Phytomedicines of Europe. Chemistry and Biological Activity

Content: Importance of European phytomedicinals in the American market : an overview / Varro E. Tyler --
Status of phytopharmaceuticals within the European market / R. Anton and B. Kuballa --
The German Commission E monograph system for phytomedicines : a model for regulatory reform in the United States / Mark Blumenthal --
Botanicals : a current regulatory perspective for the United States / Loren D. Israelsen --
Search for new plant constituents with antiasthmatic and antihypertonic activity / H. Wagner --
Herbal drugs in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia / H. Schilcher --
Plant polysaccharides and cancer / G. Franz --
Secondary metabolites from plants as antiretroviral agents : promising lead structures for anti-HIV drugs of the future / Eckart Eich --
Herbal laxatives : influence of anthrones-anthraquinones on energy metabolism and ion transport in a model system / H.W. Rauwald --
Arnica flowers : pharmacology, toxicolgy, and analysis of the sesquiterpene lactones-their main active substances / G. Willuhn --
Curcuma (tumeric) : biological activity and active compounds / M. Wichtl --
Echinacea : biological effects and active principles / R. Bauer --
Feverfew : a review of its history, its biological and medicinal properties, and the status of commercial preparations of the herb / S. Heptinstall and D.V.C. Awang --
Garlic : a review of its medicinal effects and indicated active compounds / Larry D. Lawson --
Neuroprotective effects of Ginkgo biloba extract / Barbara Ahlemeyer and Josef Krieglstein --
Biochemical, pharmaceutical, and medical perspectives of ginseng / O. Sticher --
Hawthorn (Crataegus) : biological activity and new strategies for quality control / O. Sticher and B. Meier --
Influence of the flavonolignan silibinin of milk thistle on hepatocytes and kidney cells / J. Sonnenbichler, I. Sonnenbichler, and F. Scalera --
Phytotherapeutic immunomodulation as a treatment modality in oncology : lessons from research with mistletoe / H.-J. Gabius and S. Gabius --
Chemistry and biology of Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort) / Hans D. Reuter --
Vitex agnus-castus (chaste tree) : pharmacological and clinical data / H. Winterhoff.