Table of Contents: Preface
Expert Commentaries
Commentary A - Antioxidant Effets of Astragali Radix Oxidative Stress; pp. 1-8
(Shizuo Toda, Kansai College of Oriental Medicine, Sen-nan, Osaka, Japan)
Commentary B - Antioxidants: Potency, Cell Targets and Drug Interactions; pp. 9-13
(Teresa Krakauer, Dept. of Immunology, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD)
Commentary C - How to Control Heavy Metals in the Chinese Medicines Rationally?; pp. 15-19
(Jing Zhao, Wei Hong, Shao-ping Li, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, Univ. of Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, P.R. China)
Short Communication
A - The Way of the Development of Herbal Medicinal Products;
pp. 21-29
(Zhijun Yang, Zhongzhen Zhao, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist Univ.)
Research and Review Studies
Chapter I - Quality Control of Polysaccharides From Medicinal Plants and Fungi; pp. 31-65
(Jia Guan, Shao-Ping Li, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, Univ. of Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, China)
Chapter II - Quality Control of Essential Oil in Chinese Medicine; pp. 67-98
(F.Q. Yang, S.P. Li, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, Univ. of Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, China)
Chapter III - Bofutsushosan "Kampo Medicine" Use in Metabolic Syndrome: Research the Scientific Basis and Clinical Trial in Japanese Obesity; pp. 99-122
(Chizuko Hioki, Dept. of Oriental Medicine, Tokai Univ. School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan)
Chapter IV - Herbal Drug Research on Bone Regeneration; pp. 123-145
(Ricky W. K. Wong, A Bakr M Rabie, Biomedical and Tissue Engineering, Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Chapter V - Pharmacological Studies on Sasanquasaponin, An Herbal Effective Component Isolated From Sasanque Camellia Oleifera ABEL; pp. 147-171
(Zhong-Fang Lai, Dept. of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Institute of Materia, Nanchang Univ. School of Medicine, P.R. of China, Shanghai Institute of Technology, P.R. of China, Yu-Zhen Chen, Dept. of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto Univ., Kumamoto, Japan, Xiao-Zhen Liu)
Chapter VI - Quality Control of Traditional Chinese Medicine;
pp. 173-188
(Wei Fang, Ma Ling-Yun, Division of Chinese Materia Medica and Natural Products, National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products, State Food and Drug Administration, Beijing, P.R. China, Jin Hong-Jun, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX)
Chapter VII - Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicines Use in Anaesthesia; pp. 189-200
(Anna Lee, Po Tong Chui, Lester AH Critchley, Dept. of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong)
Chapter VIII - Studies on Chinese Herbal Medicines for Alzheimer's Disease; pp. 201-216
(Jianxun Liu, Weihong Cong, Li Xu, Research Center, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing)
Chapter IX - Research on Analgesic Effect of Dragon's Blood Resin and Reverse Pharmacology; pp. 217-227
(Xiangming Liu, Su Chen, Dept. of Biological & Medical Engineering, South-Central Univ. for Nationalities, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
Chapter X - Two Regulatory Systems But Permeable Markets For Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine: Are National Legislative Regulations in Germany and in The Netherlands Sufficient?;
pp. 229-238
(Tan L. Kroes, Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Univ. of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, Kroes BH, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry, Univ. of Utrecht, The Netherlands, Dobos GJ, Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Univ. of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Chapter XI - Chinese Herbal Drug Research Trends; pp. 239-247
(Jing Peng, Jianguo Fang, Dept. of Pharmacy, Tong Ji Hospital Affiliated with the Tong Ji Medical College, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
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