| Description |
1 online resource (275 p.) |
| Series |
Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants Series |
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Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants Series
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Notes -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Editors -- Contributors -- Primary Contributors -- Chapter Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Country of Laos and Research Leading to This Book -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Geography and Climate -- 1.3 The Institute of Traditional Medicine (ITM) -- 1.4 Collaborative Research between the ITM and UIC -- 1.5 About This Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Role of Medicinal Plants in The Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 History of the Use of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine in the Lao PDR -- 2.2.1 Traditional Medicine during the Kingdom of Lan Xang -- 2.2.2 Traditional Medicine during the Kingdom of Laos (before 1975) -- 2.2.3 Traditional Medicine in the Current Lao PDR (after 2 December 1975) -- 2.3 Status of Medicinal Plants in the Present Lao PDR -- 2.3.1 Uses of Medicinal Plants -- 2.3.2 Government Policy and Regulations on the Use of Medicinal Plants -- 2.3.2.1 The Health Sector (Ministry of Health) -- 2.3.2.1.1 Law on Drugs and Medical Products No. 01/NA, 8 April 2000 |
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2.3.2.1.2 Prime Ministerial Decree No. 155, 30 September 2003 -- 2.3.2.2 The Forestry Sector (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) -- 2.3.2.3 The Security Sector (Ministry of Public Security) -- 2.3.3 Environmental Concerns on the Use of Natural Medicinal Plants -- 2.3.4 Measures to Be Taken for Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants in the Lao PDR -- 2.3.5 Important Role of Medicinal Plants in the Economic Development of the Country -- 2.4 Traditional Medicine and Drug Discovery -- References -- Chapter 3: Discovery of New Bioactive Compounds from Medicinal Plants of Laos -- 3.1 Introduction |
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3.2 Plants as Potential Sources of New Medicines -- 3.3 The Search for Bioactive Compounds from Plants of Laos -- 3.3.1 The International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG) Program -- 3.3.2 A Research Collaboration between the Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the ITM -- 3.3.3 Research Cooperation between the ITM and the Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology of the Republic of Korea and with the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University of Japan -- 3.3.4 Cooperation between the UIC and the ITM |
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3.4 Discoveries of New Bioactive Compounds from Plants of Laos -- Annonaceae -- Marsypopetalum modestum (Pierre) B. Xue & R.M.K. Saunders -- Apocynaceae -- Gongronema napalense (Wall.) Decne. -- Asparagaceae -- Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. -- Connaraceae -- Rourea minor (Gaertn.) Alston -- Ebenaceae -- Diospyros cf. quaesita Thw. -- Rubiaceae -- Nauclea orientalis (L.) L. -- Stemonaceae -- Stemona pierrei Gagn. and Stemona tuberosa Lour. -- 3.5 Ongoing Efforts Toward New Discoveries -- 3.6 Rationale for Continuing Efforts Towards New Discoveries -- References |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Chapter 4: Conservation of Medicinal Plants of Laos |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Elkington, Bethany G
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Sydara, Kongmany
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| ISBN |
9781000870633 |
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1000870634 |
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