Recent advances in plant-based, traditional, and natural medicines /
The purpose of this book is to discuss several medicinal plants to find wider application in the domain of medicinal, clinical, and pharmaceutical treatment. Recent Advances in Plant-Based, Traditional, and Natural Medicines serves as a useful source of ideas and an inspiration for further cell and...
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Boca Raton, Florida ; Oakville, Canada :
CRC Press : Apple Academic Press,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; About the Editors; Contents; Acknowledgment and How to Cite; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Relevance of Traditional Knowledge to Biological Testing; Chapter 1: The Relevance of Traditional Knowledge Systems for Ethnopharmacological Research: Theoretical and Methodological Contributions; Chapter 2: Antioxidative and in vitro Antiproliferative Activity of Arctium Lappa Root Extracts; Chapter 3: Interleukin-6 and Cyclooxygenase-2 Downregulation by Fatty-Acid Fractions of Ranunculus Constantinopolitanus.
- Chapter 4: An Extract of the Medicinal Mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill can Protect Against AllergyChapter 5: Anti-Oxidative Effects of the Biennial Flower of Panax Notoginseng Against H2O2-Induced Cytotoxicity in Cultured PC12 Cells; Chapter 6: Cytotoxic Activity of Proteins Isolated from Extracts of Corydalis Cava Tubers in Human Cervical Carcinoma HeLa Cells; Chapter 7: Arctigenin from Arctium Lappa Inhibits Interleukin-2 and Interferon Gene Expression in Primary Human T Lymphocytes; Part II: Targeting Important Diseases Using Natural Products (TK or Non-TK Based).
- Chapter 8: A New Dawn for the Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Cancer TherapyChapter 9: Anti Cancer Effects of Curcumin: Cycle of Life and Death; Chapter 10: Comparative Study of the Antioxidant and Reactive Oxygen Species Scavenging Properties in the Extracts of the Fruits of Terminalia Chebula, Terminalia Belerica, and Emblica Officinalis; Chapter 11: Inhibition of Highly Productive HIV-1 Infection in T Cells, Primary Human Macrophages, Microglia, and Astrocytes by Sargassum fusiforme; Part III: Molecular Biology, Genomics, and Proteomics: Plant Centered and Person Centered.
- Chapter 12: The Use of Phylogeny to Interpret Cross-Cultural Patterns in Plant Use and Guide Medicinal Plant Discovery: An Example from Pterocarpus (Leguminosae)Chapter 13: Ethnobotany Genomics: Discovery and Innovation in a New Era of Exploratory Research; Chapter 14: Prescriptions of Traditional Chinese Medicine are Specific to Cancer Types and Adjustable to Temperature Changes; Part IV: Personalized or Person-Centered Medicine.