Naslov
The most commonly used medicinal plants from Croatia

Autori
Maleš, Željan ; Bojić, Mirza

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
New aspects in medicinal plants and pharmacognosy

Urednik/ci
Tiezzi, Antonio ; Karpiński, Tomasz M.

Izdavač
J&B Books

Grad
Poznań

Godina
2017

Raspon stranica
74-102

ISBN
978-83-947078-0-4

Ključne riječi
medicinal plants, Croatia

Sažetak
In this chapter, most commonly used medicinal plants in complementary medicine in Croatia are reviewed: chamomile, lavender, chaste tree, black elder, hypericum, buckthorn, rosemary, and sage. These plants contain various biologically active substances such as flavonoids, phenolic acids, tannins, essential oils and anthraquinones which are responsible for different pharmacological activities such as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antifungal, hepatoprotective, etc. Description of each medicinal plant includes: botanical designation, medicinal drugs, origin, distribution, parts used for medicinal purpose with the chemical constituents responsible for specific pharmacological activity along with mechanism of action accompanied with chemical structure, pharmaceutical forms of drugs accompanied by dosage, side effects, contraindication and precaution, adulterants identifiers, possible substitutes, processing and information about available commercial products on national and international levels, where applicable. Information provided include summary of basic knowledge of the plant and is accompanied with recent researches in this field

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Farmacija

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