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1 online resource (357 pages) |
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Preface -- Contents -- PART�A -- 1. Introduction to Herbal Medicine -- HISTORY OF HERBAL MEDICINE -- RECENT TRENDS IN HERBAL MEDICINE -- SOME BASIC DEFINITIONS (As per W.H.O.) -- Complementary/Alternative Medicine -- Traditional Medicine -- Medicinal Plant/Medicinal Herb -- Herbal Medicines -- Herbal Materials -- Herbal Preparations -- Finished Herbal Products -- Active Ingredients -- Marker Compound -- FURTHER READING -- 2. Herbal Pharmacy -- Decoction -- Infusion -- Powders -- Expression -- Bruising -- Extracts -- 3. Phytochemicals |
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AlkaloidsQuassinoids -- Limonoids -- Flavones and flavonoids -- Isoflavones (Phyto-estrogens) -- Furanocoumarins -- Furochromones -- Hydroxycoumarins -- Glycosides -- Phenolic Compounds -- Phenylpropanoids -- Resins -- Oleoresins -- Gum-resins -- Balsams -- Saponins -- Tannins -- Terpenes -- Sesquiterpenes -- Sterols -- Withanolides -- Lectins -- FURTHER READING -- PART�B -- 1. Medicinal Algae -- SEA WEEDS -- FURTHER READING -- 2. Medicinal Fungi -- YEAST -- FUNGI and MUSHROOMS -- FURTHER READING -- 3. Medicinal Lichens |
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4. Medicinal BryophytesLIVERWORTS AND MOSSES -- FURTHER READING -- 5. Medicinal Pteridophytes -- FERNS -- FURTHER READING -- 6. Medicinal Gymnosperms -- FURTHER READING -- 7. Medicinal Angiosperms -- FURTHER READING -- Appendix-1. It is Dedicated to Distribution of Specialty Phytochemicals in Plant Flora -- Appendix-2. Pharmacological Actions of Phytochemicals -- Appendix-3. Phytochemicals Acting on Human Systems -- Taxonomic Index -- Subject Index |
| Summary |
Alternative systems of medicine (Ayurveda, Siddha, Homoepathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medcila Herbalism) utilizes medicinal plants for formulations. The present work is aimed at documentation of chemical composition, medicinal use and modern investigative work on medicinal plants. As the name of the title suggests, the work includes rare medicinal plants used globally in medicine. As research is being done on medicinal plants, more and more phytochemicals are being discovered. On basis of this, traditional uses of medicinal plants are being confirmed. The work will be a valua |
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Print version record |
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Materia medica, Vegetable.
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Medicinal plants.
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Phytotherapy
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Plants, Medicinal
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Materia medica, Vegetable
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Medicinal plants
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781578085989 |
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1578085985 |
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