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Herbal Drugs: Ethnomedicine to Modern Medicine

"This reference work covers for the first time the herbal drugs used in ethnomedicine and validated on modern scientific basis. In depth information prepared by experts traces the evolution of herbal drugs with civilization and their use as antioxidants, anticancerous, chemopreventors, memor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: K G Ramawat [ editor ]
Format: Printed Book
Published: Berlin Springer 2009
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Table of Contents:
  • Medicinal plants: a renewable resource for novel leads and drugs
  • Chemical diversity of bioactive molecules and therapeutic potential of medicinal plants
  • Indigenous people and forests: perspectives of an Ethnobotanical study from Rajasthan (India)
  • Ginseng and male sexual behavior
  • Herbal treatment for erectile dysfunction
  • Harpagophytum procumbens
  • traditional anti-inflammatory herbal drug with broad therapeutic potential
  • Role of Curcumin in modern medicine
  • Proprietary herbal medicines in circulatory disorders: Hawthorn, Ginkgo, Padma 28
  • The effect of the green tea Polyphenol Epigallocatechin Gallate on the central nervous, endocrine, and innate immune system
  • Natural products in cancer chemoprevention and chemotherapy
  • Artemisinin
  • a versatile weapon from traditional Chinese medicine
  • Anticancer and immunomodulatory properties of Tinospora
  • Safety and efficacy of Phytomedicines in cancer
  • Novel leads from herbal drugs for neurodegenerative diseases
  • Traditional medicine for memory enhancement
  • Neuroprotective herbs for stroke
  • Biological activity of Ginkgo
  • Vitamin E metabolic modulation in plants
  • Herbal drugs of abuse
  • Biological activities of Kinetin
  • Safety issues of Phytomedicines in pregnancy and paediatrics.