Herbs challenges in chemistry and biology / Mingfu Wang, editor ... [et al.] ; sponsored by the ACS Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Inc.

Other author Wang, Mingfu, 1972-
Other author American Chemical Society. Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
Other author American Chemical Society. Meeting 2004 Anaheim, Calif.)
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington, DC : American Chemical Society : Distributed by Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxii, 369 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Functional foods--Congresses.
Phytochemicals--Physiological effect. --Congresses.
Herbs--Therapeutic use. --Congresses.
Medicine, Chinese--Congresses.
Plants, Medicinal--chemistry. --Congresses.
Medicine, Chinese Traditional--Congresses.
Phytotherapy--Congresses.

SeriesACS symposium series ; 925
Contents 1. Botanical quality initiatives at the office of dietary supplements, National institutes of health -- 2. Current trends and future prospects of traditional Chinese medicines in the 21st century -- 3. Bioactive polyphenols from foods and dietary supplements : challenges and opportunities -- 4. Instrumental analysis of popular botanical products in the U.S. market -- 5. Challenges in assessing bioactive botanical ingredients in functional beverages -- 6. Bioactive natural products from Chinese tropical marine plants and invertebrates -- 7. Curcumin : potential health benefits, molecular mechanism of action, and its anticancer properties in vitro and in vivo -- 8. Need for analytical methods and fingerprinting : total quality control of phytomedicine Echinacea -- 9. Bioassay-guided isolation, identification, and quantification of the estrogen-like constituent from PC SPES -- 10. Intraspecific variation in quality control parameters, polyphenol profile, and antioxidant activity in wild populations of Lippia multiflora from Ghana -- 11. Protein tyrosine phosphatases 1B inhibitors from traditional Chinese medicine -- 12. Thioglucosidase-catalyzed hydrolysis of the major glucosinolate of Maca (Lepidium meyenii) to benzyl isothiocyanate : mini-review and simple quantitativeHPLC method -- 13. Studies on chemical constituents of jiaogulan (gynostemma pentaphyllum) -- 14. Chemical components of noni (morinda citrifolia L.) root -- 15. Characterization of chemical components of Ixeris denticulata -- 16. Bioavailability, metabolism, and pharmacokinetics of glycosides in Chinese herbs -- 17. Moringa, a novel plant rich in antioxidants, bioavailable iron, and nutrients -- 18. Stability and transformation of bioactive polyphenolic components of herbs in physiological pH -- 19. Bioavailability and synergistic effects of tea catechins as antioxidants in the human diet -- 20. Targeting inflammation using Asian herbs -- 21. Induction of apoptosis by Ligusticum chuanxiong in HSC-T6 stellate cells -- 22. Effect of combined use of isothiocyanate and black tea extract on dental caries -- 23. Cytotoxic properties of leaf essential oil and components from indigenous cinnamon (cinnamomum osmophloeum Kaneh) -- 24. Effect of black tea theaflavins on 12-0-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced inflammation : expression of proinflammatory cytokines and arachidonic acid metabolism in mouse ear and colon carcinogenesis in min (apc+/-) mice -- 25. Shea butter : chemistry, quality, and new market potentials
General noteDeveloped from a symposium sponsored by the Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry at the 227th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, California, March 28-April 1, 2004.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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ISBN0841239304 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780841239302 (alk. paper)

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