Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific provides comprehensive coverage of the medicinal plants of the region.

Features:

• Provides a comprehensive view of the medicinal plants of the Asian Pacific region
• Contains a 4 page color insert and more than 260 line drawings, black and white photographs, and chemical structures
• Draws on personal field observations, ethnopharmacological investigations, and available published pharmacochemical evidence
• Presents new information on the pharmacological effect of medicinal plants from Asia and the Pacific
• Discusses the active principles in the families of plants and their uses
• Provides examples of phenolic compounds of pharmacological value
• Includes coverage of known traditional uses of plants as antiseptic agents, counterirritants, and antimicrobials
• Explores possible pharmacological uses as antidepressants, anticancer agents, and antibiotics, as well as for treating high blood pressure, leukemia, and morePages

Contents

Medicinal Plants Classified in the Familiy Annonaceae

• Fissistima lanuginosum (Hk. f. et Th.) Merr
• Fissistigma manubriatum (Hk. f. et Th.)
• Phaeanthus ebracteolatus (Prels) Merr

Medicinal Plants Classified in the Family Myristicaceae

• Knema glaucescens Jack
• Knema Globularia (Lamk.) Warb.
• Myristica argentea Warb.
• Myristica elliptica Wall. Ex Hook

Medicinal Plants Classified in the Family Lauraceae

• Cinnamomun sintoc Bl
• Beilschmiedia pahangensis Gamb.
• Bielschmiedia tonkinensis Ridl.
• Cryptocarya griffithiana Wight
• Cryptocarya tomentosa Bl.
• Litsea umbellata (Lour.) Merr

Medicinal Plants Classified in the Familiy Piperacae

• Piper Abbreviatum Opi
• Piper betle L.
• Piper officinarum DC
• Piper sarmentosum Roxb

Medicinal Plants Classified in the Family Aristolochiaceae

• Aristolochia philippinensis Warb.

Medicinal Plants Classified in the Family Nympaceae

• Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn
• Nymphea Pubescens Willd
• Nymphea stellata Willd

Medicinal Plants Classified in the Family Menispermaceae

• Arcangelica flava (L.) Merr.
• Limacia oblonga Hook f. & Thoms.
• Stephania Japonica (Thunb.) Miers

Medicinal Plants Classified in the Family Polygonaceae

• Polygonum chinense L.
• Polygonum Minus Huds.
• Polygonum tomentosum Willd

Medicinal Plants Classified in the Family Myrsinaceae

• Aegiceras corniculatum Blco
• Aridisia corolata Roxb
• Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
• Ardisia fuliginosa Bl.
• Ardisia humilis Vahl
• Ardisia lanceolata Roxb.
• Ardisia odontophylla Wall
• Ardisia oxyphylla Wall.
• Ardisia pyramidalis (Cav.) Pers
• Ardisia ridleyi King & Gamble
• Ardisia squamulosa Presl
• Maesa cumingii Mez
• Maesa denticullata Mez
• Maesa laxa Mez
• Maesa perlarius (Lour.) Merr.
• Maesa ramentacea (Roxb.) A.DC.
• Maesa tetrandra A. DC

Medicinal Plants Classified in the family Ebenaceae

• Diospyros lanceifolia Roxb
• Diospyros malabarica (Desr.) Kostel.
• Diospyros multiflora Blco
• Diospyros pilosanthera Blco.
• Diospyros sumatrana Miq.
• Diospyros rufa King & Gamble
• Diospyros toposioides King & Gamble

Medicinal Plants Classified in the family Bombacaceae

• Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
• Neesia Altissima Bl

Medicinal Plants Classified in the family Elaeocarpaceae

• Elaeocarpus floribundus Bl.
• Elaeocarpus obtusus Bl. sensu King

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