Ciba Foundation Symposium 185 – Ethnobotany and the Search for New Drugs

Ciba Foundation (Autor)

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290 Seiten

2007
Wiley-Blackwell (Hersteller)
978-0-470-51463-4 (ISBN)

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A compilation of articles by prominent experts in their respective fields on compensation for and collaboration with indigenous people in regard to their knowledge and provision of rare plants which are used for some of the most potent drugs in Western medicine.

Derek J. Chadwick and Joan Marsh are editors for Ethnobotany and the Search for New Drugs and other scientific titles.

Partial table of contents: Ethnobotany, Drug Development and Biodiversity Conservation--Exploring the Linkages (M. Balick). The Ethnobotanical Approach to Drug Discovery: Strengths and Limitations (P. Cox). Basic, Quantitative and Experimental Research Phases of Future Ethnobotany with Reference to the Medicinal Plants of South America (W. Lewis & M. Elvin-Lewis). Ethnopharmacological Search for Antiviral Compounds: Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders by Kayapo Medical Specialists (E. Elisabetsky & D. Posey). Natural Product Chemistry in North-Eastern Brazil (A. Craveiro, et al.). African Medicinal Plants in the Search for New Drugs Based on Ethnobotanical Leads (M. Iwu). Two Decades of Mexican Ethnobotany and Research on Plant-Derived Drugs (X. Lozoya). Ethnobotany and Intellectual Property Rights (J. Barton). Indexes.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.9.2007
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	580 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
ISBN-10	0-470-51463-9 / 0470514639
ISBN-13	978-0-470-51463-4 / 9780470514634
Zustand	Neuware