Download or read book Modern Phytomedicine written by Iqbal Ahmad and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-12-13 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely and original handbook paves the way to success in plant-based drug development, systematically addressing the issues facing a pharmaceutical scientist who wants to turn a plant compound into a safe and effective drug. Plant pharmacologists from around the world demonstrate the potentials and pitfalls involved, with many of the studies and experiments reported here published for the first time. The result is a valuable source of information unavailable elsewhere.