Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Series Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Part 1 Ethnopharmacology: The Fundamental Challenges; Chapter 1 Ethnopharmacology: A Short History of a Multidisciplinary Field of Research; 1.1 Introduction; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2 Medicinal Plant Research: A Reflection on Translational Tasks; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Translational research: preclinical research; 2.3 Translational research: clinical research; 2.4 Reaching the patient; 2.5 A 'developed' traditional medicine system; References.

Chapter 3 The Anthropology of Ethnopharmacology3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Primary example: Traditional medicine in New York City; 3.2.1 Missing out on cultural context; 3.2.2 People change plants due to availability; 3.2.3 The spiritual component; 3.3 An example from ancient Roman architecture; 3.4 An example from native North America; 3.5 Comparative ethnobotany; 3.6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4 Quantitative and Comparative Methods in Ethnopharmacology; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Materia medica and cultural consensus.

4.1.2 The intent of ethnopharmacological projects: Basic and applied research4.1.3 Ethnopharmacology as cross-cultural endeavour and the concept of emic and etic; 4.2 Research questions; 4.2.1 Descriptive questions; 4.2.2 Relational questions; 4.3 Field research; 4.3.1 Data sampling; 4.4 Analyzing the data; 4.4.1 Use-reports for quantification; 4.5 Pharmacological research; 4.6 Contextualization; 4.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Biodiversity, Conservation and Ethnopharmacology; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Changing attitudes to the ownership of biodiversity.

5.3 Medicinal and aromatic plants as resources5.4 How many species?; 5.5 Chemical diversity; 5.6 Wild harvesting and over-collection; 5.7 Medicinal plant conservation; 5.8 Conservation approaches; 5.9 Protected areas; 5.10 Community conservation; 5.11 Genetic conservation; 5.12 Cultivation; 5.13 Conclusions; References; Chapter 6 Ecopharmacognosy; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Sustainable medicines and pharmacognosy; 6.3 Ecopharmacognosy: background; 6.4 Ecopharmacognosy practices; 6.4.1 Replacement plant parts; 6.4.2 Vegetables as chemical reagents.

6.4.3 The 'Medicine Man' approach and remote sensing6.4.4 Dereplication; 6.4.5 In silico evaluation of natural products; 6.4.6 Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites; 6.4.7 Complex traditional medicines; 6.4.8 Network pharmacology; 6.4.9 Can ecopharmacognosy change the dark side of traditional medicine?; 6.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 7 NMR-based Metabolomics and Hyphenated NMR Techniques: A Perfect Match in Natural Products Research; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Metabolomics; 7.3 Principles of NMR-based metabolomics; 7.4 NMR-based metabolomics in natural products research.

Ethnopharmacology is one of the world's fastest-growing scientific disciplines encompassing a diverse range of subjects. It links natural sciences research on medicinal, aromatic and toxic plants with socio-cultural studies and has often been associated with the development of new drugs. The Editors of Ethnopharmacology have assembled an international team of renowned contributors to provide a critical synthesis of the substantial body of new knowledge and evidence on the subject that has emerged over the past decade. Divided into three parts, the book begins with an overview of the subject including a brief history, ethnopharmacological methods, the role of intellectual property protection, key analytical approaches, the role of ethnopharmacology in primary/secondary education and links to biodiversity and ecological research. Part two looks at ethnopharmacological contributions to modern therapeutics across a range of conditions including CNS disorders, cancer, bone and joint health and parasitic diseases. The final part is devoted to regional perspectives covering all continents, providing a state-of-the -art assessment of the status of ethnopharmacological research globally. -A comprehensive, critical synthesis of the latest developments in ethnopharmacology. -Includes a section devoted to ethnopharmacological contributions to modern therapeutics across a range of conditions. -Contributions are from leading international experts in the field. This timely book will prove invaluable for researchers and students across a range of subjects including ethnopharmacology, ethnobotany, medicinal plant research and natural products research. Ethnopharmacology- A Reader is part of the ULLA Series in Pharmaceutical Sciences www.ullapharmsci.org.

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