Herbal and traditional medicine : molecular aspects of health /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Packer, Lester, Ong, Choon Nam, Halliwell, Barry
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Marcel Dekker, [2004]
Series:Oxidative stress and disease.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Integrating traditional and complementary medicine into national health care : learning from the international experience
  • Can traditional medicine coexist with modern medicine in the same health care system
  • Clinical trials for herbal extracts
  • Herbal medicine : criteria for use in health and disease
  • Effects of phytochemicals in Chinese functional ingredients on gut health
  • Herbal and traditional medicine
  • Tea and health
  • Ginkgo biloba : from traditional medicine to molecular biology
  • Ginger
  • Lingzhi polyphorous fungus (Ganoderma lucidum)
  • Epimedium species
  • Ligusticum chuanxiong hort
  • Salvia miltorrhiza
  • Schisandrin B and other dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans
  • Spirulina : an overview
  • Averrhoa bilimbi
  • Lentinus edodes : shiitake mushrooms
  • Cruciferous vegetables and chemoprevention : the mechanisms of isothiocyanate-mediated chemoprotection in humans
  • Pharmacological and chemopreventive studies of chrysanthemum
  • Andrographis paniculata and the cardiovascular system
  • Rosemary
  • Crataegus (hawthorn)
  • Resveratrol : the promise therein
  • Pharmacological and physiological effects of ginseng
  • Antioxidant activities of prickly pear (Opuntia ficus indica) fruit and its betalains : betanin and indicaxanthin
  • Antioxidant activity and antigenotoxicity of Cassia tora
  • Sho-saiko-to
  • Licorice root flavonoid antioxidants reduce LDL oxidation and attenuate cardiovascular diseases
  • Estrogen-like activity of licorice root extract and its constituents
  • Protection of oxidative brain injury by Chinese herbal medicine : Shengmai San as a model formula for antioxidant-based-compounds therapy of oxidative stress-related diseases
  • Eurycoma longifolia jack (Tongkat Ali)
  • The biological and pharmacological properties of Cordyceps sinesis, a traditional Chinese medicine that has broad clinical applications
  • Phytochemistry, pharmacology, and health effects of Brandisia hancei
  • Ephedra
  • Echinacea and immunostimulation
  • Medical attributes of St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)
  • Therapeutic potential of curcumin derived from turmeric (Curcuma longa)
  • Extracts from the leaves of Chromolaena odorata : a potential agent for wound healing
  • Medicinal properties of Eucommia bark and leaves
  • Problems and side effects
  • Systemic reviews of herbal medicinal products : doing more good than harm?
  • Use of silicon-based oligonucleotide chip in authentication of toxic Chinese medicine
  • Traditional Chinese medicine : problems and drawbacks
  • Review of adverse effects of Chinese herbal medicine and herb-drug interactions