Medicinal plants : from farm to pharmacy /: from farm to pharmacy. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nirmal Joshee, Sadanand A. Dhekney, Prahlad Parajuli, editors.
• Editors: Joshee, Nirmal; Dhekney, Sadanand A; Parajuli, Prahlad
• Contents: 1. The Evolution of Modern Medicine: Garden to Pill Box -- 2. Bioprospecting for Pharmaceuticals- An Overview and Vision for Future Access and Benefit Sharing -- 3.Nepal: A Global Hotspot for Medicinal Orchids -- 4.Current Status and Future Prospects for Select Underutilized Medicinally-Valuable Plants of Puerto Rico: A Case Study -- 5. Black Pepper: Health Benefits, In Vitro Multiplication and Commercial Cultivation -- 6.Prospects for Goji Berry (Lycium barbarum L.) Production in North America -- 7. Skullcaps (Scutellaria spp.): Ethnobotany and Current Research -- 8. Cultivating Medical Grade Cannabis for the Development of Phytopharmaceuticals -- 9. Natural Products as Possible Vaccine Adjuvants for Infectious Diseases and Cancer -- 10. In vitro Plant Cell Cultures: A Route to Production of Natural Molecules and Systematic in vitro Assays for Their Biological Properties -- 11. Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, Analgesic, Anti-inflammatory and Antipyretic Effects of Bioactive Compounds from Passiflora Species -- 12. Modulation of Tumor Immunity by Medicinal Plant or Functional Food Derived Compounds -- 13. Dietary Brown Seaweed Extract Supplementation in Small Ruminants -- 14. Discovery of Green Tea Polyphenol-Based Antitumor Drugs: Mechanisms of Action and Clinical Implications -- 15.Therapeutic and Medicinal Uses of Terpenes -- 16. Unexplored Medicinal Flora Hidden Within South Africas Wetlands -- 17. Seabuckthorn: A Multipurpose Medicinal Plant From Upper Himalayas -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 581.6/34; Medicinal plants; Medicinal plants; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030312695; 3030312690
• Related ISBNs: 9783030312688; 3030312682
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 16, 2019).
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