Responding to the increased popularity of herbal medicines and other forms ofcomplementary or alternative medicine world-wide, this reference reviews and evaluates various safety, toxicity, and quality-control issues related to the use of traditional and herbal products for health maintenance and disease prevention and treatment. With over 3,550 references, the book highlights the roleof herbal medicine in national health care and provides case studies of widely used herbal remedies, their effects on human health and wellness, and the need for methodologically sound clinical trials for herbal medicines. Herbal Medicine: An Introduction to its History, Usage, Regulation, Current Trends, and Research Needs, Sissi Wachtel-Galor and Iris F. F. Benzie Antioxidants in Herbs and Spices: Roles in Oxidative Stress and Redox Signaling, Ingvild Paur, Monica H. Carlsen, Bente Lise Halvorsen, and Rune Blomhoff Evaluation of Nutritional and Metabolic Effects of Aloe vera, Meika Foster, Duncan Hunter, and Samir Samman Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.),Wing-kwan Chu, Sabrina C.M. Cheung, Roxanna A. W. Lau, and Iris F. F. Benzie Cordyceps as an Herbal Drug, Bao-qin Lin and Shao-ping Li Cranberry, Catherine C. Neto and Joe A. Vinson The Amazing and Mighty Ginger, Ann M. Bode and Zigang Dong Biological Activities of Ginseng and Its Application to Human Health, J. J. Wee, K. Park, and A. S. Chung Ganoderma lucidum (Lingzhi or Reishi): A Medicinal Mushroom, Sissi Wachtel-Galor, John Yuen, John A. Buswell, and Iris F. F. Benzie Pomegranate Ellagitannins, David Heber Medical Attributes of St. John's Wort--Hypericum perforatum, Kenneth M. Klemow, Andrew Bartlow, Justin Crawford, Neil Kocher, Jay Shah, and Michael Ritsick Tea, Mauro Serafini, Daniele Del Rio, Yao Denis N'Dri, Saverio Bettuzzi, and Ilaria Peluso Turmeric, the Golden Spice: From Traditional Medicine to Modern Medicine, Sahdeo Prasad and Bharat B. Aggarwal Biomolecular and Clinical Aspects of Chinese Wolfberry, Peter Bucheli, Qiutao Gao, Robert Redgwell, Karine Vidal, Junkuan Wang, and Weiguo Zhang Botanical Phenolics and Neurodegeneration, Albert Y. Sun, Qun Wang, Agnes Simonyi, and Grace Y.Sun Cardiovascular Disease, Richard Walden and Brian Tomlinson Herbs and Spices in Cancer Prevention and Treatment, C. M. Kaefer and J. A. Milner Herbal Treatment for Dermatologic Disorders, Philip D. Shenefelt Diabetes and Herbal (Botanical) Medicine, William T. Cefalu, Jaqueline M. Stephens, and David M. Ribnicky Bioactive Components in Herbal Medicine: Experimental Approaches, Foo-tim Chau, Kwok-pui Fung, Chi-man Koon, Kit-man Lau, Shun-yin Wei, and Ping-chungLeung Ethics of Using Herbal Medicine as Primary or Adjunct Treatment and Issues of Drug--Herb Interactionl, Lauren Girard and Sunita Vohra Integration of Herbal Medicine into Evidence-Based Clinical Practice: Current Status and Issues, Anthony Lin Zhang, Charlie Changli Xue, and Harry H. S. Fong Index.
- ISBN: 978-1-4398-0713-2
- Editorial: CRC Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 473
- Fecha Publicación: 22/03/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés