Herbal and traditional medicine:molecular aspects of health
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Group Author: | ; ; |
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Published: |
Marcel Dekker,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | c2004. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Oxidative stress and disease |
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Carrier Form: | xx, 941 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: | 0824754360 (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | R282 |
CLC: | R282.71 |
Call Number: | R282.71/H534 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. 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? -- Clinial trials for herbal extracts -- Herbal medicine: criteria for use in health and disease -- Effects of phytochemicals in Chinese functional ingredients on gut health -- Tea and health -- Ginkgo biloba: from traditional medicine to molecular biology -- Ginger -- Lingzhi polyphorous fungus (Ganoderma lucidum) -- Epimedium species -- Ligusticum chuanxiong hort -- Salvia miltiorrhiza -- 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 constitutents -- 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 -- 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. |