Research Catalog

Title

Ethnobotany and the search for new drugs / [G.T. Prance, Derek J. Chadwick (organizer), and Joan Marsh].

Publication

Chichester ; New York : J. Wiley, 1994.

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Additional Authors

• Chadwick, Derek.
• Marsh, Joan.
• Prance, Ghillean T., 1937-
• Symposium on Ethnobotany and the Search for New Drugs (1993 : Fortaleza, Brazil) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94056646

Description

ix, 280 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Ciba Foundation symposium ; 185

Uniform Title

Ciba Foundation symposium ; 185.

Subject

• Botany
• Ethnobotany > Congresses
• Materia Medica
• Materia medica, Vegetable > Congresses
• Medicinal plants > Congresses
• Plants, Medicinal
• Vegetables

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Symposium on Ethnobotany and the Search for New Drugs, held at the Hotel Praia Centro, Fortaleza, Brazil, 30 November-2 December 1993."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction / G. T. Prance -- Ethnobotany, drug development and biodiversity conservation - exploring the linkages / M. J. Balick -- The ethnobotanical approach to drug discovery: strengths and limitations / P. A. Cox -- Ethnopharmacology and drug development / N. R. Farnsworth -- Basic, quantitative and experimental research phases of future ethnobotany with reference to the medicinal plants of South America / W. H. Lewis and M. P. Elvin-Lewis -- Ethnopharmacological search for antiviral compounds: treatment of gastrointestinal disorders by Kayapo medical specialists / E. Elisabetsky and D. A. Posey -- Natural product chemistry in north-eastern Brazil / A. A. Craveiro, M. I. L. Machado, J. W. Alencar and F. J. A. Matos -- Amazonian ethnobotany and the search for new drugs / R. E. Schultes -- African medicinal plants in the search for new drugs based on ethnobotanical leads / M. M. Iwu -- Two decades of Mexican ethnobotany and research on plant-derived drugs / X. Lozoya.
• Ethnobotany and research on medicinal plants in India / S. K. Jain -- Ethnopharmacological investigation of Chinese medicinal plants / P. G. Xiao -- Ethnobotany and drug discovery: the experience of the US National Cancer Institute / G. M. Cragg, M. R. Boyd, J. H. Cardellina II, D. J. Newman, K. M. Snader and T. G. McCloud -- From shaman to human clinical trials: the role of industry in ethnobotany, conservation and community reciprocity / S. R. King and M. S. Tempesta -- Ethnobotany and intellectual property rights / J. H. Barton -- Conservation and ethnobotanical exploration / G. J. Martin -- Anthropological issues in medical ethnobotany / B. Berlin and E. A. Berlin -- Conclusions / G. T. Prance.

ISBN

0471950246

LCCN

94028300

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries