Pharmacodynamic basis of herbal medicine /
Ebadi, Manuchair S,
Pharmacodynamic basis of herbal medicine / Manuchair Ebadi. - Second edition. - 699 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
pharmacy bookfair2015
Includes bibliographical references (p. 661-672) and index.
The pharmacokinetic basis of therapeutics -- Pharmacodynamics -- Adverse reactions and drug-drug interactions -- Herb-drug interactions -- Natural products as a resource for established and new drugs -- Alternative therapies -- Herbal therapeutics then and now -- Dietary antioxidants -- Herbal drugs and their high demand in treating diseases -- Algae -- Alkaloids -- Aloe and colon function -- Banisterine, Selegiline, and Parkinson's disease -- Belladonna alkaloids: autonomic drugs -- Blueberry (Vaccinium) -- Botulinum toxin -- Brussels sprouts -- Cannabis -- Capsicum, rosemary, and turmeric -- Chocolate -- Cinchona tree -- Coca -- Colchicine and gout -- Compositae -- Curare and neuromuscular blockade -- Daffodil and Alzheimer's disease -- Eggplant -- Ephedrine (Ma Huang): a decongestant and vasopressor -- Ergot, its alkaloids, and headache -- Flavonoids -- Flaxseed -- Folate in fruit -- Food-drug interactions -- Foxglove, cardiac glycosides, and congestive heart failure -- Ginkgo biloba -- Ginseng and cholinergic transmission -- Green, white and black teas -- Herbal plants and tuberculosis -- Herbal products for the chemotherapy of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection -- Honey: the nectar of life -- Horseradish and antiplatelet actions -- Hypericum (St. John's wort) and depression -- Ipecac -- Manuka and fungal disease -- Marine therapeutics -- Morphine: Papaver somniferum -- Oats (Avena sativa L.) and their antioxidant activity -- Olives and olive oil -- Onion and garlic -- Immunoenhancing actions of plantain -- Plants and diabetes -- Pomegranate -- Pycnogenol -- Pygeum africanum and Permixon for the treatment of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia -- Reserpine -- Rhubarb -- Saffron -- Salicylate -- Sex herbs -- Sponges and steroids -- Taxol (Paclitaxel) and cancer chemotherapy -- Tomatoes and medicine -- Ulcer therapy with herbal medicine -- Valerian -- Vitamins and diet -- Wheat germ -- Wine -- Yogurt and the immune system -- Specific references -- General references -- Index
0849370507 (alk. paper) 9780849370502 (alk. paper) 9780849370502
2006043867
Herbs--Therapeutic use.
Plants, Medicinal.
Phytotherapy.
Plant Preparations--pharmacokinetics.
Plant Preparations--therapeutic use.
RM666.H33 / E23 2007
615.321 / E.M.P
Pharmacodynamic basis of herbal medicine / Manuchair Ebadi. - Second edition. - 699 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
pharmacy bookfair2015
Includes bibliographical references (p. 661-672) and index.
The pharmacokinetic basis of therapeutics -- Pharmacodynamics -- Adverse reactions and drug-drug interactions -- Herb-drug interactions -- Natural products as a resource for established and new drugs -- Alternative therapies -- Herbal therapeutics then and now -- Dietary antioxidants -- Herbal drugs and their high demand in treating diseases -- Algae -- Alkaloids -- Aloe and colon function -- Banisterine, Selegiline, and Parkinson's disease -- Belladonna alkaloids: autonomic drugs -- Blueberry (Vaccinium) -- Botulinum toxin -- Brussels sprouts -- Cannabis -- Capsicum, rosemary, and turmeric -- Chocolate -- Cinchona tree -- Coca -- Colchicine and gout -- Compositae -- Curare and neuromuscular blockade -- Daffodil and Alzheimer's disease -- Eggplant -- Ephedrine (Ma Huang): a decongestant and vasopressor -- Ergot, its alkaloids, and headache -- Flavonoids -- Flaxseed -- Folate in fruit -- Food-drug interactions -- Foxglove, cardiac glycosides, and congestive heart failure -- Ginkgo biloba -- Ginseng and cholinergic transmission -- Green, white and black teas -- Herbal plants and tuberculosis -- Herbal products for the chemotherapy of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection -- Honey: the nectar of life -- Horseradish and antiplatelet actions -- Hypericum (St. John's wort) and depression -- Ipecac -- Manuka and fungal disease -- Marine therapeutics -- Morphine: Papaver somniferum -- Oats (Avena sativa L.) and their antioxidant activity -- Olives and olive oil -- Onion and garlic -- Immunoenhancing actions of plantain -- Plants and diabetes -- Pomegranate -- Pycnogenol -- Pygeum africanum and Permixon for the treatment of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia -- Reserpine -- Rhubarb -- Saffron -- Salicylate -- Sex herbs -- Sponges and steroids -- Taxol (Paclitaxel) and cancer chemotherapy -- Tomatoes and medicine -- Ulcer therapy with herbal medicine -- Valerian -- Vitamins and diet -- Wheat germ -- Wine -- Yogurt and the immune system -- Specific references -- General references -- Index
0849370507 (alk. paper) 9780849370502 (alk. paper) 9780849370502
2006043867
Herbs--Therapeutic use.
Plants, Medicinal.
Phytotherapy.
Plant Preparations--pharmacokinetics.
Plant Preparations--therapeutic use.
RM666.H33 / E23 2007
615.321 / E.M.P