Ethnomedicine and drug discovery

摘要: Introduction, M. Iwu drugs from nature - past achievements, future prospects, G. Cragg, D.J. Newman natural products for high throughput screening, A.L. Harvey medical ethnobotanical research as a method to identify bioactive plants treat infectious diseases, T.J.S. Carlson development of Herbmedr, an interactive, evidence-based herbal database, J. Wootton continuing source inspiration the medicinal chemist, S. Mbua Ngale Efange integrating African ethnomedicine into primary healthcare framework South-Eastern Nigeria, Chioma Obijiofor current initiatives in protection indigenous and local community knowledge problems, concepts lessons future, R. Lettington bioprospecting using Africa's genetic resources new basis economic regional cooperation, A. Onugu balancing conservation with utilization restoring populations commercially valuable herbs forests agroforests, R.A. Cech Cherokee historical applications, Jo traditional medicines paradigm psychotropic drug action, E. Elisabetsky discovery through ethnobotany Nigeria some results, J.I. Okogun plants, people Southern perspectives, N. Gericke antimalarial agents parasitic infections based on leads medicine Walter Reed experience, B.G. Schuster health foods anti-aging therapy reducers physiological decline degenerative L. Meserole peoples communities embodying lifestyles. (Part Contents). definitions under article 8(j) Convention Biological Diversity (K. Moran). 17. Garcinia kola look at old adaptogenic agent (M.M. Iwu, Duncan Diop, Meserole, C.O. Okunji). 18. Linking intellectual property rights (M.A. Gollin). 19. The use trust funds sharing financial benefits projects (M. Guerin-McManus, K.C. Nnadozie, S.A. Laird).