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Author : Ben-Erik Van Wyk,Bosch Van Oudtshoorn,Nigel Gericke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131232964
A guide of the most commonly used and best known SA medicinal plants including their botany, traditional uses and active ingredients
Author : Ben-Erik Van Wyk,Michael Wink
Publisher : Virago Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Herbs
ISBN : 1875093443
This publication provides a comprehensive and scientifically accurate guide to the best-known and most important medicinal plants, including those of special commercial or historical interest. It includes descriptions of more than 300 medicinal plants and their close relatives, with each entry summarising botanical background, geographical origin, therapeutic category, historical and modern uses, active ingredients, and pharmacological effects. Over 500 full-color photographs are included to assist in the identification of the plants.
Author : Victor Kuete
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780128004753
Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants provides a detailed overview of toxicological studies relating to traditionally used medicinal plants in Africa, with special emphasis on the methodologies and tools used for data collection and interpretation. The book considers the physical parameters of these plants and their effect upon various areas of the body and human health, including chapters dedicated to genotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, cardiotoxicity, neurotoxicity, and specific organs and systems. Following this discussion of the effects of medicinal plants is a critical review of the guidelines and methods in use for toxicological research as well as the state of toxicology studies in Africa. With up-to-date research provided by a team of experts, Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants is an invaluable resource for researchers and students involved in pharmacology, toxicology, phytochemistry, medicine, pharmacognosy, and pharmaceutical biology. Offers a critical review of the methods used in toxicological survey of medicinal plants Provides up-to-date toxicological data on African medicinal plants and families Serves as a resource tool for students and scientists in the various areas of toxicology
Author : Margaret Joan Roberts,Sandy Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08
Category : Herbs
ISBN : 1875093826
Author : Abena Dove Osseo-Asare
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226086163
For over a century, plant specialists worldwide have sought to transform healing plants in African countries into pharmaceuticals. And for equally as long, conflicts over these medicinal plants have endured, from stolen recipes and toxic tonics to unfulfilled promises of laboratory equipment and usurped personal patents. In Bitter Roots, Abena Dove Osseo-Asare draws on publicly available records and extensive interviews with scientists and healers in Ghana, Madagascar, and South Africa to interpret how African scientists and healers, rural communities, and drug companies—including Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Unilever—have sought since the 1880s to develop drugs from Africa’s medicinal plants. Osseo-Asare recalls the efforts to transform six plants into pharmaceuticals: rosy periwinkle, Asiatic pennywort, grains of paradise, Strophanthus, Cryptolepis, and Hoodia. Through the stories of each plant, she shows that herbal medicine and pharmaceutical chemistry have simultaneous and overlapping histories that cross geographic boundaries. At the same time, Osseo-Asare sheds new light on how various interests have tried to manage the rights to these healing plants and probes the challenges associated with assigning ownership to plants and their biochemical components. A fascinating examination of the history of medicine in colonial and postcolonial Africa, Bitter Roots will be indispensable for scholars of Africa; historians interested in medicine, biochemistry, and society; and policy makers concerned with drug access and patent rights.
Author : Anne Hutchings,Alan Haxton Scott
Publisher : University of Kwazulu Natal Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0869809237
"The work should be of use to botanists, chemists, ethnopharmacologists, medical workers and anthropologists. Recent research indicates that Zulu traditional medicine is a working, adaptive and self-monitoring system, eminently worthy of further research. With the flora from which it comes, it is a heritage to be highly valued and conserved."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Maurice M. Iwu
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781466571983
With over 50,000 distinct species in sub-Saharan Africa alone, the African continent is endowed with an enormous wealth of plant resources. While more than 25 percent of known species have been used for several centuries in traditional African medicine for the prevention and treatment of diseases, Africa remains a minor player in the global natural
Author : Bep Oliver-Bever
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1986-01-23
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 052126815X
First published in 1986, this book describes the most important medicinal plants in tropical West Africa and similar humid tropical climates. After a short introduction about early traditional medicine, the bulk of the book gives an account of locally occurring plants, grouped by their medicinal actions. Plants that affect the cardiovascular and nervous systems are discussed, as are those with antibiotic, insecticidal and molluscicidal properties. Those which affect the hormonal systems of humans are catalogued and so are others that act as adrenal-cortex, sex and thyroid hormones. There is a full botanical index, which includes the commonly found synonyms for many of the plants and the work is illustrated by the author's own water colours. It may be of particular interest and use to pharmacists, biochemists, botanists and pharmacologists and of great value to those who exploit locally available resources in treating diseases in tropical areas.
