Recent advances in plant-based, traditional, and natural medicines / / edited by Subramanyam Vemulpad, PhD, and Joanne Jamie, PhD

• Pubblicazione: Toronto : , : Apple Academic Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (392 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.3/21
• Soggetto topico: Medicinal plants; Materia medica, Vegetable; Traditional medicine; Ethnopharmacology
• Persona (resp. second.): VemulpadSubramanyam; JamieJoanne
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; About the Editors; Contents; Acknowledgment and How to Cite; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Relevance of Traditional Knowledge to Biological Testing; Chapter 1: The Relevance of Traditional Knowledge Systems for Ethnopharmacological Research: Theoretical and Methodological Contributions; Chapter 2: Antioxidative and in vitro Antiproliferative Activity of Arctium Lappa Root Extracts; Chapter 3: Interleukin-6 and Cyclooxygenase-2 Downregulation by Fatty-Acid Fractions of Ranunculus Constantinopolitanus ; Chapter 4: An Extract of the Medicinal Mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill can Protect Against AllergyChapter 5: Anti-Oxidative Effects of the Biennial Flower of Panax Notoginseng Against H2O2-Induced Cytotoxicity in Cultured PC12 Cells; Chapter 6: Cytotoxic Activity of Proteins Isolated from Extracts of Corydalis Cava Tubers in Human Cervical Carcinoma HeLa Cells; Chapter 7: Arctigenin from Arctium Lappa Inhibits Interleukin-2 and Interferon Gene Expression in Primary Human T Lymphocytes; Part II: Targeting Important Diseases Using Natural Products (TK or Non-TK Based) ; Chapter 8: A New Dawn for the Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Cancer TherapyChapter 9: Anti Cancer Effects of Curcumin: Cycle of Life and Death; Chapter 10: Comparative Study of the Antioxidant and Reactive Oxygen Species Scavenging Properties in the Extracts of the Fruits of Terminalia Chebula, Terminalia Belerica, and Emblica Officinalis; Chapter 11: Inhibition of Highly Productive HIV-1 Infection in T Cells, Primary Human Macrophages, Microglia, and Astrocytes by Sargassum fusiforme; Part III: Molecular Biology, Genomics, and Proteomics: Plant Centered and Person Centered ; Chapter 12: The Use of Phylogeny to Interpret Cross-Cultural Patterns in Plant Use and Guide Medicinal Plant Discovery: An Example from Pterocarpus (Leguminosae)Chapter 13: Ethnobotany Genomics: Discovery and Innovation in a New Era of Exploratory Research; Chapter 14: Prescriptions of Traditional Chinese Medicine are Specific to Cancer Types and Adjustable to Temperature Changes; Part IV: Personalized or Person-Centered Medicine ; Chapter 15: Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medical Systems and their Contribution to Personalization, Prediction, and Prevention in Medicine: Person-Centered MedicineAuthor Notes
• Sommario/riassunto: The purpose of this book is to discuss several medicinal plants to find wider application in the domain of medicinal, clinical, and pharmaceutical treatment. Recent Advances in Plant-Based, Traditional, and Natural Medicines serves as a useful source of ideas and an inspiration for further cell and molecular biology research toward developing drugs and treatments from these traditional and plant-based remedies.The book covers a variety of topics and: Considers the current state of research of traditional and plant-based medicines Covers the current statu
• Titolo autorizzato: Recent advances in plant-based, traditional, and natural medicines
• ISBN: 0-429-18573-1; 1-4822-4359-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789002503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II