Ethnobotany: Application of Medicinal Plants

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Title......Page 2
Copyrights
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Preface......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Section IApplications of Ethnomedicinal Plants......Page 8
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1 Some Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Used for the Treatment of Cancers/Tumors, with Special Reference toIts Scientific Validations Amner Muñoz-Acevedo, María C. González, Sandra M. Rodríguez, Martha Cervantes-Díaz and Carlos E. Díaz......Page 10
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2 Use of Ethnomedicinal Herbs to Treat and Manage Schistosomiasis in Zimbabwe: Past Trends andFuture Directions Alfred Maroyi......Page 42
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3 Ethnobotany: Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Hypertension Patricia Landazuri, Nelsy Loango Chamorro and Beatriz Restrepo Cortes......Page 54
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4 Plants Used for Central Nervous System Disorders by Brazilian Indians Priscila Yazbek, Thamara Sauini, Fernando Cassas,  Gi......Page 63
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5 Ethnobotanical Retrospective and Features of the Multipurpose Plant Genipa americana L. (Rubiaceae) Kyria Cilene de Andrade Bortoleti, Roberta Lane de Oliveira Silva, Silvany de Sousa Araújo, Ana Christina Brasileiro-Vidal andAna Maria Benko-Iseppon......Page 76
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6 Paramela(Adesmia boronioides Hook. f.)From Popular Uses to Commercialization Silvia B. González,, Ana H. Ladio, Bruno Gastaldi, Fresia M. Silva Sofrás, Ariel Mazzoni3 and Gustavo Sánchez......Page 96
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7 The Genus Vismia: Geographical Distribution, Chemical Composition and Recent Biological Studies Janne Rojas and Alexis Buitrago......Page 112
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8 Curcuma longa L.: From Ethnomedicinal to Novel Biomedical Applications Mahendra Rai, Avinash Ingle, Raksha Pandit, Priti Paralikar, Farkhanda Rehman, Netravati Anasane, Pramod Ingle andSuneesh Buxy......Page 143
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9 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......Page 163
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10 Management of Cardiovascular Diseases and Related Complications Using Traditional Herbs and Spices Kavisha Mooroteea and Fawzi Mahomoodally......Page 184
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11 Use of Ethnomedicinal Plants in Primary Health Care Nélida Soria Rey......Page 196
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12 Secondary Metabolites of Some Ethno-medicinal Plants of Arunachal Pradesh, India Pallabi Kalita Hui, Debmalya Das Gupta and Hui Tag......Page 209
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13 Characterization and Purification of Antiurolithiatic Metabolites from Medicinal Plants Ankit S. Kale, Anita S. Patil, Hariprasad Paikrao and Surendra R. Patil......Page 224
Section II Ethnopharmacology......Page 238
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14 In Vitro Experimental Design and Data Analysis in Ethnopharmacology Raúl Vinet, Marcela Knox, Marcos Lorca-Morales,Claudio Laurido and José Luis Martínez......Page 240
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15 Insights into the Ethnopharmacological Uses of Rutaceae A Golden Source for Many Pharmaceutical Preparations Dalia I. Hamdan, Fadia S. Youssef, Mohamed L. Ashour andAssem M. El-Shazly......Page 247
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16 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 Júnior and Ana Gabriela Sousa Alencar......Page 278
Index......Page 292
Editors’ Biography......Page 294