Herbal medicine [electronic resource] : biomolecular and clinical aspects / edited by Iris F.F. Benzie, Sissi Wachtel-Galor.

Rev. ed. of: Herbal and traditional medicine / edited by Lester Packer, Choon Nam Ong, Barry Halliwell. c2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ch. 1. Herbal medicine : an introduction to its history, usage, regulation, current trends, and research needs / Sissi Wachtel-Galor and Iris F.F. Benzie -- ch. 2. Antioxidants in herbs and spices : roles in oxidative stress and redox signaling / Ingvild Paur ... [et al.] -- ch. 3. Evaluation of the nutritional and metabolic effects of aloe vera / Meika Foster, Duncan Hunter, and Samir Samman -- ch. 4. Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) / Wing-kwan Chu ... [et al.] -- ch. 5. Cordyceps as an herbal drug / Bao-qin Lin and Shao-ping Li -- ch. 6. Cranberry / Catherine C. Neto and Joe A. Vinson -- ch. 7. The amazing and mighty ginger / Ann M. Bode and Zigang Dong -- ch. 8. Biological activities of ginseng and its application to human health / Jae Joon Wee, Kyeong Mee Park, and An-Sik Chung -- ch. 9. Ganoderma lucidum (Lingzhi or Reishi) : a medicinal mushroom / Sissi Wachtel-Galor ... [et al.] -- ch. 10. Pomegranate ellagitannins / David Heber -- ch. 11. Medical attributes of St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) / Kenneth M. Klemow ... [et al.] -- ch. 12. Health benefits of tea / Mauro Serafini ... [et al.] -- ch. 13. Tumeric, the golden spice : from traditional medicine to modern medicine / Sahdeo Prasad and Bharat B. Aggarwal -- ch. 14. Biomolecular and clinical aspects of Chinese Wolfberry / Peter Bucheli ... [et al.] -- ch. 15. Botanical phenolics and neurodegeneration / Albert Y. Sun ... [et al.] -- ch. 16. Cardiovascular disease / Richard Walden and Brian Tomlinson -- ch. 17. Herbs and spices in cancer prevention and treatment / Christine M. Kaefer and John A. Milner -- ch. 18. Herbal treatment for dermatologic disorders / Philip D. Shenefelt -- ch. 19. Diabetes and herbal (botanical) medicine / William T. Cefalu, Jaqueline M. Stephens, and David M. Ribnicky -- ch. 20. Bioactive components in herbal medicine : experimental approaches / Foo-tim Chau ... [et al.] -- ch. 21. Ethics of using herbal medicine as primary or adjunct treatment and issues of drug-herb interaction / Lauren Girard and Sunita Vohra -- ch. 22. Integration of herbal medicine into evidence-based clinical practice : current status and issues / Anthony Lin Zhang, Charlie Changli Xue, and Harry H.S. Fong.

"Responding to the increased popularity of herbal medicines and other forms of complementary or alternative medicine in countries around the world, this reference reviews and evaluates various safety, toxicity, and quality-control issues related to the use of traditional and herbal products for health maintenance and disease prevention and treatment. With over 3,550 current references, the book highlights the role of herbal medicine in national health care while providing case studies of widely used herbal remedies and their effects on human health and wellness and the need for the design and performance of methodologically sound clinical trials for the plethora of herbal medicines"--Provided by publisher.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.