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Medicinal plants of Borneo / edited by Simon Gibbons and Stephen P. Teo.

Contributor(s): Gibbons, Simon (Professor of medicinal phytochemistry) [editor.] | Teo, Stephen P [editor.]Material type: Text

TextSeries: Natural products chemistry of global plantsPublisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2021Edition: 1st editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780429470332; 0429470339; 9780429893421; 0429893426; 9780429893414; 0429893418; 9780429893407; 042989340XSubject(s): Materia medica, Vegetable -- Borneo | Medicinal plants -- Borneo | Pharmaceutical chemistry | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany | SCIENCE / Chemistry / GeneralDDC classification: 615.3/21095983 LOC classification: RS180.B67Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement

Contents:

Anti-malarial plants -- Anti-fungal plants -- Anti-mycobacterial plants -- Anti-viral plants -- Anti-cancer plants -- Anti-diabetic plants -- Plants for fever remedy -- Anti-hypertensive plants -- Anti-diarrhoeal plants -- Plants for eye-related diseases -- Plants used in dental treatment -- Plants used as dart poisons -- Plants for arthritis treatment -- Plants used for wound healing.

Summary: "The rich biodiversity of Borneo provides many useful plants for medicinal uses. Written by experts in the field, Medicinal Plants of Borneo provides a guide and introduction to the medicinal plants from Borneo used traditionally, as well as those plants with medicinal uses from recent discoveries. These include anti-HIV plants - Calophyllum lanigerum (calanolide A) and anti-cancer plant- Aglaia foveolata (silvestrol). It also provides information on the relevant medicinal chemistry, such as bioactive compounds isolated, and the mode of action, where available. This book features relevant photos and illustrations as well as interesting facts that can be found in boxes throughout the text"-- Provided by publisher.

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"The rich biodiversity of Borneo provides many useful plants for medicinal uses. Written by experts in the field, Medicinal Plants of Borneo provides a guide and introduction to the medicinal plants from Borneo used traditionally, as well as those plants with medicinal uses from recent discoveries. These include anti-HIV plants - Calophyllum lanigerum (calanolide A) and anti-cancer plant- Aglaia foveolata (silvestrol). It also provides information on the relevant medicinal chemistry, such as bioactive compounds isolated, and the mode of action, where available. This book features relevant photos and illustrations as well as interesting facts that can be found in boxes throughout the text"-- Provided by publisher.

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