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Contents
Chapter 1 The Pharmacokinetic Basis of Therapeutics | 1 |
Chapter 2 Pharmacodynamics | 25 |
Chapter 3 Adverse Reactions and Drug8211Drug Interactions | 31 |
Chapter 4 Herb8211Drug Interactions | 37 |
Chapter 5 Natural Products as a Resource for Established and New Drugs | 49 |
Chapter 6 Alternative Therapies | 65 |
Chapter 7 Herbal Therapeutics Then and Now | 85 |
Chapter 8 Dietary Antioxidants | 107 |
Chapter 39 Herbal Plants and Tuberculosis | 383 |
Chapter 40 Herbal Products for the Chemotherapy of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection | 387 |
The Nectar of Life | 399 |
Chapter 42 Horseradish and Antiplatelet Actions | 409 |
Chapter 43 Hypericum St John8217s Wort and Depression | 415 |
Chapter 44 Ipecac | 427 |
Chapter 45 Manuka and Fungal Disease | 435 |
Chapter 46 Marine Therapeutics | 441 |
Chapter 9 Herbal Drugs and Their High Demand in Treating Diseases | 125 |
Chapter 10 Algae | 139 |
Chapter 11 Alkaloids | 143 |
Chapter 12 Aloe and Colon Function | 151 |
Chapter 13 Banisterine Selegiline and Parkinson8217s Disease | 163 |
Autonomic Drugs | 195 |
Chapter 15 Blueberry Vaccinium | 209 |
Chapter 16 Botulinum Toxin | 213 |
Chapter 17 Brussels Sprouts | 217 |
Chapter 18 Cannabis | 221 |
Chapter 19 Capsicum Rosemary and Turmeric | 237 |
Chapter 20 Carotenoids | 239 |
Chapter 21 Chocolate | 243 |
Chapter 22 Cinchona Tree | 245 |
Chapter 23 Coca | 253 |
Chapter 24 Colchicine and Gout | 275 |
Chapter 25 Compositae | 281 |
Chapter 26 Curare and Neuromuscular Blockade | 287 |
Chapter 27 Daffodil and Alzheimer8217s Disease | 297 |
Chapter 28 Eggplant | 309 |
A Decongestant and Vasopressor | 311 |
Chapter 30 Ergot Its Alkaloids and Headache | 319 |
Chapter 31 Flavonoids | 331 |
Chapter 32 Flaxseed | 341 |
Chapter 33 Folate in Fruit | 343 |
Chapter 34 Food8211Drug Interactions | 347 |
Chapter 35 Foxglove Cardiac Glycosides and Congestive Heart Failure | 355 |
Chapter 37 Ginseng and Cholinergic Transmission | 371 |
Chapter 38 Green White and Black Teas | 379 |
Papaver somniferum | 445 |
Chapter 48 Oats L and Their Antioxidant Activity | 473 |
Chapter 49 Olives and Olive Oil | 475 |
Chapter 50 Onion and Garlic | 477 |
Chapter 51 Immunoenhancing Actions of Plantain | 493 |
Chapter 52 Plants and Diabetes | 499 |
Chapter 53 Pomegranate | 507 |
Chapter 54 Pycnogenol | 509 |
Chapter 55 Pygeum africanum and Permixon for the Treatment of Patients with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia | 513 |
Chapter 56 Reserpine | 515 |
Chapter 57 Rhubarb | 521 |
Chapter 58 Saffron | 525 |
Chapter 59 Salicylate | 529 |
Chapter 60 Sex Herbs | 545 |
Chapter 61 Sponges and Steroids | 553 |
Chapter 62 Taxol Paclitaxel and Cancer Chemotherapy | 571 |
Chapter 63 Tomatoes and Medicine | 583 |
Chapter 64 Ulcer Therapy with Herbal Medicine | 591 |
Chapter 65 Valerian | 599 |
Chapter 66 Vitamins and Diet | 611 |
Chapter 67 Wheat Germ | 641 |
Chapter 68 Wine | 647 |
Chapter 69 Yogurt and the Immune System | 655 |
Specific References | 661 |
| 669 | |
| 673 | |
Back cover | 701 |
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| Title | Pharmacodynamic Basis of Herbal Medicine |
| Author | Manuchair Ebadi |
| Edition | 2, illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | CRC Press, 2006 |
| ISBN | 1420006452, 9781420006452 |
| Length | 699 pages |
| Subjects | › › Health & Fitness / Herbal Medications Medical / Pharmacology Science / Chemistry / General Science / Life Sciences / General |
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