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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155008003321

Titolo

Complementary and alternative medicines in prostate cancer : a comprehensive approach / / [edited by] K.B. Harikumar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-315-35311-3

1-315-37015-8

1-4987-2988-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Traditional herbal medicines for modern times

Disciplina

616.99463

Soggetti

Prostate - Cancer - Alternative treatment

Alternative medicine

Materia medica, Vegetable

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Prostate cancer : an introduction / Manendra Babu L., Yadu Vijayan, and K.B. Harikumar -- Chapter 2. Global epidemiology of prostate cancer / Girish Sharma, Apoorva Arora, and Sudhir Rawal -- Chapter 3. Medicinal plants with anticancer activity against prostate cancer: compilation of data published between 2010-2015 / Roland Hardman -- Chapter 4. Triterpenoids and sesquiterpenoids for prostate cancer therapy / Muthu K. Shanmugam, Frank Arfuso, Alan Prem Kumar, and Gautam Sethi -- Chapter 5. Green tea polyphenols in the prevention and therapy of prostate cancer / Eswar Shankar, Jeniece Montellano, and Sanjay Gupta -- Chapter 6. Plumbagin and prostate cancer therapy / Reshma R.S., Revathy Nadhan, and Priya Srinivas -- Chapter 7. Neem and prostate cancer therapy / Krishna Vanaja Donkena and Charles Y.F. Young -- Chapter 8. Kava in prostate cancer prevention and treatment / Arman Walia, Nikta Rezakahn Khajeh, Michael Wu, Cyrus Khoyilar, and Xiaolin Zi -- Chapter 9. Bitter melon extract and prostate cancer therapy / Ratna B. Ray and Sourav Bhattacharya -- Chapter 10. Prostate cancer and the therapeutic



potential of pomegranate / Omran Karmach, Manuela Martins-Green -- Chapter 11. Zyflamend and prostate cancer therapy / Jay Whelan, Yi Zhao, E-Chu Huang, Amber MacDonald, and Dallas Donohoe -- Chapter 12. Scientific evaluation of the polyphenol rich whole food supplement Pomi-T / Robert Thomas -- Chatper 13. Approach of Ayurveda to prostate cancer / Vaishali Kuchewar -- Chapter 14. Siddha medicine for prostate cancer / S. Selvarajan, T. Anandan, A. Rajendra Kumar, S. Syed Hissar, V. Gayathri Devi, and M. Srinivasan -- Chapter 15. Homeopathic medicine for prostate health / Christopher Funes and Hakima Amri -- Chapter 16. Yoga, naturopathy, acupuncture and prostate cancer therapy / Athira Thampi.