Evidence-Based Validation of Herbal Medicine

Pulok K. Mukherjee

Feb 2015 · Elsevier

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Evidence-Based Validation of Herbal Medicines brings together current thinking and practice in the areas of characterization and validation of natural products. This book reviews all aspects of evaluation and development of medicines from plant sources, including their cultivation, collection, phytochemical and phyto-pharmacological evaluation, and therapeutic potential. Emphasis is placed on describing the full range of evidence-based analytical and bio-analytical techniques used to characterize natural products, including –omic technologies, phyto-chemical analysis, hyphenated techniques, and many more. - Includes state-of-the-art methods for detecting, isolating, and performing structure elucidation by degradation and spectroscopic techniques - Covers biosynthesis, synthesis, and biological activity related to natural products - Consolidates information to save time and money in research - Increases confidence levels in quality and validity of natural products

About the author

Prof. Pulok Kumar Mukherjee is working as the Director, Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, under Department Biotechnology, Govt. of India, at Imphal, Manipur. He worked as the Director of the School of Natural Product Studies and Professor (On lien), Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He has made several innovative and outstanding contributions in academic/research on development of Bio-economy from Bioresources particularly on traditional medicine inspired drug discovery from Indian medicinal plants, Ethno pharmacology and evidence based validation of herbs used in medicine and food to make them available from ‘Farm to Pharma’. Prof. Mukherjee is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), West Bengal Academy of Sciences (FAScT), National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India (FNAAS), and the National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc). He has contributed over 230 publications in peer-reviewed impact journals, several patents, and books on evaluation of botanicals. His works on translational research on traditional medicine are useful bio-prospecting tools for the development of drugs from nature and ancestors. For further details please visit www.pulokmukherjee.in

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