WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants

by World Health Organization

Overview

Volume 2 of the WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants provides an additional collection of 30 monographs covering the quality control and traditional and clinical uses of selected medicinal plants approved by 120 experts in more than 50 countries. The monographs are intended to promote international harmonization in the quality control and use of herbal medicines and to serve as models for the development of national formularies. They are a comprehensive scientific reference for drug regulatory authorities, physicians, traditional practitioners, pharmacists, manufacturers, and research scientists. Plants covered in volume 2 Radix Althaeae. Herba Andrographidis. Radix Angelicae Sinensis. Flos Calendulae. Flos Caryophylli. Rhizoma Cimicifugae. Folium cum Flore Crataegi. Radix Eleutherococci. Aetheroleum Eucalypti. Folium Eucalypti. Cortex Frangulae. Folium et Cortex Hamamelidis. Semen Hippocastani. Herba Hyperici. Aetheroleum Melaleucae. Folium Melissae. Aetheroleum Menthae Piperitae. Folium Menthae Piperitae. Folium Ocimi sancti. Oleum Oenotherae Biennis. Rhizoma Piperis Methystici. Cortex Pruni Africaniae. Cortex Rhamni Purshianiae. Flos Sambuci. Radix senegae. Fructus serenoae Repentis. Fructus silybi Mariae. Herba Tanaceti Parthenii. Radix Urticae. Folium Uvae Ursi.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789241545372
Publisher:	World Health Organization
Publication date:	01/01/2002
Series:	Nonserial Publications Series , #2
Pages:	362
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

World Health Organization is a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, charged to act as the world's directing and coordinating authority on questions of human health. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends.

Editorial Reviews

..".Well structured, highly evidence-based and thoroughly referenced. As far as the pharmacology, botany and pharmacy-related sections of these monographs are concerned, they are a superb and highly useful reference text, a must for anyone with a serious interest in phytomedicine..."

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