1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990008678160403321

Autore

Mandel, Oscar

Titolo

Philoctetes and the fall of Troy : plays, documents, iconography, interpretations / Oscar Mandel ; including versions by Sophocles, Andre Gide, Oscar Mandel, and Heiner Muller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln [etc.] : University of Nebraska press, ©1981

ISBN

080323063X

Descrizione fisica

XIV, 256 p. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

809.2

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

P2B-610-SOPHOCLES-8M.O.-1981

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910701195303321

Titolo

Adapting to climate change at Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Portland, Or. : , : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, , [2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (130 pages) : color illustrations, color maps

Collana

General technical report PNW ; ; GTR-844

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Washington (State) - Olympic National Forest

Climatic changes - Washington (State) - Olympic National Park

Natural resources - Washington (State) - Management

Olympic National Forest (Wash.) Management

Olympic National Park (Wash.) Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"August 2011."

Title from title screen (viewed on Nov. 14, 2011).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910807232403321

Autore

Saad Bashar

Titolo

Greco-Arab and Islamic herbal medicine : traditional system, ethics, safety, efficacy, and regulatory issues

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2011

ISBN

9786613025746

9781118002261

1118002261

9781283025744

1283025744

9780470944363

0470944366

9780470944356

0470944358

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (564 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SaidOmar

Disciplina

610

Soggetti

Herbs --Therapeutic use

Medicinal plants

Medicine, Arab

Medicine, Greek and Roman

Medicine, Arab - Therapeutic use

Herbs

Complementary Therapies

Biological Science Disciplines

Pharmacognosy

Evaluation Studies as Topic

Medicine, Traditional

History of Medicine

Humanities

Biological Products

Botany

Complex Mixtures

Therapeutics

Investigative Techniques

Health Occupations

Natural Science Disciplines

Culture

Anthropology, Cultural



Biology

Anthropology

Social Sciences

Herbal Medicine

Medicine, Arabic

Pharmacology

Plant Preparations

Drug Evaluation

History

Phytotherapy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

GRECO-ARAB AND ISLAMIC HERBAL MEDICINE: TRADITIONAL SYSTEM, ETHICS, SAFETY, EFFICACY, AND REGULATORY ISSUES; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 An Overview of Greco-Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicine; 2 History of Greco-Arab and Islamic Medicine; 3 Herbal Medicine; 4 The Arab-Islamic Roots of Western Medicine; 5 Contributions of Arab and Islamic Scholars to Modern Pharmacology; 6 Natural Drugs in Greco-Arabic and Islamic Medicine; 7 Method of Therapy in Greco-Arab and Islamic Medicine; 8 Commonly Used Herbal Medicines in the Mediterranean

9 The Current State of Knowledge of Arab Herbal Medicine10 Greco-Arab and Islamic Medicine Practiced Outside the Middle East; 11 Biosafety of Herbal Medicine; 12 Arab Medicinal Plants: From Traditional Uses to Scientific Knowledge; 13 Modern In Vitro Test Systems; 14 Modern In Vivo Evaluations and Clinical Trials; 15 Medical Ethics in Arab and Islamic Medicine; 16 Medicinal Herbs and Extracting Their Active Ingredients; 17 Food Therapy; 18 Drug Development from Herbal Sources; 19 Herbal Remedies: Use and Demographic and Regulatory Issues; APPENDIX A: Plant Naming; INDEX; Colour Plates

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a systematic review on traditional Arab herbal medicine including historical background, medical innovations introduced by Arab physicians, common roots of Arab medicine and western medicine, methodology of drug discovery and therapy in Arabic and Islamic medicine, a state-of-the-art description of traditional Arab herbal medicine, and evidence-based safety and efficacy of Arab and Islamic medicines. The usage of modern cell biological, biochemical, in vitro and in vivo techniques for the evaluation of medicinal plant safety and efficacy is also discussed. The toxicity of he