Author : Ben-Erik Van Wyk
Publisher : Cabi
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Botany
ISBN : 1789241308
Plants and plant-derived products make up the bulk of what we eat and drink every day.... This scientifically accurate photographic guide provides quick and colourful answers. Food Plants of the World is a comprehensive overview of the plants that provide us with food, beverages, spices and flavours. It is written in easy language but gives accurate scientific information on the plants and their uses. Cover, page [4]
Author : Namrita Lall
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780128124765
Medicinal Plants for Holistic Health and Well-Being discusses, in depth, the use of South African plants to treat a variety of ailments, including tuberculosis, cancer, periodontal diseases, acne, postmacular hypomelanosis, and more. Plants were selected on the basis of their traditional use, and the book details the scientific evidence that supports their pharmacological and therapeutic potential to safely and effectively treat each disease. Thus, this book is a valuable resource for all researchers, students and professors involved in advancing global medicinal plant research. Many plants found in South Africa are also found in other parts of the world. Each chapter highlights plants from other worldwide locations so that scientists can study which plants belong to the same family, and how similar qualities can be used to treat a specific disease. Uses traditional medicine as an efficient means to identify and further investigate South African and similar plants used as lead compounds in modern drug discovery Includes a number of chapters dedicated to using medicinal plants to treat various skin disorders, which is not covered often in other books on medicinal plants Organized by specific diseases, with vital evidence-based data related to the bioactivity, pharmacological potential, chemical structure and safety information
Author : Anonim
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Guías
ISBN : 2831708931
Author : Mohamed Neffati,Hanen Najjaa,Ákos Máthé
Publisher : Springer
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789402411201
This volume in the series is devoted to Africa, a continent that possesses a vast treasure of medicinal plants and has produced some exclusive materials for the world market. This volume is expected to strengthen the medicinal plant sector in African countries by making comprehensive information on medicinal and aromatic plants available to policy-makers and entrepreneurs. It can be used to frame effective policies and create an environment conducive to the growth of the plant-based medicine industry, bringing economic benefit to African nations. It will help health organizations to improve the health of their people by using their own resources and a less expensive system of medicine, which is accepted by African society. It could also lead scientific communities to increase R&D activities in the field.
Author : Ben-Erik Van Wyk,Fanie Van Heerden,Bosch Van Oudtshoorn
Publisher : Spotlight Poets
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117957089
Poisonous plants of South Africa is a guide to the most commonly occurring poisonous plants in South Africa.
Author : Alan Haxton Scott
Publisher : University of Kwazulu Natal Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Botany
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022406073
To provide a context where patterns of usage can be easily observed, the plants have been arranged in phylogenetic order, following the generic numbering system used in the most South African herbaria.
Author : Victor Kuete
Publisher : Newnes
Page : 916 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780124059368
The pharmacopoeias of most African countries are available and contain an impressive number of medicinal plants used for various therapeutic purposes. Many African scholars have distinguished themselves in the fields of organic chemistry, pharmacology, and pharmacognosy and other areas related to the study of plant medicinal plants. However, until now, there is no global standard book on the nature and specificity of chemicals isolated in African medicinal plants, as well as a book bringing together and discussing the main bioactive metabolites of these plants. This book explores the essence of natural substances from African medicinal plants and their pharmacological potential. In light of possible academic use, this book also scans the bulk of African medicinal plants extract having promising pharmacological activities. The book contains data of biologically active plants of Africa, plant occurring compounds and synthesis pathways of secondary metabolites. This book explores the essence of natural substances from African medicinal plants and their pharmacological potential The authors are world reknowned African Scientists.