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245			_aRecent Progress in Medicnal Plants Vol. 21: Phytopharmacology and Therapeutic Values III
260			_aTexas _bStudium Press _c2008
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440			_aRecent Progress in Medicinal Plants _9109652
500			_aPlants are a tremendous source for the discovery of new products of medicinal values for drug development. Several distinct chemicals derived from plants are important drugs currently used in different parts of the world. Many of the drugs sold today are simple synthetic modifications or copies of the naturally obtained substances. The persents volume presents the role of plant compounds in the etiology of human diseases. Antimicrobial, antiviral, antioxidative, anti-inflammaoty, immunomodulatory and antitumour properties have been attributed to many compounds isolated from plants. Current interest in flavonoids have shown to possess a variety of biological and pharmacological activities in organisms. The results reported from Loranthus micranthis, Mucuna pruriens, Tithonia diversifolia, Aloe, Vernonia amygdalina, thespesia populnea provide strong evidence for the anti-diabetic properties and related complications. Basides, the volume presents the efficacy of common herbs with respect to its therapeutic status in the diseases of Psoriasis, Liver, Renal, Urinary Tract Infection, Alzheimer’s Arthritis, osteoporosis, Cancer, Cardiovascular Oligoasthenospermia, etc. The volume will be useful for all those scientists and researchers in the areas of phytochemistery, pharmacology and allied disciplines working in the development of new drugs from natural sources.
600			_aPhytopharmacology _9109653
700			_aSingh, V. K. _eEditor _9109654
700			_aGovil, J. N. _eEditor _9109655
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995			_aPharmacy Reference _eP0006831 _j615.321 _yP0006831
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