Herbal medicines research

Pollock, S.H. (1977). Magic Mushroom Cultivation. Herbal Medicine Research Foundation, San Antonio, TX. 

Willow J, Liu H (2011) Traditional herbal medicine research methods-idenfification, analysis, bioassy, pharmacological and clinical studies, 1st edn. Wiley, Hoboken... 

Docking 200 natural products from the Herbal Medicines Research and Education Center subset (Univ. of Sydney) Full 29 6 [58]... 

Bnouham M, Ziyyat A, Mekhfi H et al (2006) Medicinal plants with potential antidiabetic activity-A review often years of herbal medicine research (1990-2000). Int J Diabetes Metab 14 1-25... 

Approaches to New Lead Discovery From Herbal Medicines Research... 

Yamada H (2003) In Watanabe H (ed) Pharmacological research on traditional herbal medicines. Taylor and Francis, London, p 170... 

This text is primarily aimed to benefit researchers and health care practitioners. Since health care practitioners find many of their patients using over-the-counter herbal medicines, they need a source to help them anticipate how these herbs will interact with their patients illnesses and... 

Ultimately, this book is intended to further the cause of herbal medicines. If they are properly researched and the public is properly educated about their effects and uses, herbal medicines will be an asset to us, rather than a liability. 

Anon. Research Guidelines for Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Herbal Medicines. Manila, Philippines World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 1993. 

Aloe-emodin, found in cascara sagrada, is being researched as a possible treatment for leukemia. This herb, which has had a place in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia since 1890, is one of the most popular herbal medicines in the world. It is included in many over-the-counter laxatives and is prescribed more than 2.5 million times a year. The bark must be dried for up to 1 year before it can be used officially as a laxative. 

IARC (2002) Some traditional herbal medicines, some mycotoxins, naphthalene and styrene. Lyon, International Agency for Research on Cancer, pp 171-274 (IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Vol. 82). 

Official standards are absolutely necessary to ensure the quality, reliability, and homogeneity of herbal products for consumers. Standardized products are paramount to those in healthcare planning to conduct clinical research with these products. Independent laboratories and university-affiliated research reports have documented the considerable variation that exists in terms of quality and reliability in these products. Abroad, the ESCOP, composed of manufacturers of herbal medicines and herbal associations, is working with European research groups to develop quality-control standards for the production of natural products. This committee is developing monographs for incorporation into such references as the British Herbal Pharmacopoeia and the British Herbal Compendium. 

Most reports of adverse effects associated with herbal remedies relate to Chinese herbal medicines (82). This is an issue of growing concern, particularly because in many Western countries the popularity of Chinese herbalism is increasing. This is happening in the almost complete absence of governmental control (83) or of systematic research into the potential hazards of Chinese herbal formulations (84). 

World Health Organization - International Agency for research on cancer lARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans some traditional herbal medicines, some mycotoxins, naphtaleneand styrene. lARC Press, Lyon, France 2002 82 118... 

In response to the need to better understand the parameters of safety and efficacy of traditional medical treatments, the WHO has prepared general guidelines to aid in the research and evaluation of these methods. This document presents useful methods that can be applied to the study of herbal medicines, procedure-based therapies, and clinical studies. It also includes discussions associated with pragmatic research issues, the ethics involved, the education and training of personnel, and the surveillance systems that might be imposed. It is emphasized that these studies be conducted in a... 

There is inadequate documentation about herbal medicine in the cormtry. The plant remedies have not been scientifically validated for safety and efficacy for them to be included in list of essential drugs for natiorral health systems (JJ). Herbal medical practice is also still shrouded in secrecy and perceptions of metaphysical powers. It is essential that research should explode the myths and superstitions associated with herbal remedies by establishing the real basis of the therapeutic properties of the medicirral plants used in herbal remedies (J 2). 

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