Opis: Safety Concerns for Herbal Drugs - S. B. Vohora, Divya Vohora

Are herbal drugs totally devoid of adverse effects when used alone, as herbal formulations, or in concurrent use with modern medicines? Safety Concerns for Herbal Drugs examines that question and others like it to give you the information you need to judge for yourself the balance between the risks and benefits associated with the therapeutic use of medicinal plants. It stands out from other books by directing your attention to the aspects of safety and toxicity. The authors venture into the relatively unexplored (or deliberately hidden) side of the picture. They present a survey of approximately 1500 medicinal plants and herbal products, 59 global (from 27 countries) and 75 Indian examples of toxic and adverse effects and drug interactions. Additionally, they present the current status of regulatory laws and their enforcement in 73 countries to support their contention that such laws and enforcement are inadequate, and that herbal drugs are unscientifically being promoted as totally safe. To give you the full picture, the authors go on to examine such issues as danger from large-scale misuse and abuse, self-prescription, substitution, adulteration, concurrent use with modern medicines, hazardous but avoidable drug interactions, risk groups, and present status of drug regulations. "Professors Divya Vohora and S.B. Vohora deserve our thanks for bringing out this very useful and informative book which will undoubtedly help in the rational use of herbal products." -Prof. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, National Professor of Pharmacology; Advisor, Dept. of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of National Capital Territory of Delhi, from the ForewordIntroduction Herbal Drugs: Wide Usage and Popularity Causes for Alienation from Modern Medicine Questions and Aims of the Study Toxicity and Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs Introduction Incidence Classification and Factors Affecting Herbal Toxicity Risk Groups Global Picture The Indian Scene Introduction Single Plants Formulations Regulatory Aspects Introduction Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Benin Bhutan Botswana Brazil Burkina Faso Bulgaria Burundi Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad China Comoros Congo Czech Republic Denmark Ethiopia Equatorial Guinea Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guinea Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Japan Kenya Korea Maldives Mali Mauritius Myanmar Nepal Netherlands Nigeria Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania United States Uzbekistan Zambia Critical Appraisal of the Available Data

Szczegóły: Safety Concerns for Herbal Drugs - S. B. Vohora, Divya Vohora

Tytuł: Safety Concerns for Herbal Drugs
Autor: S. B. Vohora, Divya Vohora
Producent: Apple
ISBN: 9781482256611
Rok produkcji: 2015
Ilość stron: 180
Oprawa: Twarda

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