Chapter 17 General methods associated with the phytochemical investigation of herbal products EXTRACTION OF PLANT MATERIAL 136 SEPARATION AND ISOLATION OF CONSTITUENTS 137 CHARACTERIZATION OF ISOLATED COMPOUNDS 144 BIOGENETIC INVESTIGATIONS…
Chapter 27 The search for naturally derived anticancer agents* PLANTS IN CANCER TREATMENT 416 METHODS OF INVESTIGATION 417 ESTABLISHED NATURAL PRODUCTS AS TUMOUR INHIBITORS 418 NEW NATURAL PRODUCTS WITH ANTITUMOUR…
Chapter 33 Colouring and flavouring agents COLOURING AGENTS 471 FLAVOURING AGENTS 475 In addition to those materials essential to the pharmacological action of medicaments there is a range of others…
Chapter 35 Herbal medicine in Britain and Europe regulation and practice S.Y. Mills REGULATORY BACKGROUND 487 INDUSTRY STANDARDS 488 THE HERBAL PRACTITIONER 488 HERBAL PRACTICE IN THE UK 496 REGULATORY…
Chapter 38 Plants in African traditional medicine—some perspectives A. Sofowora TRADITIONAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS AND THEIR TECHNIQUES 511 RESEARCH INTO AFRICAN MEDICINAL PLANTS 515 TRADE IN MEDICINAL PLANTS IN AFRICA 516…
Chapter 31 Vitamins and hormones VITAMINS 451 FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS 452 WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMINS 454 HORMONES 457 Both vitamins and hormones constitute a range of many different types of organic molecule which…
Chapter 40 Pesticides of natural origin ACARICIDES 533 INSECTICIDES 533 RODENTICIDES 535 MOLLUSCICIDES 535 Pesticides may be classified according to the type of organism against which they are effective, namely,…
Chapter 12 Plant growth regulators AUXINS 93 GIBBERELLINS 94 CELL DIVISION HORMONES: CYTOKININS 95 GROWTH INHIBITORS 96 ETHYLENE 97 The growth and development of plants is regulated by a number…
Chapter 28 Antiprotozoal natural products C.W. Wright DISEASES CAUSED BY PROTOZOA 428 METHODS OF INVESTIGATION 429 MODES OF ACTION OF NATURAL ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS 430 EXAMPLES OF ANTIPROTOZOAL NATURAL PRODUCTS 430…
