Ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants : Asia and the Pacific /

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Author / Creator:Wiart, Christophe.
Imprint:Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2006.
Description:xii, 228 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6321391
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ISBN:1588297489 (alk. paper)
9781588297488 (alk. paper)
9781588297488
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Anti-Inflammatory Plants
  • General Concept
  • Inhibitors of Phospholipase A 2
  • Medicinal Aristolochiaceae
  • Aristolochia indica L.
  • Aristolochia kaempferi Willd.
  • Aristolochia recurvilabra Hance
  • Thottea grandiflora Rottb.
  • Medicinal Myristicaceae
  • Horsfieldia amygdalinia (Wall.) Warb.
  • Horsfieldia valida (Miq.) Warb.
  • Medicinal Caprifoliaceae
  • Lonicera japonica Thunb.
  • Sambucus javanica Reinw. ex Bl.
  • Weigela floribunda (Sieb. & Zucc.) K. Koch.
  • Medicinal Asteraceae
  • Cirsium japonicum DC
  • Crossotephium chinense L.
  • Inhibitors of COX
  • Medicinal Apocynaceae
  • Trachelospermum asiaticum (Sieb. & Zucc.) Nak.
  • Medicinal Clusiaceae
  • Garcinia atroviridis Griff.
  • Medicinal Asteraceae
  • Chrysanthemum sinense Sab.
  • Bidens bipinnata L.
  • Medicinal Polygonaceae
  • Polygonum amphibium L.
  • Medicinal Lamiaceae
  • Ocimum basilicum L.
  • Glechoma brevituba Kuprian.
  • Inhibitors of Lipoxygenases
  • Medicinal Myrsinaceae
  • Ardisia villosa Roxb.
  • Medicinal Clusiaceae
  • Hypericum erectum Thunb.
  • Medicinal Asteraceae
  • Medicinal Apiaceae
  • Bupleurum chinense DC
  • Inhibitors of Elastase
  • Medicinal Asteraceae
  • Sigesbeckia orientalis L.
  • Sigesbeckia glabrescens Mak.
  • Mikania cordata (Burm.f.) B.L. Robinson
  • Medicinal Droseraceae
  • Drosera rotundifolia L.
  • Inhibitors of Nitric Oxide Synthetase
  • Medicinal Asteraceae
  • Inula chinensis Rupr. ex Maxim.
  • Carpesium divaricatum Sieb. et Zucc
  • Medicinal Lauraceae
  • Neolitsea zeylanica Nees (Merr.)
  • Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers.
  • Litsea odorifera Val.
  • Medicinal Solanaceae
  • Physalis alkekengi
  • Conclusion and Future Prospects
  • References
  • 2. Plants Affecting the Central Nervous System
  • General Concept
  • Plants Affecting Serotoninergic Neurotransmission
  • Medicinal Annonaceae
  • Fissistigma lanuginosum (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Merr.
  • Cyathostemma micranthum (A. DC.) J. Sinclair
  • Medicinal Myristicaceae
  • Horsfieldia glabra (Bl.) Warb.
  • Medicinal Convolvulaceae
  • Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker-Gawl.
  • Ipomoea digitata L.
  • Ipomoea indica
  • Medicinal Apocynaceae
  • Ervatamia pandacaqui (Poir.) Pichon
  • Ervatamia corymbosa (Roxb.) King & Gamble
  • Medicinal Zygophyllaceae
  • Tribulus terrestris L.
  • Medicinal Polygalaceae
  • Polygala tenuifolia
  • Polygala japonica Houtt.
  • Polygala glomerata Lour.
  • Medicinal Rubiaceae
  • Psychotria adenophylla Wall.
  • Rubia cordifolia
  • Uncaria rhynchophylla Miq.
  • Plants Affecting the GABAergic Neurotransmission
  • Medicinal Valerianaceae
  • Nardostachys chinensis L.
