Herbal and Traditional Medicine: Molecular Aspects of Health: Packer, Lester: 9780824754365: Book: Health & Fitness: eCampus.com

Responding to the increased popularity of herbal medicines and other forms of complementary or alternative medicine in countries around the world, this reference reviews and critically evaluates various safety, toxicity, and quality-control issues related to the use of traditional and herbal products for health maintenance and disease prevention and treatment-selecting case studies showcasing some of the most widely used herbal remedies to discuss their possible effects on human health and wellness.

Series Introduction (Lester Packer and Enrique Cadenas)

iii

Preface

vii

Contributors

xiii

I. Introduction

Integrating Traditional and Complementary Medicine into National Health Care: Learning from the International Experience

(32)

Gerard Bodeker

Can Traditional Medicine Coexist with Modern Medicine in the Same Health Care System?

(20)

Ping Chung Leung

Clinical Trials for Herbal Extracts

(20)

Bimal H. Ashar

Adrian S. Dobs

Herbal Medicine: Criteria for Use in Health and Disease

(14)

Eu Leong Yong

Yin Sze Loh

Effects of Phytochemicals in Chinese Functional Ingredients on Gut Health

(30)

Gary Williamson

Yongping Bao

Keli Chen

Peter Bucheli

II. Herbal and Traditional Medicine

Tea and Health

117

(28)

John H. Weisburger

Ginkgo biloba: From Traditional Medicine to Molecular Biology

145

(20)

Yves Christen

Ginger

165

(14)

Ann M. Bode

Zigang Dong

Lingzhi Polyphorous Fungus (Ganoderma lucidum)

179

(50)

Sissi Wachtel-Galor

John A. Buswell

Brian Tomlinson

Iris F. F. Benzie

Epimedium Species

229

(18)

Sook Peng Yap

Eu Leong Yong

Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort

247

(14)

Lis Sa Elissa Lim

Eu Leong Yong

Salvia miltiorrhiza

261

(28)

Jin Liu

Choon Nam Ong

Schisandrin B and Other Dibenzocyclooctadiene Lignans

289

(26)

Robert Kam-Ming Ko

Duncan H. F. Mak

Spirulina: An Overview

315

(12)

Subramanian Sivakami

Averrhoa bilimbi

327

(8)

Peter Natesan Pushparaj

Benny Kwong-Huat Tan

Chee-Hong Tan

Lentinus edodes: Shiitake Mushrooms

335

(30)

Ann-Teck Yap

Mah-Lee Ng

Cruciferous Vegetables and Chemoprevention: The Mechanisms of Isothiocyanate-Mediated Chemoprotection in Humans

365

(42)

Peter Rose

Choon Nam Ong

Matt Whiteman

Pharmacological and Chemopreventive Studies of Chrysanthemum

407

(34)

Ranxin Shi

Choon Nam Ong

Han-Ming Shen

Andrographis paniculata and the Cardiovascular System

441

(16)

Benny Kwong-Huat Tan

Amy C. Y. Zhang

Rosemary

457

(14)

Elizabeth Offord

Crataegus (Hawthorn)

471

(18)

Walter K. K. Ho

Zhen Yu Chen

Yu Huang

Resveratrol: The Promise Therein

489

(28)

Shazib Pervaiz

Pharmacological and Physiological Effects of Ginseng

517

(20)

An-Sik Chung

Jong Dae Park

Kyung-Joo Cho

Antioxidant Activities of Prickly Pear (Opuntia ficus indica) Fruit and Its Betalains: Betanin and Indicaxanthin

537

(20)

Maria A. Livrea

Luisa Tesoriere

Antioxidant Activity and Antigenotoxicity of Cassia tora

557

(16)

Gow-Chin Yen

Chi-Hao Wu

Sho-saiko-to

573

(22)

Ichiro Shimizu

Licorice Root Flavonoid Antioxidants Reduce LDL Oxidation and Attenuate Cardiovascular Diseases

595

(20)

Michael Aviram

Jacob Vaya

Bianca Fuhrman

Estrogen-Like Activity of Licorice Root Extract and Its Constituents

615

(20)

Jacob Vaya

Snait Tamir

Dalia Somjen

Protection of Oxidative Brain Injury by Chinese Herbal Medicine: Shengmai San as a Model Formula for Antioxidant-Based-Compounds Therapy of Oxidative Stress-Related Diseases

635

(8)

Tetsuya Konishi

Haruyo Ichikawa

XueJiang Wang

Hiroshi Nishida

Eurycoma longifolia Jack (Tongkat Ali)

643

(14)

Hooi Hoon Ang

The Biological and Pharmacological Properties of Cordyceps sinesis, a Traditional Chinese Medicine That Has Broad Clinical Applications

657

(28)

Shaoping Li

Karl W. K. Tsim

Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, and Health Effects of Brandisia hancei

685

(18)

Ren Xiang Tan

Ling Dong Kong

Ephedra

703

(18)

Christine A. Haller

Echinacea and Immunostimulation

721

(36)

Lester A. Mitscher

Raymond Cooper

Medical Attributes of St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)

757

(24)

Kenneth M. Klemow

Emily Bilbow

David Grasso

Kristen Jones

Jason McDermott

Eric Pape

Therapeutic Potential of Curcumin Derived from Turmeric (Curcuma longa)

781

(32)

Bharat B. Aggarwal

Anushree Kumar

Alok Chandra Bharti

Extracts from the Leaves of Chromolaena odorata: A Potential Agent for Wound Healing

813

(24)

Thang T. Phan

Seng-Teik Lee

Sui-Yung Chan

Margaret A. Hughes

George W. Cherry

Renee J. Grayer

The-Trung Le

Manh-Hung, Pham

Medicinal Properties of Eucommia Bark and Leaves

837

(10)

Eu Leong Yong

III. Problems and Side Effects

Systemic Reviews of Herbal Medicinal Products: Doing More Good Than Harm?

847

(10)

Edzard Ernst

Use of Silicon-Based Oligonucleotide Chip in Authentication of Toxic Chinese Medicine

857

(16)

Maria C. Carles

Nancy Y. Ip

Traditional Chinese Medicine: Problems and Drawbacks

873

(10)

Barry Halliwell

Review of Adverse Effects of Chinese Herbal Medicine and Herb-Drug Interactions

883

(20)

Brian Tomlinson

G. Neil Thomas

Henry Hin-Chung Chu

Wei Lan

Paul Pui-Hay But

Index

903


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