revitalization of traditional knowledge of herbs /
First Statement of Responsibility
editors: Mahendra Rai, Deepak Acharya, Jose Luis Rios
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boca Raton, FL :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Distributed by CRC PRess,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 504 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill.(some col.), maps (some col.) ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Chapter 1. Ethnomedicinal Plants -- Chapter 2. Spasmolytic Effect of Constituents from Ethnomedicinal Plants on Smooth Muscle -- Chapter 3. Brazilian Ethnomedicinal Plants with Anti-inflammatory Action -- Chapter 4. Women's Knowledge of Herbs used in Reproduction in Trinidad and Tobago -- Chapter 5. Medicinal Value of Polyunsaturated and Other Fatty Acids in Ethnobotany -- Chapter 6. Smoke of Ethnobotanical Plants used in Healing Ceremonies in Brazilian Culture -- Chapter 7. Traditional Medicines as the Source of Immuno-modulators and Stimulators and their Safety Issues -- Chapter 8. Traditional Knowledge about Indian Antimicrobial Herbs -- Chapter 9. Medicinal Usefulness of Woodfordia fruticosa (Linn.) Kurz -- Chapter 10. Chemistry and Pharmacology of Azadirachta indica -- Chapter 11. Ethnomedicine of Quassia and Related Plants in Tropical America -- Chapter 12. An Inventory of Ethnomedicinal Plants Used in Tunisia -- Chapter 13. Medicinal Plants used in Folk Medicine for Digestive Diseases in Central Spain -- Chapter 14. Traditional Medicinal Products and their Interaction with Estrogens Receptors--Implications for Human Health -- Chapter 15. Applications of Microarray Technology in Ethnomedicinal Plant Research -- Chapter 16. Combining Ethnobotany and Informatics to Discover Knowledge from Data -- Chapter 17. Conservation Strategies for Ethnomedicinal Plants -- Color Plate Section