Pharmacodynamic Basis of Herbal MedicineContinuing in the tradition of the acclaimed first edition, Pharmacodynamic Basis of Herbal Medicine, Second Edition examines in extensive detail the physiologic effects of complimentary and alternative therapies, foods, supplements, vitamins, and traditional herbal remedies. The author considers the site, mode, and mechanism of action to ex |
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 |
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Back cover | 701 |
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