Remedy and Contaminant Components in Complementary Medicines

Remedy and Contaminant Components in Complementary Medicines provides a broad overview of contaminants in various types of complementary medicines for researchers from chemistry, pharmacology and environmental health backgrounds. By bringing together experts in multiple sub-disciplines, including medicinal chemistry, pharmacology and environmental contamination, the book's editors have amalgamated a single central resource for an introduction to the discipline. Chapters include updates on organic, inorganic and microbial contaminants in herbal, ayurvedic, traditional and other forms of complementary medicines, covering their sources, characterization, toxicity and health risk assessment. The book also includes a chapter on the analytical methods used for the characterization of contaminants. Every chapter incorporates comprehensive reviews covering the above topics with recent references, to introduce researchers to this field of interest and provide them with information that can easily be built upon. Provides a fundamental understanding of the sources, distribution and toxicity of contaminants in complementary medicinesIncludes clinical case studies of the toxicity of contaminants in complementary medicines in many countriesCovers the existing literature on the interactions of contaminants in complementary medicines with human healthPresents state-of-science information on contaminants reaching the human food chain through complementary medicines INDICE: 1. Complementary medicines: Definition, value and regulations2. Sources of Heavy Metal(loid)s in Complementary Medicines3. Sources of organic contaminants in Complementary medicines4. Sources of microbial contaminants in complementary medicines5. Distribution of Heavy Metal(loid)s in Complementary Medicines6. Distribution of organic contaminants in Complementary Medicines7. Distribution of microbial contaminants in Complementary Medicines8. Bioavailability of Heavy Metal(loid)s in Complementary Medicines9. Bioavailability of organic contaminants in Complementary Medicines10. Bioavailability of microbial contaminants in Complementary Medicines11. Toxicity of Heavy Metal(loid) in Complementary Medicines12. Toxicity of organic contaminants in Complementary Medicines13. Toxicity of Microbial contaminants in Complementary Medicines14. Other contaminants in Complementary medicines 15. Cass studies of toxicity of contaminants in Complementary medicines16. Management guidelines for the safe and beneficial use of Complementary medicines

• ISBN: 978-0-12-816038-1
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 310
• Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés