Pharmacodynamic basis of herbal medicine /
"Continuing in the tradition of the acclaimed first edition, Pharmacodynamic Basis of Herbal Medicine, Second Edition examines in extensive detail the physiologic effects of complementary and alternative therapies, foods, supplements, vitamins, and traditional herbal remedies. This encyclopedic...
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CRC/Taylor & Francis,
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1.
- The pharmacokinetic basis of therapeutics
- Ch. 2.
- Pharmacodynamics
- Ch. 3.
- Adverse reactions and drug-drug interactions
- Ch. 4.
- Herb-drug interactions
- Ch. 5.
- Natural products as a resource for established and new drugs
- Ch. 6.
- Alternative therapies
- Ch. 7.
- Herbal therapeutics then and now
- Ch. 8.
- Dietary antioxidants
- Ch. 9.
- Herbal drugs and their high demand in treating diseases
- Ch. 10.
- Algae
- Ch. 11.
- Alkaloids
- Ch. 12.
- Aloe and colon function
- Ch. 13.
- Banisterine, selegiline, and Parkinson's disease
- Ch. 14.
- Belladonna alkaloids : autonomic drugs
- Ch. 15.
- Blueberry (Vaccinium)
- Ch. 16.
- Botulinum toxin
- Ch. 17.
- Brussels sprouts
- Ch. 18.
- Cannabis
- Ch. 19.
- Capsicum, Rosemary, and turmeric
- Ch. 20.
- Carotenoids
- Ch. 21.
- Chocolate
- Ch. 22.
- Cinchona tree
- Ch. 23.
- Coca
- Ch. 24.
- Colchicine and gout
- Ch. 25.
- Compositae
- Ch. 26.
- Curare and neuromuscular blockade
- Ch. 27.
- Daffodil and Alzheimer's disease
- Ch. 28.
- Eggplant
- Ch. 29.
- Ephedrine (Ma Huang) : a decongestant and vasopressor
- Ch. 30.
- Ergot, its alkaloids, and headache
- Ch. 31.
- Flavonoids
- Ch. 32.
- Flaxseed
- Ch. 33.
- Folate in fruit
- Ch. 34.
- Food-drug interactions
- Ch. 35.
- Foxglove, cardiac glycosides, and congestive heart failure
- Ch. 36.
- Ginkgo biloba
- Ch. 37.
- Ginseng and cholinergic transmission
- Ch. 38.
- Green, white, and black teas
- Ch. 39.
- Herbal plants and tuberculosis
- Ch. 40.
- Herbal products for the chemotherapy of human immunodeficiency virus infection
- Ch. 41.
- Honey : the nectar of life
- Ch. 42.
- Horseradish and antiplatelet actions
- Ch. 43.
- Hypericum (St. John's Wort) and depression
- Ch. 44.
- Ipecac
- Ch. 45.
- Manuka and fungal disease
- Ch. 46.
- Marine therapeutics
- Ch. 47.
- Morphine : Papaver somniferum
- Ch. 48.
- Oats (Avena sativa L.) and their antioxidant activity
- Ch. 49.
- Olives and olive oil
- Ch. 50.
- Onion and garlic
- Ch. 51.
- Immunoenhancing actions of plantain
- Ch. 52.
- Plants and diabetes
- Ch. 53.
- Pomegranate
- Ch. 54.
- Pycnogenol
- Ch. 55.
- Pygeum africanum and permixon for the treatment of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Ch. 56.
- Reserpine
- Ch. 57.
- Rhubarb
- Ch. 58.
- Saffron
- Ch. 59.
- Salicylate
- Ch. 60.
- Sex herbs
- Ch. 61.
- Sponges and steroids
- Ch. 62.
- Taxol (paclitaxel) and cancer chemotherapy
- Ch. 63.
- Tomatoes and medicine
- Ch. 64.
- Ulcer therapy with herbal medicine
- Ch. 65.
- Valerian
- Ch. 66.
- Vitamins and diet
- Ch. 67.
- Wheat germ
- Ch. 68.
- Wine
- Ch. 69.
- Yogurt and the immune system.