Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 122 views

    About - A Guide To Medicinal Plants - An Illustrated, Scientific and Medicinal Approach

    Uploaded by

    Ashutosh Sharma
    This book presents comprehensive information on 75 medicinal plants native or growing in Singapore, including descriptions, traditional uses, phytochemicals, pharmacological activities, dosages, safety and interactions. It is the first publication of its kind on Singapore medicinal plants. The book is intended for a wide audience from students to clinicians and provides easy to understand reference on each plant with glossaries. The three authors have expertise in pharmacy, education, and psychiatry respectively, and the book contributes to understanding traditional medicine approaches.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    About - A Guide To Medicinal Plants - An Illustrated, Scientific and Medicinal Approach

    Uploaded by

    Ashutosh Sharma
    122 views2 pages
    This book presents comprehensive information on 75 medicinal plants native or growing in Singapore, including descriptions, traditional uses, phytochemicals, pharmacological activities, dosages, safety and interactions. It is the first publication of its kind on Singapore medicinal plants. The book is intended for a wide audience from students to clinicians and provides easy to understand reference on each plant with glossaries. The three authors have expertise in pharmacy, education, and psychiatry respectively, and the book contributes to understanding traditional medicine approaches.

    Original Description:

    About - A Guide to Medicinal Plants - an Illustrated, Scientific and Medicinal Approach

    Original Title

    About - A Guide to Medicinal Plants - an Illustrated, Scientific and Medicinal Approach

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This book presents comprehensive information on 75 medicinal plants native or growing in Singapore, including descriptions, traditional uses, phytochemicals, pharmacological activities, dosages, safety and interactions. It is the first publication of its kind on Singapore medicinal plants. The book is intended for a wide audience from students to clinicians and provides easy to understand reference on each plant with glossaries. The three authors have expertise in pharmacy, education, and psychiatry respectively, and the book contributes to understanding traditional medicine approaches.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    122 views2 pages

    About - A Guide To Medicinal Plants - An Illustrated, Scientific and Medicinal Approach

    Uploaded by

    Ashutosh Sharma
    This book presents comprehensive information on 75 medicinal plants native or growing in Singapore, including descriptions, traditional uses, phytochemicals, pharmacological activities, dosages, safety and interactions. It is the first publication of its kind on Singapore medicinal plants. The book is intended for a wide audience from students to clinicians and provides easy to understand reference on each plant with glossaries. The three authors have expertise in pharmacy, education, and psychiatry respectively, and the book contributes to understanding traditional medicine approaches.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 2

    A Guide to Medicinal Plants An Illustrated, Scientific and Medicinal Approach

    by Koh Hwee Ling (National University of Singapore, Singapore),


    Chua Tung Kian (Ministry of Education, Singapore) &
    Tan Chay Hoon (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
    The first publication of its kind on medicinal plants growing in
    Singapore
    This book presents up-to-date information on a total of 75 native and nonnative
    medicinal plants growing in Singapore. Comprehensive and useful
    information from the published literature including plant descriptions
    and origins, traditional medicinal uses, phytoconstituents, pharmacological
    activities, adverse reactions, toxicities, and reported drugherb interactions
    is presented in an easy-to-read manner for easy and quick reference.There
    is no minimum level of knowledge required to read this book, and botanical
    and medical glossaries are also provided for readers convenience.
    The book will be of great practical benefit to a wide-ranging audience.
    Educators and students in complementary medicine and health,
    pharmacognosy, medicinal chemistry, natural products, pharmacology,
    toxicology, pharmacovigilance, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, botany,
    biology, chemistry and life sciences will find the information useful. The
    book will also appeal to clinicians, pharmacists, nurses and researchers, as
    it contains a comprehensive reference list at the end for further reading.
    Contents:
    Scientific Names
    Common Names
    Descriptions
    Origin
    Phytoconstituents
    Traditional Medicinal Uses
    Pharmacological Activities
    Dosage; Adverse Reactions
    Contraindications
    Toxicity
    DrugHerb Interactions
    Botanical Glossary
    Medical Glossary

    Hardcover: 312 pages


    Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company; 1 edition (February 20, 2009)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 9812837094
    ISBN-13: 978-9812837097
    About the authors
    Koh Hwee Ling
    is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science of the
    National University of Singapore. She obtained her BSc (Pharmacy) and MSc
    (Pharmacy) degrees at the National University of Singapore and a PhD degree at the
    University of Cambridge (UK), with support from the Economic Development Board of
    Singapore - Glaxo Human Resource Development Scholarship and the Herchel Smith
    Endowment Fund. Her research areas include the quality control and safety of
    Traditional Chinese Medicine and herbal medicine, drug discovery from medicinal
    plants, and the design & development of novel therapeutics. She is a registered
    pharmacist and a technical/ expert assessor with the Singapore Accreditation CouncilSingapore Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (SAC-SINGLAS). She reviews for various
    international journals and grant awarding bodies, and publishes in various international
    peer reviewed journals including Drug Discovery Today, Journal of Chromatography A,
    Drug Safety, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, Journal of Agricultural
    and Food Chemistry & Food Additives and Contaminants.
    Chua Tung Kian
    is an Education Officer at RiverValley High School, Singapore. He obtained his BSc
    (Applied BiologyChemistry) degree at the University of Leeds, UK, with support from the
    Public Service Commission, and a MSc (Chemistry) degree at the National University of
    Singapore, with support from the Ministry of Education, Singapore. He also holds a
    Post-Graduate Diploma in Education with distinction from the National Institute of
    Education, Singapore, and was awarded a gold medal and a book prize for his
    achievements. He is currently teaching Chemistry at the H2 level and is an author of six
    textbooks and assessment books published both overseas and locally.
    Tan Chay Hoon
    is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of
    Medicine of the National University of Singapore and consultant psychiatrist at the
    National University Hospital. She obtained her MBBS in 1980, Master of Medicine
    (Psychiatry) in 1986 and PhD (Pharmacology) in 1997. She represented Singapore in
    the Technical Review of Antidepressant Medications Task Force to review the
    international use of antidepressants. She is appointed by the Ministry of Health as
    member of the Chinese Proprietary Medicine Advisory Committee and National
    Medication Network Committee. Her main research area is in the field of clinical and
    experimental studies of psychoactive drugs. She has edited and contributed chapters to
    psychiatric textbooks both in Singapore and in Asia.

    You might also like