This book focuses on the place of phytotherapies in modern western medicine in preventing and dealing with various illnesses in various cultures.
Covering fundamentals and new developments in phytotherapy, this book combines pharmaceutical sciences and chemistry with clinical issues.
* Helps readers better understand phytotherapy and learn the fundamentals of and how to analyze phytotherapeutic agents
* Discusses phytotherapy in modern medicine, chemoprevention of disease, and alternatives to western medicines for specific diseases
* Chapters summarizes the uses and applications of phytomedicines, by type like Chinese, Greco-Arab, Indian, European, and Ayurvedic
* Includes international regulatory perspectives and discusses emerging regulations for various established and emerging markets