Medical botany - plants affecting man's health

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MEDICAL BOTANY MEDICAL BOTANY Preface Acknowledgments Contents Caution MEDICAL BOTANY Plants in Medicine INTRODUCTION PLANTS IN MEDICINE LITERATURE CITED “INJURIOUS” PLANTS Internal Poisons CLASSIFICATION OF POISONOUS PLANTS Alkaloids Glycosides Oxalates Resins Phytotoxins Element and Nitrate Absorption INTERNAL POISONING BY PLANTS Lichens LITERATURE CITED Allergy Anaphylactic Shock (b) (d) (f) Asthma16 Dermatitis24 LITERATURE CITED Chapter 4 MUTAGENS TERATOGENS LECTINS (INCLUDING MITOGENS)16 LITERATURE CITED “REMEDIAL” PLANTS Cancer DESCRIPTION Cancer Incidence by Site and Sex* Cancer Deaths by Site and Sex Figure 5-2 (Continued) CARCINOGENESIS Fungi, Bacteria, and Algae Gymnosperms Angiosperms DEVELOPMENT OF THERAPY CURRENT THERAPY Naturally Occurring Agents ANGIOSPERMS Active Immunotherapy Passive Immunotherapy Nonspecific Immunotherapy (d) (i) LITERATURE CITED Nervous System DESCRIPTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Somatic Motor System Autonomic Nervous System DRUGS ACTING ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Depressants Stimulants Somatic Nervous System NERVOUS SYSTEM ASSOCIATED DISEASES AND ACTIVITIES INFECTIONS HERBOLOGY LITERATURE CITED Heart and Circulation DESCRIPTION AND ETIOLOGY CARDIAC AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES Blood supplying the heart muscle comes entirely from two coronary (heart) BLOOD PRESSURE PREVENTION THERAPY Digitalis Glycosides Cinchona Alkaloids Cryptopinelike Alkaloids Sparteine and Related Alkaloids HERBOLOGY INFECTIONS LITERATURE CITED Metabolism NUTRITION PROTEINS BARIATRICS DIABETES MELLITUS ANGIOSPERMS GOUT LITERATURE CITED Special Sensory Organs: Eye and Ear EYE EAR LITERATURE CITED Oral Hygiene CARIES Chewing Sticks Order, Family, and Species Lamiales Chewing Sponges Tooth-cleaning Fruit Toothpicks Dentrifices Cleaning Gums Species TOOTH EXTRACTION PERIODONTAL DISEASE ORAL INFECTIONS ACTINOMYCOSIS AND OTHER BACTERIAL INFECTIONS CAUSING CELLULITIS AND OSTEOMYELITIS SYSTEMIC INFECTIONS WITH ORAL MANIFESTATIONS CHEWING GUMS TOOTH COLORING LITERATURE CITED Gastrointestinal Tract GASTRIC ANTACIDS INDIGESTION DIGESTIVE STIMULATION ANTISPASMODICS EMETICS ANTIEMETICS PURGATIVES ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENTS GYMNOSPERM ANGIOSPERMS INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA LIVER ANTHELMINTICS AMEBICIDES HEMORRHOIDS CARMINATIVES LITERATURE CITED Respiratory System BRONCHODILATORS EXPECTORANTS AND MUCOLYTIC AGENTS GYMNOSPERMS ANGIOSPERMS ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS INFECTIONS LITERATURE CITED Urogenital System THE URINARY SYSTEM FERN ALLIES GYMNOSPERM TREATING DISORDERS: HERBOLOGY REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM PRODUCTION OF HORMONES Uterine Disorders Menstruation Vagina Male Reproductive Organs Aphrodisiacs (Fig. 13-9) Anaphrodisiacs VENEREAL DISEASE LITERATURE CITED Skin BODY COVERING COSMETICS WOUNDS AND BLEEDING ANGIOSPERMS BURNS ANIMAL BITES RASHES, DERMATITIS, AND ITCHES RUBEFACIENTS AND COUNTERIRRITANTS SKIN INFECTIONS WOUND INFECTIONS PRIMARY SKIN INFECTIONS HERBOLOGY FUNGUS ANGIOSPERMS EXANTHEMS RELATED TO SYSTEMIC DISEASE WARTS LITERATURE CITED GENERAL REFERENCES THE MAGIC MOLD AND OTHER ANTIBIOTICS Figure 15-1 Phylogeny of the Actinomycetales and related groups illustrating the numerous antibiotics produced by the genus Streptomyces. (From A Zähner and WA Mass, Heidelberg Science Library, Volume 4, 1972. Copyrighted ® Springer-Verlag, New York, Heidelberg and Berlin, and reprinted with permission.) Figure 15-2 Antibiotic producers among the Eubacteriales. (From A Zähner and WA Mass, Heidelberg Science Library, Volume 4, 1972. Copyrighted ® by Springer-Verlag, New York, Heidelberg and Berlin, and reprinted with permission.) ANTISEPTICS AND DISINFECTANTS Plant Part Used; Use in Folk Medicines; Other Remedies Plant Part Used; Use in Folk Medicines; Other Remedies Plant Part Used; Use in Folk Medicines; Other Remedies PESTICIDES INSECTICIDES LITERATURE CITED Panaceas LITERATURE CITED Section Three “PSYCHOACTIVE” PLANTS Stimulants COCA AND COCAINE2 CHAT AMPHETAMINES STIMULATING BEVERAGES TOBACCO AND NICOTINE HISTORY LITERATURE CITED Hallucinogens PEYOTE7,9,10 NUTMEG12 AMPHETAMINES SACRED MUSHROOMS13 SOUTH AMERICAN SNUFFS SOUTH AMERICAN DRINKS16 LYSERGIC ACID DERIVATIVES IBOGA27 TROPANE ALKALOIDS: SOLANACEAE BELLADONNA, HENBANE, MANDRAKE FLY AGARIC, THE PLANT GOD MARIHUANA LITERATURE CITED Depressants ALCOHOL LEGALLY DRUNK, USA. Nausea and Hangover Withdrawal Effect on Specific Organs BARBITURATES TRANQUILIZERS KAVA OPIATES SOLVENTS LITERATURE CITED Appendix I PHYLOGENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS ANGIOSPERMS (FLOWERING PLANTS): DICOTYLEDONS ANGIOSPERMS: MONOCOTYLEDONS ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF PLANTS LITERATURE CITED Bibliography of Herbal Medicine GENERAL: PLANTS FROM MORE THAN ONE AREA GEOGRAPHICALLY LIMITED EUROPE LATIN AMERICA (INCLUDING CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, WEST INDIES) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SOUTHERN ASIA EASTERN ASIA AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA Glossary Index