Phytotherapies: Efficacy, Safety, and Regulation

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Iqbal Ramzan
John Wiley & Sons, Apr 17, 2015 - Medical - 672 pages
Covering fundamentals and new developments in phytotherapy, this book combines pharmaceutical sciences and chemistry with clinical issues.

• Helps readers better understand phytotherapy and learn the fundamentals of and how to analyze phytotherapeutic agents
• Discusses phytotherapy in modern medicine, chemoprevention of disease, and alternatives to western medicines for specific diseases
• Chapters summarizes the uses and applications of phytomedicines, by type like Chinese, Greco-Arab, Indian, European, and Ayurvedic
• Includes international regulatory perspectives and discusses emerging regulations for various established and emerging markets
 

Selected pages

Contents

PhytotherapiesPast Present and Future
1
Use of Kava as a Phytotherapeutic Agent and KavaRelated
13
2
18
Preclinical In Vivo and Laboratory In Vitro evidence
49
References
61
novel Formulations and Drug Delivery systems for Phytotherapies
89
References
97
Clinical Research on Phytotherapies
101
Summary and Future Directions
268
v
274
References
323
Gossypol and Curcumin
330
15
370
Phytotherapeutics for Cancer therapy
394
References
425
Phytomedicines for Inflammatory Conditions
464

Indigenous Medicine
111
References
118
7
122
Safety of Phytotherapies
142
Profile of Research in Complementary Medicine
183
References
196
10
199
therapeutic Potential of Ginsenosides in Management
236
safety Issues for
504
Drug Interactions in Cancer
536
Considerations in Phytotherapy
554
Intellectual Property and Patent Issues with Phytotherapy Products
573
International Regulatory status of Phytotherapies
593
Further Reading
634
Index
635
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About the author (2015)

Iqbal Ramzan is the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is a registered pharmacist and holds a Diploma of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Dr. Ramzan also served two terms as a Fellow of The University. He is an author/co-author of over 140 publications in pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug assays, and drug metabolism. Dr. Ramzan is a member of several professional committees and councils, including the Director of the Council of Pharmacy Schools (Australia and New Zealand). He also serves on the Australian Government's Pharmaceutical SubCommittee of the Advisory Committee on Prescription Medicines.

Bibliographic information

TitlePhytotherapies: Efficacy, Safety, and Regulation
EditorIqbal Ramzan
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2015
ISBN1119006236, 9781119006237
Length672 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Medical / Pharmacology
Science / Biotechnology
Science / Chemistry / General
Science / Chemistry / Organic
  
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