Khan / Abourashed Leung's Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients

Used in Food, Drugs and Cosmetics
3. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-21306-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 848 Seiten, E-Book

The third edition of the unparalleled reference on naturalingredients and their commercial use
This new Third Edition of Leung's Encyclopedia of CommonNatural Ingredients: Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics arrivesin the wake of the huge wave of interest in dietary supplements andherbal medicine resulting from both trends in health and theDietary Supplement and Health Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA). Thisfully updated and revised text includes the most recent researchfindings on a wide variety of ingredients, giving readers a singlesource for understanding and working with natural ingredients.
The Encyclopedia continues the successful format for entrieslisted in earlier editions (consisting of source, description,chemical composition, pharmacology, uses, commercial preparations,regulatory status, and references). The text also features aneasily accessible alphabetical presentation of the entriesaccording to common names, with the index cross-referencing entriesaccording to scientific names.
This Third Edition also features:
* More than 50 percent more information than the SecondEdition, reflecting the greatly increased research activity inrecent years
* A new section on traditional Indian medicine, with informationon nine commonly used herbs
* More than 6,500 references
* Two new appendices explaining and illustrating the botanicalterminology frequently encountered in the text
* A revised and expanded index
Leung's Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients: Used inFood, Drugs, and Cosmetics, Third Edition will continue toprovide a comprehensive compilation of the existing literature andprominent findings on natural ingredients to readers with aninterest in medicine, nutrition, and cosmetics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Khan, Ikhlas A.

Abourashed, Ehab A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION, BY ARA G. PAUL, PH.D.
FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION, BY DONALD A. DAVIS.
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
INTRODUCTION xxvii
NATURAL INGREDIENTS.
INDIAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE.
CHINESE COSMETIC INGREDIENTS.
APPENDIX A: GENERAL REFERENCES.
APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY/ABBREVIATIONS.
APPENDIX C: BOTANICAL TERMS.
APPENDIX D-MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF PLANT ORGANS.
GENERAL INDEX.
CHEMICAL INDEX.

Über Autor(innen)

Ikhlas A. Khan is a Professor in the University ofMississippi School of Pharmacy and at the National Center forNatural Products Research.
Ehab A. Abourashed is an Assistant Professor at theChicago State University College of Pharmacy and Adjunct ResearchAssociate Professor at the National Center for Natural ProductsResearch, University of Mississippi.