Evidence-Based Validation of Herbal Medicine

A structured approach to the characterization and validation of herbal medicines and natural products using evidence-based analytical and bio-analytical methods

Pulok K. Mukherjee (Edited by)

9780128008744

Hardback, published 23 February 2015

556 pages
27.6 x 21.5 x 3.2 cm, 1.96 kg

Approx.550 pages

1. Quality related safety issues – Evidence based validation of herbal medicine farm to pharma 2. Value Chains of Herbal Medicines - Ethnopharmacological and analytical challenges in a globalizing world 3. Pharmacopoeial Standards as the Basis of Herbal Medicine Quality Control 4. Taxonomy – tool for validation of herbal medicine 5. Validation of medicinal herbs for skin ageing 6. Pro-angiogenic potential of medicinal plants in wound healing 7. Pharmacovigilance: Tool in establishing the safety and acceptability of the natural health products - Clinical evaluation 8. Validation of antiviral potential of herbal ethomedicine 9. Harmonization of regulatory requirements in Europe to ensure quality, safety and efficacy of herbal medicinal products 10. Bioavailability of herbal medicine: approach towards improved pharmacokinetics 11. Good quality and clinical practices for the future development of herbal medicines 12. Evidence based scientific claims for traditional medicine-inspired approaches to drug discovery from Ayurveda 13. Evaluation of bioactive compounds as AChE inhibitors from medicinal plants 14. Drugs and drug leads based on natural products for treatment of malaria 15. Evaluation of Natural products against Biofilm mediated bacterial resistance 16. Clinical effects of caraway, a traditional medicine for weight loss 17. Challenges in identification of potential phytotherapies and contemporary biomedical literatures 18. Botanicals as medicinal foods and their effects against obesity 19. Application of HPLC in the analysis of herbal products 20. Ayurveda opportunities for developing safe and effective treatment choices for the future 21. Discovery and development of lead compounds from natural sources using computational approaches 22. Infrared Spectroscopic Technologies for the Quality Control of Herbal Medicines 23. Antimicrobial secondary metabolites- extraction, isolation, identification and bio assay 24. Use of herbals in cardiac diseases: priority of evidence over belief

Subject Areas: Biotechnology [TCB], Organic chemistry [PNN], Pharmacy / dispensing [MQP], Pharmacology [MMG], Pharmaceutical industries [KNDP], Production & quality control management [KJMV5]