African Natural Plant Products: New Discoveries and Challenges in Chemistry and Quality

Content: PREFACE; OVERVIEW; 1. African Natural Plant Products: A Foreword to the Science and Challenges; MARK BLUMENTHAL; 2. The Natural Products Industry: A Global and African Economic Perspective; ANOMA ARIYAWARDANA, RAMU GOVINDASAMY AND JAMES E. SIMON; TRADITIONAL MEDICINES FROM AFRICA; 3. Herbal Medicine in Swaziland: An Overview; OLUWOLE O. G. AMUSAN; 4. Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.): A Review of Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology; EMMY DE CALUWE, KATE?INA HALAMOVA AND PATRICK VAN DAMME; 5. Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.): A Review of Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology; EMMY DE CALUWE, KATE?INA HALAMOVA AND PATRICK VAN DAMME; 6. Popular Traditional Herbal Medicines from the Joolas of Essyl in the Rural Community of Enampor (Ziguinchor, Senegal): An Ethnographic Survey; WILLIAM DIATTA, MODOU LO, ALIOUNE DIOR FALL, SOULEYMANE BASSENE, SERGE SAGNA, KADY BADJI AND EMMANUEL BASSENE; 7. The Diversity of Medicinal Plants in Nigeria: An Overview; ALBERT PHILIP EKANEM AND FRANCIS VINCENT UDOH; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACOGNOSY AND VALIDATION OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINES; 8. Bioactivity and Bioactive Compounds of African Amaryllidaceae; ESAMELDIN E. ELGORASHI AND JOHANNES VAN STADEN; 9. Biology and Chemistry of the Genus Aloe from Africa; ADOLFINA R. KOROCH, H. RODOLFO JULIANI, JAMES E. SIMON; 10. Chemistry and Biological Evaluation of Nigerian Plants with Anti-Diabetic Properties; STEVE OGBONNIA AND CHIMEZIE ANYAKORA; 11. Antiplasmodial Activity of Twenty Essential Oils from Malagasy Aromatic Plants; MICHEL RATSIMBASON, LALASOA RANARIVELO, H. RODOLFO JULIANI AND JAMES E. SIMON; 12. Traditional Medicinal Plants and Malaria in Africa; MOHAMMED SAYED ALY MOHAMMED; 13. The Golden Roots of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta; ALFRED AMPOMAH APPIAH; 14. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Ghana; T. C. FLEISCHER, M. L. K. MENSAH AND R. A. DICKSON; 15. . Nicosan: A Phytomedicinal Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease; SWAMI NATHAN, PREMA TRIPATHI, QINGLI WU, AND FAITH C. BELANGER; 16. Rooibos and Honeybush: Recent Advances in Chemistry, Biological Activity and Pharmacognosy; JEANINE L. MARNEWICK; 17. Umckaloabo: From a Patent Remedy to a Modern Herbal Pharmaceutical based upon Pelargonium siodides with Clinically Proven Efficacy; THOMAS BRENDLER; 18. African Psychoactive Plants; GARY I. STAFFORD, ANNA K. JAGER AND JOHANNES VAN STADEN; QUALITY CONTROL OF AFRICAN NATURAL PLANT PRODUCTS; 19. Quality and Safety of African Medicinal Plants; RENEE A. STREET AND JOHANNES VAN STADEN; 20. Voacanga africana: Chemistry, Quality and Pharmacological Activity; ADOLFINA R. KOROCH, H. RODOLFO JULIANI, DANIEL KULAKOWSKI, HANSON; ARTHUR, JULIANA ASANTE-DARTEY AND JAMES E. SIMON; 21. Quality Control and 5-HTP (5-Hydroxy-L-tryptophan) Analysis of Griffonia (Griffonia simplicifolia (DC.) Baill.) Seed Accessions Collected in Ghana; KWAN SU KIM, H. RODOLFO JULIANI, MICHAEL BUCUK, DAN ACQUAYE, JULIE ASANTE-DARTEY, QING-LI WU AND JAMES E SIMON; 22. Characterization of Essential Oils from Cinnamomum camphora T. Nees & Eberm and Ravensara aromatica Sonnerat from Madagascar; LALASOA RANARIVELO, PANJA RAMANOELINA, H. RODOLFO JULIANI, AND JAMES E. SIMON; 23. Quality, and Consumer Studies in the USA of African Herbal Teas for the Natural Product Industry Development in Sub-Sahara Africa; H. RODOLFO JULIANI, YVONNE KOELLIKER, MICHAEL BUCUK, CARA WELCH, BEVERLY J. TEPPER, ELTON JEFTHAS AND JAMES E. SIMON; APPLICATIONS AND COMMERICALIZATION OF AFRICAN NATURAL PLANT PRODUCTS; 24. Moringa (Moringa oleifera): a Source of Food and Nutrition, Medicine and Industrial products; JOHN SHINDANO AND KASASE CHITUNDU; 25. Nutritional Assessment of Moringa (Moringa spp.) from Ghana, Senegal and Zambia; H. RODOLFO JULIANI, YUDY FONSECA, DAN ACQUAYE, HALIMU MALUMO, DIATTA MALAINY, JAMES E. SIMON; 26. . Saro (Cinnamosma fragrans Baillon) essential oil: Application in Health and Medicine; OLIVIER BEHRA, PASCAL DANTHU, SAMIRA SARTER, RINA RADANIELA, CESAR FOURCADE, ROGER RANDRIANARIVELO AND BORIS RANAIVOSOA, BERENGERE ARNAL-SCHNEBELEN; 27. Essential Oil Bearing Plants from Kenya: Chemistry, Biological Activity and Applications; JULIUS WANJOHI MWANGI, GRACE NJERI THOITHI AND ISAAC ONGUBO KIBWAGE; 28. Comparison of Ginger extracts from Africa and Asia: Discovery of the Specificity of the Madagascar Ginger for the Cosmetic Industry; FABIEN SCORZA, SERGE HOLDERITH, XAVIER ORMANCEY; 29. Models of Benefit-Sharing Policy: Opportunities and Challenges in Ensuring Equitable Natural Product Discovery in Africa; BENJAMIN D. NEIMARK; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX