Phytomedicines of Europe : chemistry and biological activity /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: American Chemical Society. Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, American Chemical Society. Meeting
Other Authors: Lawson, Larry D., Bauer, Rudolf, 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, 1998.
Series:ACS symposium series ; 691.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Importance of European phytomedicinals in the American market : an overview / Varro E. Tyler
  • Status of phytopharmaceuticals within the European market / R. Anton and B. Kuballa
  • The German Commission E monograph system for phytomedicines : a model for regulatory reform in the United States / Mark Blumenthal
  • Botanicals : a current regulatory perspective for the United States / Loren D. Israelsen
  • Search for new plant constituents with antiasthmatic and antihypertonic activity / H. Wagner
  • Herbal drugs in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia / H. Schilcher
  • Plant polysaccharides and cancer / G. Franz
  • Secondary metabolites from plants as antiretroviral agents : promising lead structures for anti-HIV drugs of the future / Eckart Eich
  • Herbal laxatives : influence of anthrones-anthraquinones on energy metabolism and ion transport in a model system / H.W. Rauwald
  • Arnica flowers : pharmacology, toxicolgy, and analysis of the sesquiterpene lactones-their main active substances / G. Willuhn
  • Curcuma (tumeric) : biological activity and active compounds / M. Wichtl
  • Echinacea : biological effects and active principles / R. Bauer
  • Feverfew : a review of its history, its biological and medicinal properties, and the status of commercial preparations of the herb / S. Heptinstall and D.V.C. Awang
  • Garlic : a review of its medicinal effects and indicated active compounds / Larry D. Lawson
  • Neuroprotective effects of Ginkgo biloba extract / Barbara Ahlemeyer and Josef Krieglstein
  • Biochemical, pharmaceutical, and medical perspectives of ginseng / O. Sticher
  • Hawthorn (Crataegus) : biological activity and new strategies for quality control / O. Sticher and B. Meier
  • Influence of the flavonolignan silibinin of milk thistle on hepatocytes and kidney cells / J. Sonnenbichler, I. Sonnenbichler, and F. Scalera
  • Phytotherapeutic immunomodulation as a treatment modality in oncology : lessons from research with mistletoe / H.-J. Gabius and S. Gabius
  • Chemistry and biology of Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort) / Hans D. Reuter
  • Vitex agnus-castus (chaste tree) : pharmacological and clinical data / H. Winterhoff.