Traditional Chinese Medicines: Molecular Structures, Natural Sources, and Applications
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (581 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0566082101 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1024 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
As a visiting scholar, she worked for one year in the USA at the National Institute of Standards and Technology where she developed several metallurgic samples that were awarded certification as standard reference materials. Since 1990 she has focused on computer-aided molecular design and databases relating to the structure and activity of compounds.Xinjian Yan, gradu
This volume is the first systematic description of the chemical structures of compounds active in traditional Chinese medicines to be published in the English language. This knowledge, written in Chinese, has been anecdotal and has never been fully available in English. The chemistry of the major active components of each plant and the mode of action of the medicines are described in this exhaustively indexed reference. Traditional medicines derived from natural sources have played an important role in the treatment of disease in China since ancient times. It should be valuable to med
From the Back Cover In laboratories around the world the active principles in traditional herbal medicines are being isolated and characterized. A systematic effort at the Chinese Academy of Sciences is underway to identify the structure-activity relationships that result from the link between chemistry and medicine that is permitted by this data. Extensive indexing permits cross-referencing among English, Chinese and Latin names for natural medicinal sources, effects and indications, and the chemical components of the medicines. The second edition of Traditional Chinese Medicines includes 2300 new compounds, 2400 additional plant sources, more CAS Registry Numbers, and more pharmacological data. This book, which provides the only systematic English-language description of the chemical structures and pharmacological effects of compounds active in traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs), is now in its second edition. The structu
Disappointing I was disappointed at the fact that several cross references that I happened to find are missing or incomplete. Mistakes of this kind are easy to correct and the authors should have done so before it was published. It was good to see the chemical structures of some constituents of Chinese Medicines being available in the book. However,judging from the title of the book, one would normally expect to see a similar amount of pages are dedicated to the medicinal applications of the medicines. Sadly, this is not the case in this book. Too brief and rough is the word for this part. It, therefore, seems to. Disappointing King David The authors ought to provide an index that relates the source herbs and the chemical compounds, so readers can know the active ingredients of each herb. Missing this most important index, I find the book almost useless.On the other hand, the 3 indexes of names seem redundant.All in all, the book seems under-prepared yet overpriced.