Ethnobotany: Application of Medicinal Plants. 2018. illus. 288 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

Contents: Some ethnomedicinal and aromatic plants used for the treatment of cancers/tumors, with special reference to its scientific validations / Amner Mun~oz-Acevedo, Mari´a C. Gonza´lez, Sandra M. Rodri´guez, Martha Cervantes-Di´az and Carlos E. Di´az --
Use of ethnomedicinal herbs to treat and manage schistosomiasis in Zimbabwe : past trends and future directions / Alfred Maroyi --
Ethnomedicinal plants used in the management of hypertension / Patricia Landazuri, Nelsy Loango Chamorro, and Beatriz Restrepo Cortes --
Plants used for central nervous system disorders by Brazilian Indians / Priscila Yazbek, Thamara Sauini, Fernando Cassas, Giuseppina Negri, and Eliana Rodrigues --
Ethnobotanical retrospective and features of the multipurpose plant Genipa americana (Rubiaceae) / Kyria Cilene de Andrade Bortoleti, Roberta Lane de Oliveira Silva, Silvany de Sousa Arau´jo, Ana Christina Brasileiro-Vidal, and Ana Maria Benko-Iseppon --
Paramela (Adesmia boronioides Hook. f.) : from popular uses to commercialization / Silvia B. Gonza´lez, Ana H. Ladio, Bruno Gastaldi, Fresia Melina Silva Sofra´s, Ariel Mazzoni, and Gustavo Sa´nchez --
The genus Vismia : geographical distribution, chemical composition, and recent biological studies / Janne Rojas and Alexis Buitrago --
Curcuma longa L. : from ethnomedicinal to novel biomedical applications / Mahendra Rai, Avinash Ingle, Raksha Pandit, Priti Paralikar, Farkhanda Rehman, Netra anasane, Pramod Ingle, and Suneesh Buxy --
Medicinal plants of the Khyang tribe of Bandarban District, Bangladesh / Md. Shahadat Hossan, Christophe Wiart, Emratul Jannat, Abu Hanif, Prozzal Roy, Taufiq Rahman, Rownak Jahan, Tracey D. Bradshaw, and Mohammed Rahmatullah --
Management of cardiovascular diseases and related complications using traditional herbs and spices / Kavisha Mooroteea and Fawzi Mahomoodally --
Use of ethnomedicinal plants in primary health care / Ne´lida Soria Rey --
Secondary metabolites of some ethnomedicinal plants of Arunachal Pradesh, India / Pallabi Kalita Hui, Debmalya Das Gupta, and Hui Tag --
Characterization and purification of antiurolithiatic metabolites from medicinal plants / Ankit S. Kale, Anita S. Patil, Hariprasad Paikrao and Surendra R. Patil --
Experimental design and data analysis in ethnopharmacology, Chile / Rau´l Vinet, Marcela Knox, Marcos Lorca, Claudio Laurido, and Jose´ Luis Marti´nez --
Insights into the ethnopharmacological uses of Rutaceae : a golden source for many pharmaceutical preparations / Dalia I. Hamdan, Fadia S. Youssef, Mohamed L. Ashour, and Assem M. El-Shazly --
Ethnopharmacological properties of extracts and compounds isolated from Platonia insignis Mart. : perspective for developing phytomedicines / Antonio do Nascimento Cavalcante, Chistiane Mendes Feitosa, Layana Karine Farias Lima, Ronaldo dos Santos Sousa Ju´nior, and Ana Gabriela Sousa Alencar.