Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants

by Wiart, Christophe

• ISBN13: 9781588297488
• ISBN10: 1588297489
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-30
• Publisher: Humana Pr Inc

Summary

For the first time in the history of medicinal plant research, Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants: Asia and the Pacific sheds light on the pharmacological potentials of one of the most exiting and enormously rich sources of potential drugs: the medicinal plants of the Pacific Rim. Encompassing more than 6000 species of plant that are virtually unexplored for pharmacology, this volume provides cutting edge information on the pharmacological properties and therapeutic potentials of medicinal herbs used in the Asia-Pacific region against inflammation, CNS diseases, and cancer. Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants: Asia and the Pacific emphasizes the fundamental importance of the precise observation of the use of each medicinal plant, combined with pharmacological experiments and its botanical classification, and provides the base for a new theory of ethnopharmacology. This book offers researchers an unprecedented coverage of all aspects of botany, ethnology, pharmacology, toxicology, pharmacy, and medicine for the use of plant materials for medicinal and related purposes.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Anti-Inflammatory Plants	1	(56)
General Concept	1	(3)
Inhibitors of Phospholipase A2	4	(11)
Medicinal Aristolochiaceae	4	(4)
Aristolochia indica L.
Aristolochia kaempferi Willd.
Aristolochia recurvilabra Hance
Thottea grandiflora Rottb.
Medicinal Myristicaceae	8	(2)
Horsfieldia amygdalinia (Wall.) Warb.
Horsfieldia valida (Miq.) Warb.
Medicinal Caprifoliaceae	10	(1)
Lonicera japonica Thunb.
Sambucus javanica Reinw. ex Bl.
Weigela floribunda (Sieb. & Zucc.) K. Koch.
Medicinal Asteraceae	11	(4)
Cirsium japonicum DC
Crossotephium chinense L.
Inhibitors of COX	15	(12)
Medicinal Apocynaceae	16	(2)
Trachelospermum asiaticum (Sieb. & Zucc.) Nak.
Medicinal Clusiaceae	18	(3)
Garcinia atroviridis Griff.
Medicinal Asteraceae	21	(2)
Chrysanthemum sinense Sab.
Bidens bipinnata L.
Medicinal Polygonaceae	23	(1)
Polygonum amphibium L.
Medicinal Lamiaceae	24	(3)
Ocimum basilicum L.
Glechoma brevituba Kuprian.
Inhibitors of Lipoxygenases	27	(5)
Medicinal Myrsinaceae	27	(1)
Ardisia villosa Roxb.
Medicinal Clusiaceae	28	(2)
Hypericum erectum Thunb.
Medicinal Asteraceae	30	(1)
Medicinal Apiaceae	31	(1)
Bupleurum chinense DC
Inhibitors of Elastase	32	(5)
Medicinal Asteraceae	33	(4)
Sigesbeckia orientalis L.
Sigesbeckia glabrescens Mak.
Mikania cordata (Burm.f.) B.L. Robinson
Medicinal Droseraceae	37	(1)
Drosera rotundifolia L.
Inhibitors of Nitric Oxide Synthetase	38	(10)
Medicinal Asteraceae	39	(3)
Inula chinensis Rupr. ex Maxim.
Carpesium divaricatum Sieb. et Zucc
Medicinal Lauraceae	42	(3)
Neolitsea zeylanica Nees (Merr.)
Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers.
Litsea odorifera Val.
Medicinal Solanaceae	45	(3)
Physalis alkekengi
Conclusion and Future Prospects	48	(2)
References	50	(7)
Plants Affecting the Central Nervous System	57	(98)
General Concept	57	(3)
Plants Affecting Serotoninergic Neurotransmission	60	(27)
Medicinal Annonaceae	62	(3)
Fissistigma lanuginosum (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Merr.
Cyathostemma micranthum (A. DC.) J. Sinclair
Medicinal Myristicaceae	65	(4)
Horsfieldia glabra (Bl.) Warb.
Medicinal Convolvulaceae	69	(3)
Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker-Gawl.
