Phytotherapies : Efficacy, Safety, and Regulation

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