  • Nardostachys jatamansi DC
  • Patrinia scabiosaefolia Link
  • Medicinal Lamiaceae
  • Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi
  • Leonotis nepetifolia R.Br
  • Medicinal Asteraceae
  • Artemesia stelleriana Bess.
  • Medicinal Orchidaceae
  • Gastrodia elata Bl.
  • Acriopsis javanica Reinw.
  • Bulbophyllum vaginatum Reich. f.
  • Calanthe triplicata (Villem.) Ames
  • Calanthe vestita Lindl.
  • Dendrobium crumenatum Sw.
  • Plants Interfering With the Glycinergic System
  • Medicinal Loganiaceae
  • Strychnos ignatii Berg.
  • Strychnos minor Dennst.
  • Strychnos axillaris Colebr.
  • Medicinal Apocynaceae
  • Plants Affecting the Dopaminergic Neurotransmission
  • Medicinal Araliaceae
  • Acanthopanax gracilistylus W. W. Sm.
  • Acanthopanax trifoliatus (L.) Merr.
  • Acanthopanax ricinifolius Seem.
  • Medicinal Verbenaceae
  • Vitex negundo L.
  • Vitex trifolia L.
  • Vitex quinata (Lour.) F.N. Will.
  • Vitex vestita Wallich ex Schauer
  • Medicinal Sapindaceae
  • Erioglossum rubiginosum (Roxb.) Bl.
  • Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn.
  • Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq.
  • Medicinal Celastraceae
  • Tripterygium wilfordii Hook f.
  • Medicinal Lauraceae
  • Cassytha filiformis L.
  • Cryptocarya griffithiana Wright
  • Medicinal Ranunculaceae
  • Acontium fischeri Reichb.
  • Coptis teeta Wall.
  • Cimicifuga foetida L.
  • Medicinal Menispermaceae
  • Stephania cepharantha Hayata
  • Conclusion and Future Prospects
  • References
  • 3. Plants for Chemotherapy of Neoplastic Diseases
  • General Concept
  • Topoisomerase Inhibitors
  • Medicinal Annonaceae
  • Artabotrys suaveolens Bl.
  • Fissistigma fulgens (Hk. f. et Th.) Merr.
  • Friesodielsia latifolia Hk. f. et Th.
  • Medicinal Lauraceae
  • P. thunbergii (Sieb. & Zucc.) Kosterm.
  • Lindera tzumu Hemsl.
  • Cassytha filiformis L.
  • Medicinal Hernandiaceae
  • Illigera luzonensis L.
  • Medicinal Ebenaceae
  • Diospyros sumatrana Miq.
  • Diospyros toposioides King & Gamble
  • Medicinal Rubiaceae
  • Prismatomeris albiflora Thaw, non King
  • Knoxia valerianoide Thorel
  • D. indicus Gaertn.
  • Neonauclea pallida (Reinw. ex Havil.) Bakh f.
  • Morinda officinalis How
  • Medicinal Rutaceae
  • Z. ailanthoides Sieb. & Zucc.
  • Zanthoxylum bungei Planch.
  • Zanthoxylum piperitum (L.) DC.
  • Zanthoxylum schinifolium Zieb. & Zucc.
  • Medicinal Euphorbiaceae
  • Alchornea villosa (Benth.) Muell.- Arg.
  • Alchornea rugosa (Lour.) Muell. Arg
  • Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels
  • Macaranga triloba (Reinw.) Muell.-Arg.
  • Medicinal Hamamelidaceae
  • Altingia excelsa Noronha
  • Medicinal Lamiaceae
  • Salvia plebeia R.Br.
  • Salvia japonica Thunb.
  • Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge
  • Apoptosis
  • Medicinal Annonaceae
  • Goniothalamus species.
  • Pseudouvaria setosa (King) J. Sinclair
  • Medicinal Asteraceae
  • Elephantopus mollis Kunth.
  • Blumea riparia (Bl.) DC.
  • Spilanthes paniculata Wall. ex DC
  • Lactuca indica L.
  • Summary and Future Prospects
  • References
  • Index