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Traditional herbal medicine research methods : identification, analysis, bioassay, and pharmaceutical and clinical studies / edited by Willow J.H. Liu. - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2011. - xxi, 466 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to traditional herbal medicines and their study -- Collection and identification of the raw herbal materials -- Extraction and isolation of compounds from herbal medicine -- Identification and structure elucidation of compounds from herbal medicines -- Bioassays for screening and functional elucidation of herbal medicines -- Functional evaluation of herbal medicine by animal experiments -- Safety pharmacology and toxicity study of herbal medicines -- Clinical study of traditional herbal medicine -- Standardization and quality control of herbal products -- Understanding traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese herbs.

ISBN: 9780470149362 (cloth) 0470149361 (cloth)

LCCN: 2010023286

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101532874 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Herbs--Therapeutic use--Testing.
Materia medica, Vegetable--Research.
Plant Extracts--analysis.
Plant Extracts--pharmacology.
Medicine, Chinese Traditional.
Phytotherapy--methods.
Plants, Medicinal--chemistry.

LC Class. No.: RM666.H33 / T68 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 615.321072 LIU

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2011 D-233 QV 766 / T763 2011