Medicinal Plants of the Asia-Pacific: Drugs for the Future?

Description

This invaluable book provides a readable, introductory text to the fascinating subject of drug discovery from the medicinal plants of Asia-Pacific. A carefully designed layout presents more than 400 medicinal plants, and includes description of compound structure, molecular properties, pharmacology and clinical uses. With its broad scope and extensive compound listings, this is a premier reference source for natural products research using a pharmacological approach. Starting from a collection of plants in the rainforests of Asia-Pacific, Wiart shows how the present state of knowledge fosters a whole new way of looking at the discovery of drugs from medicinal plants. Wiart uses his approach to deal with a remarkable array of fundamental problems: from the phylogeny of plants, to the molecular basis of activity, limitations of phytochemistry, and the possibility of a truly fundamental theory of ethnopharmacology. Written with exceptional clarity, and illustrated by more than 300 origi

Review

... an invaluable resource for doctors, pharmacists, plant scientists, pharmaceutical companies and conservationists in the region. -- Professor Nina L Etkin, University of Hawaii, USA

... offers researchers a strong foundation from which to advance the field of ethnopharmacology. -- Professor Elizabeth M Williamson, University of Reading, UK

…found useful by academic, industrial and government scientists interested in the potential of plants as a source of new drugs. -- Professor Norman Farnsworth, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Product Details

• Hardcover: 756 pages
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc (January 11, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9812563415
• ISBN-13: 978-9812563415
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.4 inches     

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