Ethnobotany : Application of Medicinal Plants / edited by José L. Martinez, Amner Muñoz-Acevedo and Mahendra Rai.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents -- APPLICATIONS OF ETHNOMEDICINAL PLANTS -- Some Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Used for the Treatment of Cancers/Tumors, with Special Reference to Its Scientific Validations -- Amner Muoz-Acevedo, Mara C. Gonzlez, Sandra M. Rodrguez, Martha Cervantes-Daz and Carlos E. Daz -- Use of Ethnomedicinal Herbs to Treat and Manage Schistosomiasis in Zimbabwe: Past Trends and Future Directions -- Alfred Maroyi -- Ethnobotany: Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Hypertension -- Patricia Landazuri, Nelsy Loango Chamorro and Beatriz Restrepo Cortes -- Plants Used for Central Nervous System Disorders by Brazilian Indians -- Priscila Yazbek, Thamara Sauini, Fernando Cassas, GiuseppinaNegri and Eliana Rodrigues -- Ethnobotanical Retrospective and Features of the Multipurpose Plant Genipa Americana (Rubiaceae) -- Kyria Cilene de Andrade Bortoleti, Roberta Lane de Oliveira Silva, Silvany de Sousa Arajo, Ana Christina Brasileiro-Vidal and Ana Maria Benko-Iseppon -- Paramela (Adesmia boronioides Hook.f.): From Popular Uses to Commercialization -- Silvia B. Gonzlez, Ana H. Ladio, Bruno Gastaldi, Fresia Melina Silva Sofrs, Ariel Mazzoni and Gustavo Snchez -- The Genus Vismia: Geographical Distribution, Chemical Composition and Recent Biological Studies -- Janne Rojas and Alexis Buitrago -- Curcuma longa L.: From Ethnomedicinal to Novel Biomedical Applications -- Mahendra Rai, Avinash Ingle, Raksha Pandit, Priti Paralikar, Farkhanda Rehman, Netra Anasane, Pramod Ingle and Suneesh Buxy -- Medicinal Plants of the Khyang Tribe of Bandarban District, Bangladesh -- Md Shahadat Hossan, Christophe Wiart, Emratul Jannat, Abu Hanif, Prozzal Roy, Taufiq Rahman, Rownak Jahan, Tracey D. Bradshaw and Mohammed Rahmatullah -- Management of Cardiovascular Diseases and Related Complications Using Traditional Herbs and Spices -- Kavisha Mooroteea and Fawzi Mahomoodally -- Use of Ethnomedicinal Plants in Primary Health Care -- Nlida Soria Rey -- Secondary Metabolites of Some Ethnomedicinal Plants of Arunachal Pradesh, India -- Pallabi Kalita Hui, Debmalya Das Gupta and Hui Tag -- Characterization and Purification of Antiurolithiatic Metabolites from Medicinal Plants -- Ankit S. Kale, Anita S. Patil, Hariprasad Paikrao and Surendra R. Patil -- ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY -- In Vitro Experimental Design and Data Analysis in Ethnopharmacology -- Ral Vinet, Marcela Knox, Marcos Lorca, Claudio Laurido and Jos Luis Martnez -- Insights into the Ethnopharmacological Uses of Rutaceae: A Golden Source for many Pharmaceutical Preparations -- Dalia I. Hamdan, Fadia S. Youssef, Mohamed L. Ashour and Assem M. El-Shazly -- Pharmacological Properties of Extracts and Compounds Isolated from Platonia insignis Mart. -A Perspective for Developing Phytomedicines -- Antonio do Nascimento Cavalcante, Chistiane Mendes Feitosa, Layana Karine Farias Lima, Ronaldo dos Santos Sousa Jnior and Ana Gabriela Sousa Alencar.

Ethnobotany includes the traditional use of plants in different fields like medicine and agriculture. This book incorporates important studies based on ethnobotany of different geographic zones. The book covers medicinaland aromatic plants, ethnopharmacology, bioactive molecules, plants used in cancer, hypertension, disorders of the central nervous system, and also as antipsoriatic, antibacterial, antioxidant, antiurolithiatic. The book will be useful for a diverse group of readers including plant scientists, pharmacologists, clinicians, herbalists, natural therapy experts, chemists, microbiologists, NGOs and those who are interested in traditional therapies.

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