**Meet the editors**

Dr Omboon Vallisuta received her B.S. (Honor) in Pharmacy in 1974 from Mahidol University, Thailand, and her Ph.D. in Phytochemistry in 1982 from University of Queensland, Australia. Currently, she is Head of Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. Dr Vallisuta's area of interest is isolation and identification of active constitu-

ents from medicinal plants, and traditional medicine. She has written more than 30 papers and proceedings.

Dr Suleiman M. Olimat, is Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Jordan, Amman-Jordan. He has extensive experience in all aspects of academic activities such as teaching, research, consultation, administration and community services. Dr Olimat's research activities involve isolation and structure elucidation of naturally occurring compounds

with emphasis on the Jordanian medicinal plants and flora; structure elucidation of the chemical compounds by spectral methods; evaluation of the active natural products for their biological and pharmacological activities; and formulation of the active natural products in their suitable pharmaceutical dosage form.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Chapter 1 **Ayurveda the Ancient** 

Anjoo Kamboj

A. Paul Hornby

Chapter 6 **Natural Alkamides:** 

Chapter 5 **The Research of Lygodium 77** 

María Yolanda Rios

Chapter 8 **Potential Applications of** 

Chapter 9 **Medicinal and Edible Plants** 

Ken Yasukawa

**Science of Healing: An Insight 1**  Manoj Goyal, D. Sasmal and B.P. Nagori

Chapter 2 **Developments in Phytochemistry 11**  Moronkola Dorcas Olufunke

Chapter 3 **Analytical Evaluation of Herbal Drugs 23** 

Zhang Guo-Gang, He Ying-Cui,

Chapter 4 **Standardized Cannabis and Pain Management 61** 

Liu Hong-Xia, Zhu Lin-Xia and Chen Li-Juan

Chapter 7 **A Comparison Between Lignans from Creosote Bush and Flaxseed and Their Potential** 

> *Euphorbia hirta* **in Pharmacology 165**  Mei Fen Shih and Jong Yuh Cherng

**as Cancer Preventive Agents 181** 

**Pharmacology, Chemistry and Distribution 107** 

**to Inhibit Cytochrome P450 Enzyme Activity 145**  Jennifer Billinsky, Katherine Maloney, Ed Krol and Jane Alcorn

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