Traditional Medicinal Plants and Malaria

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Malaria is an increasing worldwide threat, with more than three hundred million infections and one million deaths every year. The worlds poorest are the worst affected, and many treat themselves with traditional herbal medicines. These are often more available and affordable, and sometimes are perceived as more effective than conventional antimala Book Cover Half-Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Contributors Series Preface Foreword Introduction Part 1 Traditional Medicine and Malaria Control 1 Malaria Control in Africa and the Role of Traditional Medicine Part 2 Case Studies of Plant-Based Medicines for Malaria 2 Cinchona 3 Artemisia annua as a Traditional Herbal Antimalarial 4 Changshan (Dichroa febrifuga)-Ancient Febrifuge and Modern Antimalarial: Lessons for Research from a Forgotten Tale 5 Ayush-64 6 Neem (Azadirachta indica) 7 Malarial-5: Development of an Antimalarial Phytomedicine in Mali 8 Cryptolepis sanguinolenta 9 Strychnos myrtoides: A Case Study of a Chemosensitising Medicinal Plant Part 3 Ethnomedical Research 10 Frequency of Use of Traditional Herbal Medicines for the Treatment and Prevention of Malaria: An Overview of the Literature 11 An Overview of Ethnobotanical Studies on Plants Used for the Treatment of Malaria 12 The Discovery of Indigenous Febrifuges in the British East Indies, c. 1700-1820 13 The Ayurvedic Perspective on Malaria 14 Guidelines for Ethnobotanical Studies on Traditional Antimalarials Part 4 Laboratory Research 15 Pharmacological Properties of the Active Constituents of Some Traditional Herbal Antimalarials 16 Guidelines for the Nonclinical Evaluation of the Efficacy of Traditional Antimalarials 17 Models for Studying the Effects of Herbal Antimalarials at Different Stages of the Plasmodium Life Cycle 18 Guidelines for the Preclinical Evaluation of the Safety of Traditional Herbal Antimalarials Part 5 Clinical Research 19 An Overview of Clinical Studies on Traditional Herbal Antimalarials 20 Observational Methods for Assessing Traditional Antimalarials 21 Guidelines for Clinical Studies on Herbal Antimalarials Part 6 Repellence and Vector Control 22 An Overview of Plants Used as Insect Repellents 23 Guidelines for Studies on Plant-Based Insect Repellents 24 An Overview of Plants Used for Malaria Vector Control 25 Guidelines for Studies on Plant-Based Vector Control Agents Epilogue: Prospects for the Future Glossary of Technical Terms and Abbreviations Index