Ph.D. );	 Bagchi Debasis ;	 Belloro Emmanuela (Universida Degli Studi de Torino, Dip. Sci. & Techn. Dep., Italy);		 Blumenthal Mark (executive Director, American Botanical Council, USA);	 Bombardelli  Enrico (Director, Indena S.p.A., Italy;	 Brice Charles (USA);	 Brombach Dieter  (Germany);	 Brzezinski Ammon (Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical school, Israel); Cragg Gordon (Matural Products Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program, National Cancer Institute, & President of the American Society of Pharmacognosy, USA);	 Dalais Fabien (Senior Research Officer, International Research and Development Unit, Monash University, Australia);	 Davis  Marvin ( Department of Pharmacology, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, USA);	 Desmarchelier Christian (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina);	 Dickinson Annette (Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, Council for Responsible Nutrition, USA);	 Dubick Michel (Chief, Trauma Studies Branch, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, USA); Fenical William (Professor of Oceanography, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, USA);	 Gilani Anwar-al Hassan (Professor of Pharmacology, The Aga Khan University Medical College, Pakistan);	Holler Harold (The American Dietetic Association, USA);	 Huber Walter (Head of Corporate Communication, Merck KGaA, Germany);	 Jatem Lasser Alicia (Natural Products Lab. Chem. Dept., Sciences Faculty, University of Los Andes, Venezuela);	 Kozikowski Alan (USA);	 Lerman Robert (Medical Director, Institute for Functional Medicine, USA);	 Levander Orville (Research Chemist, Nutrition Institute USD, ARC, USA);	 Levine Barbara (Professor of Nutrition in Medicine, Cornell University Medical College; Clinical Nutrition Research Coordinator at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Rockefeller University, USA);	 Macdonald Victoria (Social Affairs Correspondent, Channel Four News, ITN, UK);	  Merrill Alfred (Professor of Biochemistry, Emory center for Nutrition & Health Sciences, Emory University, USA);	 Mullinaire Joseph (Center for Disease Control & Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, USA);	 Nuehouser  Marian (Staff Scientist, Cancer Prevention Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer research Center, USA);	 Newton Jan (USA) ; Nir Zohar (Lycored Natural Products Industries Ltd., Israel);	 Parzich Eckhard (BASF AG, Germany);	 Pomponi Shirley (Division of Biomedical Marine Research, Harbor Branch Oceonographic Institution, USA);	 Quilici-Timmcke Judi  (President, Q-Tech Services, USA);	 Ramazanov Zakir (Executive Vice President Research and Development, Pharmline Inc., USA);	 Ricker Reinhart (University of Mainz Media Law Institute, Germany);	 Rotmar Avner (BioDar, Israel);	 Simpson Scott (Director of Maternal Health & Family Planning, Texas Dept. of Health, USA);	 Sosa Silvio (University of Trieste, Italy);	 	 Stevenson Roger (Director of Research, Greenwood Genetic Center, USA);	 Tyler Varro (Dean and Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Purdue University, USA);	 Verotta Louisella (Departemento di Chimica, Organica e Industriale, Italy);	 Viteri Fernando (Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Natural Resources, University of California at Berkeley, USA)
Time periods: 2000-2020