Handbook on Medicinal Plants

* About the Editors * Contributors * Preface * PART I. INTRODUCTION * Chapter 1. Trends and Challenges in Phytomedicine: Research in the New Millennium (Hildebert Wagner) * Introduction * Quality Assurance of Medicinal Drugs and Phytopreparations * Search for New Bioactive Compounds and Chemical Modifications of Leading Compounds * Molecular-Biological Screening: Overall Pharmacological Profiles and Synergistic Effects * Clinical Trials, Pharmacokinetic Studies, and Bioavailability Studies * Scope and Aim of Phytomedicine in the Near Future * Conclusion * PART II. THE USE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY * CHINESE MEDICINAL PLANTS * Chapter 2. History of Application of Medicinal Plants in China…