Sports Nutrition
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(Haworth Herbal Press) Text provides up-to-date information on 34 of the most popular dietary supplements used in North America and Europe. Each entry includes the supplement’s history and its traditional uses, botanical information, therapeutic applications, the results of studies, and more. Previous edition: c1998. Softcover, hardcover also available.
Botanical Medicines: The Desk Reference for Major Herbal Supplements
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Botanical Dietary Supplements: Quality, Safety and Efficacy provides reviews and details of the quality, safety and efficacy for some of the top selling botanicals worldwide, including black cohosh, chamomile, comfrey, echinacea, garlic, ginkgo, ginseng, kava, milk thistle, St. Johnﾃ不 wort and valerian. The book was written based on a systematic review of the scientific literature from 1975-2000.
Each review includes a brief introduction, a section on quality including a definition of the crude drug, geographical distribution, and a listing of the major chemical constituents. The safety and efficacy sections summarize the medical uses, pharmacology, contraindications, warnings, precautions, adverse reactions, dose and dosage forms. The safety and efficacy sections were specifically written for a busy health care professional, and will enable one to quickly ascertain which clinical uses are supported by clinical data, without having to read through all of the pharmacology. Each chapter is fully referenced, enabling the reader to access further information when necessary.
This book is intended for use by pharmacists, health care professionals, physicians, nurses, academics and consumers of botanical dietary supplements.
Table of Contents: 1 Introduction to the Botanical Market 2 Regulatory Status of Botanical Dietary Supplements 3 Standardization of Botanical and Botanical Products 4 Black Cohosh (Rhizome) 5 Chaparral (Herb and Root) 6 Comfrey (Herb and Root) 7 Cranberry (Fruit) 8 Echinacea (Herb and Roots) 9 Ephedra (Aerial Parts) 10 Evening Primrose Oil 11 Feverfew (Leaves) 12 Garlic (Bulbs) 13 German Chamomile (Flowers) 14 Germander 15 Ginger (Rhizome) 16 Ginkgo biloba (Leaves) 17 Horse Chestnut (Seeds) 18 Kava (Root) 19 Milk Thistle (Seed) 20 Nettle (Root) 21 Panax ginseng (Root) 22 Siberian Ginseng (Root) 23 Saw Palmetto 24 St. Johnﾃ不 Wort (Aerial parts) 25 Valerian (Root)