The South African Herbal Pharmacopoeia: Monographs of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

The South African Herbal Pharmacopoeia: Monographs of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
ISBN-10
0323997953
ISBN-13
9780323997959
Category
Medical
Pages
622
Language
English
Published
2022-11-24
Publisher
Academic Press
Authors
Alvaro Viljoen, Maxleene Sandasi, Gerda Fouche

Description

The South African Herbal Pharmacopeia: Monographs of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants is a collection of 25 original monographs of medicinal plants that are currently under commercialization or have the potential for commercialization into herbal medicinal products for the global marketplace. Chapters include a general overview covering synonyms, common names, conservation status, botany, geographical distribution, ethnopharmacology, commercialization, pharmacological evaluation, chemical profiling and quality control, including HPTLC fingerprint analysis, UPLC analysis, gas chromatography and mid-infrared spectroscopy analysis. Academics researching pharmacy and analytical chemistry will benefit from the detailed chemical profile on each species presented. Industrial manufacturers of herbal products, herbal medicines, cosmetics, food supplements, and national and international policymakers and regulators will benefit from the overview provided at the beginning of each chapter. Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date literature review on 25 medicinal plants of South Africa Documents quality control protocols for chemical fingerprinting and biomarker identification in plant material Includes updated safety profiles of medicinal plants

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