Medicinal plants : classification, biosynthesis and pharmacology / Alejandro Varela and Jasiah Ibanez, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Varela, Alejandro.

Ibañez, Jasiah.

Series:

Biotechnology in Agriculture, Industry and Medicine

Biotechnology in agriculture, industry and medicine series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Materia medica, Vegetable.

Medicinal plants.

Pharmacognosy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 367 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Biomedical Books, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Plants have been the main source of medicines since ancient times. This book examines Scutellaria baicalensis, one of the most widely used medicinal plants whose roots have been used for anti-inflammation, anticancer, decreasing blood pressures, reducing the total cholesterol level, and treating bacterial and viral infections.

Contents:

""MEDICINAL PLANTS: CLASSIFICATION, BIOSYNTHESIS AND PHARMACOLOGY ""; ""MEDICINAL PLANTS: CLASSIFICATION, BIOSYNTHESIS AND PHARMACOLOGY""; ""Contents""; ""Preface ""; ""Biological Effects of β-Carotene""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""β-Carotene and Cardiovascular Disease""; ""β-Carotene and Immune Response""; ""β-Carotene as Anti-Inflammatory ""; ""β-Carotene as Antioxidant ""; ""β-Carotene and Skin Photodamage ""; ""β-Carotene and Diabetes""; ""β-Carotene and Maculopathy ""; ""β-Carotene and Pregnancy ""; ""β-Carotene and Cancer ""; ""Cancer Prostate""; ""Colon Cancer ""

""Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia""; ""Lung Cancer""; ""Gastrointestinal Cancer""; ""Mechanisms of β-Carotene in Cancer ""; ""Clinical Studies on Cancer ""; ""Discussion""; ""References ""; ""Native Medicinal Plants used in the Ethnomedicine of the Córdoba Hills in Central Argentina: Relevance and Interest for Primary Health Care and Conservation""; ""Abstract ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Objectives""; ""Traditional Medicine in Peasant Populations of Argentina""; ""Ecology, Plant Resources and Highland Culture ""; ""Methodological Aspects ""; ""Results and Discussion""

""I. Health and Medicine of the Highland Peasants ""; ""1. How Peasants Name, Diagnose and Explain the Causes of Different Ailments""; ""A- Organic imbalances (originated by natural causes) ""; ""Originated by temperature imbalances ""; ""Originated by food imbalances""; ""Originated by blows or strains ""; ""Originated by alterations in the properties of blood and body humours ""; ""Originated by agents affecting the skin ""; ""Other imbalances and ailments ""; ""B. Imbalances generated by conflictive social relationships ""; ""2. How Peasants Prevent and Cure Different Afflictions ""

""A.The use of remedies ""; ""B. Symbolic and ritualistic aspects of peasant cures ""; ""II. Peasant Medicinal Plants ""; ""Characterization of Plant Pharmacopoeia""; ""Legislation and Control ""; ""III. Extraction, Use, Comercialization and Conservation of Medicinal Plants""; ""Conclusion""; ""References ""; ""Gastroprotective Triterpenoids: Pharmacological Mechanism ""; ""Abstract ""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Peptic Ulcer ""; ""2.1. Definition""; ""2.2. Gastric Anatomy""; ""2.3. Pathology""; ""3. Gastroprotection""; ""3.1. Functional Factors""

""3.1.1. Mucus-bicarbonate-phospholipid barrier ""; ""3.1.2. Mucosal microcirculation ""; ""3.1.3. Motility ""; ""3.2. Humoral Factors""; ""3.2.1. Prostaglandins (PGs) ""; ""3.2.2. Nitric oxide (NO) ""; ""3.2.3. Lipoxins""; ""3.2.4. Resolvins""; ""3.2.5. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) ""; ""3.3. Neuronal Factors""; ""3.4. Other Gastroprotective Mechanism.""; ""3.4.1. Cytokines ""; ""3.4.2. Annexin-1""; ""3.4.3. Proteinase-activated receptors (PAR) ""; ""3.3.4. LTB4 and leukocyte adherence""; ""3.3.5. TNF-α""; ""4. Experimental Models to Study Gastroprotection ""; ""4.1. Ethanol Induce Gastric Damage""; ""4.2. NSAIDs-Induced Gastric Damage ""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-61761-662-1

OCLC:

923653272