Chapter 29 An overview of drugs with antihepatotoxic and oral hypoglycaemic activities PLANTS IN THE TREATMENT OF LIVER AND BILIARY TRACT DISEASES 436 PLANTS WITH ORAL HYPOGLYCAEMIC ACTIVITY 442 The…
Chapter 30 Antibacterial and antiviral drugs ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS 445 ANTIVIRAL AGENTS 448 Antibacterial and antiviral compounds constitute two of the groups of antimicrobial substances; other representatives are antiprotozoal drugs (Chapter…
Chapter 5 A taxonomic approach to the study of medicinal plants and animal-derived drugs THALLOPHYTES 18 BACTERIA AND ALGAE 18 FUNGI 19 LICHENS 21 BRYOPHYTES AND PTERIDOPHYTES 21 BRYOPHYTA 21…
Chapter 15 Deterioration of stored drugs PRIMARY FACTORS 117 MOULD AND BACTERIAL ATTACK 117 COLEOPTERA OR BEETLES 117 LEPIDOPTERA 118 ARACHNIDA 118 CONTROL OF INFESTATION 119 SPOILAGE BY RODENTS 120…
Chapter 13 Plant cell and tissue culture; biochemical conversions; clonal propagation INDUSTRIAL SIGNIFICANCE 98 CULTIVATION OF PLANT CELLS 99 PRODUCTION OF SECONDARY METABOLITES 100 INDUCED SECONDARY METABOLISM IN CELL CULTURES…
Chapter 11 Production of crude drugs SOURCE MATERIALS 87 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS 87 CULTIVATED AND WILD PLANTS 88 COLLECTION 90 DRYING 91 STORAGE 92 EUROPEAN REGULATIONS 92 The crude drug that…
Chapter 9 Discovering new lead compounds in pharmaceutical research and development M.J. O’Neill J.A. Lewis* BIOLOGICAL ASSAYS AND HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING 75 SAMPLE AVAILABILITY FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING 76 SELECTING SAMPLES FOR…
Chapter 10 Commerce in crude drugs R. Baker HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS 83 CURRENT ASPECTS 84 CHANGING DEMANDS 86 THE FUTURE 86 Like almost all other basic commodities, the trade in crude…
Chapter 6 Pharmacological activities of natural products DRUGS ACTING ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 45 THE HEART, CIRCULATION AND BLOOD 46 ACTION ON THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT 48 THE NASAL AND RESPIRATORY…
Chapter 4 Biological and geographical sources of drugs GEOGRAPHICAL SOURCES 16 Current estimates of the number of species of flowering plants range between 200 000 and 250 000 in some…
