Ciba Foundation Symposium 185 - Ethnobotany and the Search for New Drugs

Copyright © Ciba Foundation 1994

Ciba Foundation Symposium 185 - Ethnobotany and the Search for New Drugs

Editor(s): Derek J. Chadwick, Joan Marsh

Published Online: 28 SEP 2007

Print ISBN: 9780471950240

Online ISBN: 9780470514634

DOI: 10.1002/9780470514634

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A compilation of articles by prominent experts in their respective fields on compensation for and collaboration with indigenous people in regard to their knowledge and provision of rare plants which are used for some of the most potent drugs in Western medicine.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–ix)

    2. Introduction (pages 1–3)

      Professor G. T. Prance

    3. Ethnobotany, Drug Development and Biodiversity Conservation—Exploring the Linkages (pages 4–24)

      Michael J. Balick

    4. The Ethnobotanical Approach to Drug Discovery: Strengths and Limitations (pages 25–41)

      Paul Alan Cox

    5. Ethnopharmacology and Drug Development (pages 42–59)

      Norman R. Farnsworth

    6. Basic, Quantitative and Experimental Research Phases of Future Ethnobotany with Reference to the Medicinal Plants of South America (pages 60–76)

      Walter H. Lewis and Memory P. Elvin-Lewis

    7. Ethnopharmacological Search for Antiviral Compounds: Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders by Kayapó Medical Specialists (pages 77–94)

      Elaine Elisabetsky and Darrell A. Posey

    8. Natural Product Chemistry in North-Eastern Brazil (pages 95–105)

      A. A. Craveiro, M. I. L. Machado, J. W. Alencar and F. J. A. Matos

    9. Amazonian Ethnobotany and the Search for New Drugs (pages 106–115)

      Richard Evans Schultes

    10. African Medicinal Plants in the Search for New Drugs Based on Ethnobotanical Leads (pages 116–129)

      Maurice M. Iwu

    11. Two Decades of Mexican Ethnobotany and Research in Plant Drugs (pages 130–152)

      Xavier Lozoya

    12. Ethnobotany and Research on Medicinal Plants in India (pages 153–168)

      S. K. Jain

    13. Ethnopharmacological Investigation of Chinese Medicinal Plants (pages 169–177)

      Xiao Pei-Gen

    14. Ethnobotany and Drug Discovery: The Experience of the US National Cancer Institute (pages 178–196)

      Gordon M. Cragg, Michael R. Boyd, John H. Cardellina, David J. Newman, Kenneth M. Snader and Thomas G. McCloud

    15. From Shaman to Human Clinical Trials: The Role of Industry in Ethnobotany, Conservation and Community Reciprocity (pages 197–213)

      Steven R. King and Michael S. Tempesta

    16. Ethnobotany and Intellectual Property Rights (pages 214–227)

      John H. Barton

    17. Conservation and Ethnobotanical Exploration (pages 228–245)

      Gary J. Martin

    18. Anthropological Issues in Medical Ethnobotany (pages 246–265)

      B. Berlin and E. A. Berlin

    19. Conclusions (pages 266–268)

      Ghillean T. Prance

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      Index of Contributors (pages 269–270)

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      Subject Index (pages 271–280)

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