Herbal Medicine in Andrology An Evidence-based Update
Coordonnateurs : Henkel Ralf, Agarwal Ashok
Herbal Medicine in Andrology: An Evidence-Based Update provides a comprehensive overview of ethnomedical approaches in andrology, including ethnopharmacology of plant extracts and relevant bioactive compounds. It highlights information on the availability of medicinal plants and the legal and procedural processes involved in developing a marketable product. This reference helps clinicians and scientists develop an understanding on how herbal medicine can be used to treat andrological patients in practice. Only a limited number of journal articles are available on this topic, making this reference a valuable source of information for a large audience, including urologists, andrologists, gynecologists, reproductive endocrinologists and basic scientists.
1. Herbal medicine: an introduction to its history
Rima Dada, pooja sabharwal and Akanksha Sharma
2. Use of herbal medicines as primary or supplementary treatment
Rima Dada, pooja sabharwal, Ralf Henkel and Akanksha Sharma
3. Herbal pharmacognosy: an introduction
Kristian Leisegang
5. Overview on the clinical presentation and indications
5.1 Overview on the clinical presentation and indications; Part A
Ismail Tambi
5.2 Overview on the clinical presentation and indications; Part B
Lourens Johannes Erasmus
6. Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems
6.1 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Americas
Gustavo F. Gonzales Sr.
6.2 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Middle East
Roja Rahimi
6.3 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Africa
Chinyerum Opuwari and Paul Fewou Moundipa
6.4 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Asia and Indian Sub-continent
6.4.1 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Asia and Indian Sub-continent: Withania somnifera, Panax ginseng, Centella asiatica
Damayanthi Durairajanayagam and Pallav Sengupta
6.4.2 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Asia and Indian Sub-continent: Tongkat Ali, Tribulus terrestris
Ismail Tambi
6.4.3 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Asia and Indian Sub-continent: Eleutherococcus senticosus, Astralagus membranaceus
Chinyerum Opuwari
6.4.4 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Asia and Indian Sub-continent: Zingiber officinale, Epimedium grandiflorum
Lourens Johannes Erasmus
6.4.5 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Asia and Indian Sub-continent: Gingko biloba, Curcuma longa, Camellia sinensis
Shubhadeep Roychoudhury
6.5 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Traditional Chinese Medicine
Xuesheng Ma
6.6 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Europe
Kristian Leisegang
7. Quality control, extraction methods and standardisation: Interface between traditional use and scientific investigation
Isadore Kanfer and Srinivas Patnala
8. Legal Regulations for the Use of Herbal Remedies
Srinivas Patnala and Isadore Kanfer
9. Herbal medicine and drug interaction
Paul Fewou Moundipa
10. Acceptance of herbal medicines in Andrology
Annie George and Eckehard Liske
11. Current status of integration of herbal medicines in clinical practice and possible development of the market
Samuel Ayodele Egieyeh and Elizabeth Oyebola Egieyeh
Ashok Agarwal, PhD, HCLD (ABB), ELD (ACE) is the Head of Andrology Center and Director of Research at the American Center for Reproductive Medicine since 1993. He holds these positions at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, where he is Professor of Surgery (Urology) at the Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Ashok was trained in Male Infertility and Andrology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and later worked as Assistant Professor of Urology at Harvard from 1988 to 1992. Ashok has over 28 years of experience in directing busy male infertility diagnostic facilities and fertility preservation services. He is very well published with over 735
- Provides essential evidence-based information about herbal medicine
- Offers an ethnopharmacological background on bioactive compounds in certain plant extracts
- Educates the basic scientist and clinician on the use of herbal medicines in andrology
- Provides an update to recent advances on herbal medicine in andrology from world experts
Date de parution : 11-2020
Ouvrage de 264 p.
21.4x27.6 cm