Ipomoea digitata L.
Ipomoea indica
Medicinal Apocynaceae	72	(3)
Ervatamia pandacaqui (Poir.) Pichon
Ervatamia corymbosa (Roxb.) King & Gamble
Medicinal Zygophyllaceae	75	(3)
Tribulus terrestris L.
Medicinal Polygalaceae	78	(3)
Polygala tenuifolia
Polygala japonica Houtt.
Polygala glomerata Lour.
Medicinal Rubiaceae	81	(6)
Psychotria adenophylla Wall.
Rubia cordifolia
Uncaria rhynchophylla Miq.
Plants Affecting the GABAergic Neurotransmission	87	(20)
Medicinal Valerianaceae	90	(4)
Nardostachys chinensis L.
Nardostachys jatamansi DC
Patrinia scabiosaefolia Link
Medicinal Lamiaceae	94	(2)
Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi
Leonotis nepetifolia R.Br
Medicinal Asteraceae	96	(3)
Artemesia stelleriana Bess.
Medicinal Orchidaceae	99	(8)
Gastrodia elata Bl.
Acriopsis javanica Reinw.
Bulbophyllum vaginatum Reich. f.
Calanthe triplicata (Villem.) Ames
Calanthe vestita Lindl.
Dendrobium crumenatum Sw.
Plants Interfering With the Glycinergic System	107	(5)
Medicinal Loganiaceae	108	(3)
Strychnos ignatii Berg.
Strychnos minor Dennst.
Strychnos axillaris Colebr.
Medicinal Apocynaceae	111	(1)
Plants Affecting the Dopaminergic Neurotransmission	112	(30)
Medicinal Araliaceae	116	(3)
Acanthopanax gracilistylus W. W. Sm.
Acanthopanax trifoliatus (L.) Merr.
Acanthopanax ricinifolius Seem.
Medicinal Verbenaceae	119	(5)
Vitex negundo L.
Vitex trifolia L.
Vitex quinata (Lour.) F.N. Will.
Vitex vestita Wallich ex Schauer
Medicinal Sapindaceae	124	(3)
Erioglossum rubiginosum (Roxb.) Bl.
Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn.
Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq.
Medicinal Celastraceae	127	(2)
Tripterygium wilfordii Hook f.
Medicinal Lauraceae	129	(5)
Cassytha filiformis L.
Cryptocarya griffithiana Wright
Medicinal Ranunculaceae	134	(6)
Acontium fischeri Reichb.
Coptis teeta Wall.
Cimicifuga foetida L.
Medicinal Menispermaceae	140	(2)
Stephania cepharantha Hayata
Conclusion and Future Prospects	142	(2)
References	144	(11)
Plants for Chemotherapy of Neoplastic Diseases	155	(64)
General Concept	155	(2)
Topoisomerase Inhibitors	157	(37)
Medicinal Annonaceae	157	(3)
Artabotrys suaveolens Bl.
Fissistigma fulgens (Hk. f. et Th.) Merr.
Friesodielsia latifolia Hk. f. et Th.
Medicinal Lauraceae	160	(3)
P. thunbergii (Sieb. & Zucc.) Kosterm.
Lindera tzumu Hemsl.
Cassytha filiformis L.
Medicinal Hernandiaceae	163	(2)
Illigera luzonensis L.
Medicinal Ebenaceae	165	(2)
Diospyros sumatrana Miq.
Diospyros toposioides King & Gamble
Medicinal Rubiaceae	167	(7)
Prismatomeris albiflora Thaw, non King
Knoxia valerianoide Thorel
D. indicus Gaertn.
Neonauclea pallida (Reinw. ex Havil.) Bakh f.
Morinda officinalis How
Medicinal Rutaceae	174	(5)
Z. ailanthoides Sieb. & Zucc.
Zanthoxylum bungei Planch.
Zanthoxylum piperitum (L.) DC.
Zanthoxylum schinifolium Zieb. & Zucc.
Medicinal Euphorbiaceae	179	(7)
Alchornea villosa (Benth.) Muell.- Arg.
Alchornea rugosa (Lour.) Muell. Arg
Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels
Macaranga triloba (Reinw.) Muell.-Arg.
Medicinal Hamamelidaceae	186	(1)
Altingia excelsa Noronha
Medicinal Lamiaceae	187	(7)
Salvia plebeia R.Br.
Salvia japonica Thunb.
Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge
Apoptosis	194	(14)
Medicinal Annonaceae	195	(7)
Goniothalamus species.
Pseudouvaria setosa (King) J. Sinclair
Medicinal Asteraceae	202	(6)
Elephantopus mollis Kunth.
Blumea riparia (Bl.) DC.
Spilanthes paniculata Wall. ex DC
Lactuca indica L.
Summary and Future Prospects	208	(2)
References	210	(9)
Index	219