Pharmacological Advances in Natural Product Drug Discovery

Includes the latest updates on pharmacological progress in traditional medicines

Guanhua Du (Volume editor)

9780128201855

Hardback, published 19 February 2020

362 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.68 kg

Approx.346 pages

1. Chemical and pharmacological research on the polyphenol acids isolated from Danshen: A review of salvianolic acids Guanhua Du, Junke Song, Lida Du, Li Zhang, Guifen Qiang, Shoubao Wang, Xiuying Yang and Lianhua Fang 2. Pharmacological properties of tanshinones, the natural products from Salvia miltiorrhiza Xiaoying Wang, Yang Yang, Xiao Liu and Xiumei Gao 3. Pharmacological action and potential targets of chlorogenic acid Mingsan Miao and Liling Xiang 4. Astragaloside IV derived from Astragalus membranaceus: A research review on the pharmacological effects Jianqin Zhang, Chuxuan Wu, Li Gao, Guanhua Du and Xuemei Qin 5. Modern traditional Chinese medicine: Identifying, defining and usage of TCM components David J. Newman 6. LW-AFC, a new formula from the traditional Chinese medicine Liuwei Dihuang decoction, as a promising therapy for Alzheimer's disease: Pharmacological effects and mechanisms Xiaorui Cheng, Yan Huang, Yongxiang Zhang and Wenxia Zhou 7. Pharmacological effects of icariin Chunyang He, Ze Wang and Jingshan Shi 8. Seaweed-derived bioactives as potential energy regulators in obesity and type 2 diabetes Giovanna Bermano, Teodora Stoyanova, Franck Hennequart and Cherry L. Wainwright 9. Preventive and therapeutic effect of Ganoderma lucidum on kidney injuries and diseases Xiaoqiang Geng, Dandan Zhong, Limin Su, Zhibin Lin and Baoxue Yang 10. Fungal polysaccharides Zhiyong Xiao, Wenxia Zhou and Yongxiang Zhang 11. Toxicity of traditional Chinese medicine herbal and mineral products Runping Liu, Xiaojiaoyang Li, Nana Huang, Mengyue Fan and Rong Sun

Subject Areas: Pharmacology [MMG]