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1 online resource (295 pages) |
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Cover; Title; Copyrights; Preface; Contents; Section I Applications of Ethnomedicinal Plants; Chapter 1 Some Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Used for the Treatment of Cancers/Tumors, with Special Reference toIts Scientific Validations Amner Muñoz-Acevedo, María C. González, Sandra M. Rodríguez, Martha Cervantes-Díaz and Carlos E. Díaz; Chapter 2 Use of Ethnomedicinal Herbs to Treat and Manage Schistosomiasis in Zimbabwe: Past Trends andFuture Directions Alfred Maroyi |
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Chapter 3 Ethnobotany: Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Hypertension Patricia Landazuri, Nelsy Loango Chamorro and Beatriz Restrepo CortesChapter 4 Plants Used for Central Nervous System Disorders by Brazilian Indians Priscila Yazbek, Thamara Sauini, Fernando Cassas, Gi; Chapter 5 Ethnobotanical Retrospective and Features of the Multipurpose Plant Genipa americana L. (Rubiaceae) Kyria Cilene de Andrade Bortoleti, Roberta Lane de Oliveira Silva, Silvany de Sousa Araújo, Ana Christina Brasileiro-Vidal andAna Maria Benko-Iseppon |
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Chapter 6 Paramela(Adesmia boronioides Hook. f.)From Popular Uses to Commercialization Silvia B. González, Ana H. Ladio, Bruno Gastaldi, Fresia M. Silva Sofrás, Ariel Mazzoni3 and Gustavo SánchezChapter 7 The Genus Vismia: Geographical Distribution, Chemical Composition and Recent Biological Studies Janne Rojas and Alexis Buitrago; Chapter 8 Curcuma longa L.: From Ethnomedicinal to Novel Biomedical Applications Mahendra Rai, Avinash Ingle, Raksha Pandit, Priti Paralikar, Farkhanda Rehman, Netravati Anasane, Pramod Ingle andSuneesh Buxy |
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Chapter 9 Medicinal Plants of the Khyang Tribe of Bandarban District, Bangladesh Md. Shahadat Hossan, Christophe Wiart, Emratul Jannat, Abu Hanif, Prozzal Roy, Taufiq Rahman, Rownak Jahan, Tracey D. Bradshaw and Mohammed RahmatullahChapter 10 Management of Cardiovascular Diseases and Related Complications Using Traditional Herbs and Spices Kavisha Mooroteea and Fawzi Mahomoodally; Chapter 11 Use of Ethnomedicinal Plants in Primary Health Care Nélida Soria Rey |
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Chapter 12 Secondary Metabolites of Some Ethno-medicinal Plants of Arunachal Pradesh, India Pallabi Kalita Hui, Debmalya Das Gupta and Hui TagChapter 13 Characterization and Purification of Antiurolithiatic Metabolites from Medicinal Plants Ankit S. Kale, Anita S. Patil, Hariprasad Paikrao and Surendra R. Patil; Section II Ethnopharmacology; Chapter 14 In Vitro Experimental Design and Data Analysis in Ethnopharmacology Raúl Vinet, Marcela Knox, Marcos Lorca-Morales, Claudio Laurido and José Luis Martínez |
| Summary |
Ethnobotany includes the traditional use of plants in different fields like medicine and agriculture. This book incorporates important studies based on ethnobotany of different geographic zones. The book covers medicinaland aromatic plants, ethnopharmacology, bioactive molecules, plants used in cancer, hypertension, disorders of the central nervous system, and also as antipsoriatic, antibacterial, antioxidant, antiurolithiatic. The book will be useful for a diverse group of readers including plant scientists, pharmacologists, clinicians, herbalists, natural therapy experts, chemists, microbiologists, NGOs and those who are interested in traditional therapies |
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Chapter 15 Insights into the Ethnopharmacological Uses of Rutaceae A Golden Source for Many Pharmaceutical Preparations Dalia I. Hamdan, Fadia S. Youssef, Mohamed L. Ashour andAssem M. El-Shazly |
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Print version record |
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Plants, Medicinal
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Ethnobotany -- Methods
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Botany, Medical.
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Medicinal plants.
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Plants, Medicinal
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MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany.
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Antitumor treatment.
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Central Nervous System disorders.
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Ethnopharmacology.
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Hypertension.
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Public health disorders.
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Traditional medicine.
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Botany, Medical
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Ethnobotany
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Medicinal plants
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Methods (Music)
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Munoz-Acevedo, Amner
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Rai, Mahendra
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| ISBN |
9780429841798 |
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0429841795 |
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