Dietary Chinese herbs : chemistry, pharmacology and clinical evidence / Yanze Liu, Wang Zhimin, Junzeng Zhang, editors.

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TextPublisher: Wien ; New York : Springer, [2015]Description: xxvi, 802 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

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9783211994474 (hb)

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615.3210951 23 D

LOC classification:

RM666.H33 D54 2015

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Abstract

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Introduction -- Root, rhizome, tuber, and bulb materials -- Fruit or seed materials -- Aerial part, stem, stem bark, or leaf materials -- Flower or flower bud materials -- Multiple-part materials -- Fungi, marine algae, and other materials.

Summary: This work presents up-to-date information on chemical, pharmacological, clinical studies and historical uses of common dietary Chinese herbs. A brief chronological review of Chinese literatures on dietary herb uses, with chapters dedicated to each selected dietary herb, and with plant Latin name indices is provided. Examined are the health benefits that have been studied for centuries. A wide range of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herbs are investigated for their suitability into daily diets for maintaining general wellness or disease prevention. In the past decade, natural health products, dietary supplements, functional foods, or nutraceuticals have emerged in the West due to the increasing demand for non-pharmaceutical healthcare products. Traditional Chinese Medicine disease prevention and treatment incorporates the use of foods, and herbal medicine in an integrated manner, and thus the dietary Chinese herbs in used in TCM for thousands of years could be sources for developing new, effective, and safe ingredients to capture the rapidly expanding opportunity in the global market place.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library A11	Pharmacy ( Pharmacognosy )	615.3210951 D (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00012579

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction --
Root, rhizome, tuber, and bulb materials --
Fruit or seed materials --
Aerial part, stem, stem bark, or leaf materials --
Flower or flower bud materials --
Multiple-part materials --
Fungi, marine algae, and other materials.

This work presents up-to-date information on chemical, pharmacological, clinical studies and historical uses of common dietary Chinese herbs. A brief chronological review of Chinese literatures on dietary herb uses, with chapters dedicated to each selected dietary herb, and with plant Latin name indices is provided. Examined are the health benefits that have been studied for centuries. A wide range of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herbs are investigated for their suitability into daily diets for maintaining general wellness or disease prevention. In the past decade, natural health products, dietary supplements, functional foods, or nutraceuticals have emerged in the West due to the increasing demand for non-pharmaceutical healthcare products. Traditional Chinese Medicine disease prevention and treatment incorporates the use of foods, and herbal medicine in an integrated manner, and thus the dietary Chinese herbs in used in TCM for thousands of years could be sources for developing new, effective, and safe ingredients to capture the rapidly expanding opportunity in the global market place.

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