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Series Preface
Preface
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Chapter 1: The European Legislation (Directive 2004/24/EC) Brings Clarification and Recognition to Herbal Medicinal Products
Chapter 2: Taxonomy, Morphology, and Ecology of Medicinal Plants : A Botanical Perspective
Chapter 3: Ethnopharmacological Approaches Used to Identify Medicinal Plants
Chapter 4: Medicinal Plants : Molecular Biology/Biotechnology Approach
Chapter 5: Breeding and Cultivation of Medicinal Plants
Chapter 6: Sample Preparation, Analytical Methods, and Chemical Standardization of Medicinal Plants
Chapter 7: The Role of Zebrafish in the Future of Natural Product Discovery
Chapter 8: Phytocomplexes versus Single-Entity Drugs
Chapter 9: Molecular Modes of Action of Drugs Used in Phytomedicine
Chapter 10: Bioavailability Issues of Nonnutrient Plant and Fruit Constituents
Chapter 11: From Identification to Clinical Translation of Medicinal Plants
Chapter 12: Recommendations for Reporting Randomized Controlled Trials of Herbal Medicine Interventions
Chapter 13: Pharmacovigilance Methods and Systems in Herbal Medicines
Chapter 14: Mechanisms and Clinical Relevance of Herb–Drug Interactions from the Perspectives of Pharmacokinetics
Chapter 15: Nature’s Gift to Photodynamic Medicine : Hypericin, a Herbal Photosensitizer, Is a Component of Hypericum perforatum
Chapter 16: Plants and Plant-Derived Products as Cancer Chemopreventive Agents
Chapter 17: From Standard Tanacetum parthenium Extract to a Stabilized Derivative of Parthenolide : Studies in Animal Models of Pain
Chapter 18: Antiviral Effects of Essential Oils Used Traditionally in Phytomedicine
Chapter 19: The Neuroprotective Capacity of Achyrocline satureioides (Lam) D.C. and Its Flavonoids : Mechanisms of Action
Chapter 20: Recent Progress in Echinacea Research
Chapter 21: Contribution of Herbal Medicine to Human Health : A Brief History
Chapter 22: Quality Issues of Current Herbal Medicines
Chapter 23: Herbal Medicines in the Developing World : South America
Chapter 24: Herbal Medicines : Epidemiology of Their Utilization—A Perspective on the Industrialized World
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