Ethnomedicinal plants : revitalization of traditional knowledge of herbs /: revitalization of traditional knowledge of herbs. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Revitalization of traditional knowledge of herbs
• Further Information: Note: Editors, M. Rai, D. Acharya, Jose Luis Rios.
• Other Names: Rai, M. K; Acharya, Deepak; Rios, Jose Luis
• Contents: 1. Ethnomedicinal plants : progress and the future of drug development / José Luis Ríos -- 2. Spasmolytic effect of constituents from ethnomedicinal plants on smooth muscle / Rosa Martha Perez Gutierrez -- 3. Brazilian ethnomedicinal plants with anti-inflammatory action / José Carlos Tavares Carvalho -- 4. Women's knowledge of herbs used in reproduction in Trinidad and Tobago / Cheryl Lans and Karla Georges -- 5. Medicinal value of polyunsaturated and other fatty acids in ethnobotany / Sabreen F. Fostok, Antonios N. Wehbe, and Rabih S. Talhouk -- 6. Smoke of ethnobotanical plants used in healing ceremonies in Brazilian culture / Raquel de Luna Antonio [and others] -- 7. Traditional medicines as the source of immunomodulators and stimulators and their safety issues / Mahmud Tareq Hassan Khan -- 8. Traditional knowledge about Indian antimicrobial herbs : retrospects and prospects / Deepak Acharya and Mahendra Rai -- 9. Medicinal usefulness of Woodfordia fruticosa (Linn.) Kurz / Shandesh Bhattarai and Dinesh Raj Bhuju -- 10. Chemistry and pharmacology of Azadirachta indica / Rosa Martha Perez Gutierrez -- 11. Ethnomedicine of Quassia and related plants in tropical America / Rafael Ocampo and Gerardo Mora -- 12. An inventory of ethnomedicinal plants used in Tunisia / Borgi Wahida, Mahmoud Amor, and Chouchane Nabil -- 13. Medicinal plants used in folk medicine for digestive diseases in central Spain / M.E. Carretero Accame [and others] -- 14. Traditional medicinal products and their interaction with estrogens receptors : implications for human health / Dieudonné Njamen -- 15. Applications of microarray technology in ethnomedicinal plant research / Mahmoud Youns, Jörg D. Hoheisel, and Thomas Efferth -- 16. Combining ethnobotany and informatics to discover knowledge from data / Jitendra Gaikwad [and others] -- 17. Conservation strategies for ethnomedicinal plants / Arun Rijal.
• Publisher Details: Enfield, NH Boca Raton, FL : Science Publishers Distributed by CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource, maps
• Subjects: 615.321 E847; Herbs -- Therapeutic use; Medicinal plants; Ethnobotany; Traditional medicine; MEDICAL -- Pharmacology; Ethnobotany; Herbs -- Therapeutic use; Medicinal plants; Traditional medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439853627; 1439853622
• Related ISBNs: 9781578086962
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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