Author | Ebadi, Manuchair S |
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Title | Pharmacodynamic basis of herbal medicine [electronic resource] / Manuchair Ebadi |
Imprint | Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis, c2007 |
Edition | 2nd ed |
Connect to | http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781420006452 |
Descript | 699 p. : ill |
1. The pharmacokinetic basis of therapeutics -- 2. Pharmacodynamics -- 3. Adverse reactions and drug-drug interactions -- 4. Herb-drug interactions -- 5. Natural products as a resource for established and new drugs -- 6. Alternative therapies -- 7. Herbal therapeutics then and now -- 8. Dietary antioxidants -- 9. Herbal drugs and their high demand in treating diseases -- 10. Algae -- 11. Alkaloids -- 12. Aloe and colon function -- 13. Banisterine, selegiline, and Parkinson's disease -- 14. Belladonna alkaloids : autonomic drugs -- 15. Blueberry (vaccinium) -- 16. Botulinum toxin -- 17. Brussels sprouts -- 18. Cannabis -- 19. Capsicum, rosemary, and turmeric -- 20. Carotenoids -- 21. Chocolate -- 22. Cinchona tree -- 23. Coca -- 24. Colchicine and gout -- 25. Compositae -- 26. Curare and neuromuscular blockade -- 27. Daffodil and Alzheimer's disease -- 28. Eggplant -- 29. Ephedrine (Ma huang) : a decongestant and vasopressor -- 30. Ergot, its alkaloids, and headache -- 31. Flavonoids -- 32. Flaxseed -- 33. Folate in fruit -- 34. Food-drug interactions --