ID - 34472968 TI - Chemical constituents, traditional and modern medicinal uses PY - 2003 SN - 1588292819 1588291294 1617373788 9786610831814 1280831812 1592598870 1617374695 9786610842445 128084244X 1592593658 9781588292810 9781588291295 PB - Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, DB - UniCat KW - Plants, Medicinal KW - Medicinal plants KW - Pharmacy. KW - Chemistry KW - Medicine KW - Drugs KW - Materia medica KW - Pharmacology KW - Pharmacology. KW - Complementary medicine. KW - Pharmacology/Toxicology. KW - Complementary & Alternative Medicine. KW - Complementary medicine KW - Healing systems KW - Systems, Healing KW - Systems, Therapeutic KW - Therapeutic systems KW - Integrative medicine KW - Drug effects KW - Medical pharmacology KW - Medical sciences KW - Chemicals KW - Chemotherapy KW - Pharmacy KW - Physiological effect KW - Drug plants KW - Plants, Useful KW - Botanical drug industry KW - Botany, Medical KW - Materia medica, Vegetable KW - Psychotropic plants KW - Plants, Medicinal - dictionary UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:34472968 AB - Continuing the high standards set by the widely acclaimed first and second volumes of Medicinal Plants of the World: Chemical Constituents, Traditional and Modern Medicinal Uses, Ivan A. Ross now comprehensively documents in Volume 3 the medicinal value of 16 major plant species widely used around the world in medical formulations. The plants for this volume are Camellia sinenis, Cannabis sativa, Cocos nucifera, Coffea arabica, Daucus carota, Ferula assafoetida, Hordeum vulgare, Larrea tridentata, Nicotiana tabacum, Olea europaea, Oryza sativa, Plantago ovata, Saccharum officinarum, Serenoa repens, Sesamum indicum, and Zingiber officinale. The author's exhaustive summary of available scientific data for each plant provides detailed information on how the plant is used in different countries, describing its traditional therapeutic applications and what is known from its use in clinical trials. Additional material presented includes a botanical description with a color photo of each plant for identification, the common names used for the plant throughout the world, and a listing of the plant's known chemical constituents. A comprehensive bibliography cites the literature available from a wide range of disciplines. Medicinal Plants of the World: Chemical Constituents, Traditional and Modern Medicinal Uses, Volume 3, offers a unique collection of vital scientific information for pharmacologists, herbal medicine practitioners, drug developers, phytochemists, medicinal chemists, phytologists, toxicologists, and researchers who want to explore the many uses of plant materials for medicinal and related purposes. Its wealth of significant information will reveal little-known facts about these plants and open new horizons of application for the many novel drugs and drug candidates found in them. ER -