Medicinal herbs

Arctium lappa L. (burdock) is used as food, preventive and medical remedy. East medicine usually uses it as a fresh root of its first year of vegetation. In some countries burdock is cultivated for use as food and a medicinal herb. Thus the development of analytical documentation for this plant raw material is essential. 

Ainei-kraut, n. medicinal plant, medicinal herb, -kugel, /, (Pharm.) bolus, -kunde, -kunst, /. medicine pharmacy, -lehre, /. pharmacology,... 

Kwan CY, Achike FI (2002) Tetrandrine and related bis-benzylisoquinoline alkaloids from medicinal herbs cardiovascular effects and mechanisms of action. Acta Pharmacol Sin 23(12) 1057-1068... 

In India the demand for organic products (spices, medicinal herbs, essential oils, pulses, etc.) has outstripped supply (Sathyan-arayana, 2000). In China the estimated value of exported organic... 

Foster S. 101 Medicinal Herbs. Loveland, CO Interweave Press, 1998. 

Kassler WJ, Blanc P, Greenblatt R. The use of medicinal herbs by human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients. Arch Intern Med 151 2281-2288, 1991. 

The family Myrsinaceae consists of 30 genera and about a 1000 species of tropical plants that have attracted a great deal of interest for their quinones and saponins, which have exhibited a large spectrum of pharmacological activities. About 40 species of plants classified within the family Myrsinaceae are medicinal in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly for the treatment of inflammatory conditions. One of these medicinal herbs is Ardisia villosa Roxb. 

A critical factor for Goniothalamus use as a medicinal herb is its content of styryl-lactones, which promote apoptosis in mammalian cells. One might set the hypothesis that the abortifacient and/or postnatal and anti-inflammatory traditional uses of Goniothalamus... 

Calibration curves were linear in the range of 5-300/ig/ml and the RSD values of intraday and inter-day variabilities were between 0.3-10.5 per cent. It has been concluded from the results that the method can be applied for the quality control of crocin-containing medicinal herbs [46],... 

Chamomile widely spread in the Ukrairrian Carpathians, is a poprrlarly known medicinal herb. In nature, it is predominantly formd in fields, meadows, garderts, along the roads growing as weeds, and sometimes forming dertse stands. This... 

Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba). Reprinted with permission from Sturdivant and Blakely. (1999). Medicinal Herbs in the Garden, Field, and Marketplace. Friday Flarbor, WA San Juan Naturals. Illustration by Peggy Sue McRae. 

Eisenberg DM, Kessler RC, Foster C, Norlock FE, Calkins DR, Delbanco TL. (1993). Unconventional medicine in the United States. Prevalence, costs, and patterns of use. N EnglJ Med. 328(4) 246-52. Fladley SK, Petry JJ. (1999). Medicinal herbs a primer for primary care. Hosp Pract (Off Ed). 34(6) 105-6, 109-12, 115-16. 

O Hara M, Kiefer D, Farrell K, Kemper K. (1998). A review of 12 commonly used medicinal herbs. Arch Fam Med. 7(6) 523-36. 

Lee KC, Chan W, Liang Z, Liu N, Zhao Z, Lee AW, Cai Z (2008) Rapid screening method for intact glucosinolates in Chinese medicinal herbs by using liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization ion trap mass spectrometry in negative ion mode. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 22 2825-2834... 

Sabn KK, Padmesh P, Seeni S. (2000) Intraspecific variation in active principle content and isozymes of Andrographis paniculata Nees (Kahnegh) A traditional hepatoprotective medicinal herb. J Med Arom Plant Sci 23 637-647. 

Matsuda H, Tokunaga M, HirataN, Iwahashi H, Naruto S, Kubo M. (2004) Studies on Palanan medicinal herbs. I. Antidiabetic effect of Ongael, leaves of Phaleria cumingii (MEISN.) F. VILL. Nat Med 58 278-283. 

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