A Guide to Medicinal Plants – An Illustrated, Scientific and Medicinal Approach
A Guide to Medicinal Plants – An Illustrated, Scientific and Medicinal Approach
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This book presents up-to-date information on a total of 75 native and nonnative medicinal plants growing in Singapore. Comprehensive and useful information from the published literature – including plant descriptions and origins, traditional medicinal uses, phytoconstituents, pharmacological activities, adverse reactions, toxicities, and reported drug-herb interactions – is presented in an easy-to-read manner for easy and quick reference.There is no minimum level of knowledge required to read this book, and botanical and medical glossaries are also provided for readers’ convenience.
by Koh Hwee Ling (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Chua Tung Kian (Ministry of Education, Singapore) & Tan Chay Hoon (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
• The first publication of its kind on medicinal plants growing in Singapore
This book presents up-to-date information on a total of 75 native and nonnative medicinal plants growing in Singapore. Comprehensive and useful information from the published literature – including plant descriptions and origins, traditional medicinal uses, phytoconstituents, pharmacological activities, adverse reactions, toxicities, and reported drug-herb interactions – is presented in an easy-to-read manner for easy and quick reference.There is no minimum level of knowledge required to read this book, and botanical and medical glossaries are also provided for readers’ convenience.
The book will be of great practical benefit to a wide-ranging audience. Educators and students in complementary medicine and health, pharmacognosy, medicinal chemistry, natural products, pharmacology,
toxicology, pharmacovigilance, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, botany, biology, chemistry and life sciences will find the information useful. The book will also appeal to clinicians, pharmacists, nurses and researchers, as it contains a comprehensive reference list at the end for further reading.
Contents:
• Scientific Names
• Common Names
• Descriptions
• Origin
• Phytoconstituents
• Traditional Medicinal Uses
• Pharmacological Activities
• Dosage; Adverse Reactions
• Contraindications
• Toxicity
• Drug-Herb Interactions
• Botanical Glossary
• Medical Glossary
Hardcover: 312 pages
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company; 1 edition (February 20, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9812837094
ISBN-13: 978-9812837097
About the authors
Koh Hwee Ling
is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science of the National University of Singapore. She obtained her BSc (Pharmacy) and MSc (Pharmacy) degrees at the National University of Singapore and a PhD degree at the University of Cambridge (UK), with support from the Economic Development Board of Singapore – Glaxo Human Resource Development Scholarship and the Herchel Smith Endowment Fund. Her research areas include the quality control and safety of Traditional Chinese Medicine and herbal medicine, drug discovery from medicinal plants, and the design & development of novel therapeutics. She is a registered pharmacist and a technical/ expert assessor with the Singapore Accreditation Council-Singapore Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (SAC-SINGLAS). She reviews for various international journals and grant awarding bodies, and publishes in various international peer reviewed journals including Drug Discovery Today, Journal of Chromatography A, Drug Safety, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry & Food Additives and Contaminants.
Chua Tung Kian
is an Education Officer at RiverValley High School, Singapore. He obtained his BSc (Applied BiologyChemistry) degree at the University of Leeds, UK, with support from the Public Service Commission, and a MSc (Chemistry) degree at the National University of Singapore, with support from the Ministry of Education, Singapore. He also holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education with distinction from the National Institute of Education, Singapore, and was awarded a gold medal and a book prize for his achievements. He is currently teaching Chemistry at the H2 level and is an author of six textbooks and assessment books published both overseas and locally.
Tan Chay Hoon
is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine of the National University of Singapore and consultant psychiatrist at the National University Hospital. She obtained her MBBS in 1980, Master of Medicine (Psychiatry) in 1986 and PhD (Pharmacology) in 1997. She represented Singapore in the “Technical Review of Antidepressant Medications” Task Force to review the international use of antidepressants. She is appointed by the Ministry of Health as member of the Chinese Proprietary Medicine Advisory Committee and National Medication Network Committee. Her main research area is in the field of clinical and experimental studies of psychoactive drugs. She has edited and contributed chapters to psychiatric textbooks both in Singapore and in Asia.
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