Christophe Wiart

Medicinal Plants in the Asia Pacific for Zoonotic Pandemics, Volume 2 (eBook, ePUB)

Family Zygophyllaceae to Salvadoraceae

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Medicinal Plants in the Asia Pacific for Zoonotic Pandemics provides an unprecedented comprehensive overview of the botany, ethnopharmacology, and pharmacology of more than 100 plants used in the traditional medical systems of Asia and Pacific medicine for the treatment of microbial infections.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 365
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000445893
• Artikelnr.: 62417608

Autorenporträt

Christophe Wiart (born August 12, 1967) is a French scientist. His fields of expertise are Asian ethnopharmacology, chemotaxonomy and ethnobotany He has collected, identified and classified several hundred species of medicinal plants of India, Southeast Asia and China. Ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants in Asia Pacific; bioprospection, collection and identification of medicinal botanical samples and phytochemical and pharmacological study for the identification of lead compounds as novel antibacterial, anticancer, and antioxidant principles from rare plants from the rainforest of Southeast Asia. Dr. Christophe Wiart appeared on HBO's Vice (TV Series) in season 3, episode 6 (episode 28 of the series), titled "The Post-Antibiotic World & Indonesia's Palm Bomb." This episode aired on April 17, 2015. This episode highlighted the need to find new treatments for infections that were previously treatable with antibiotics, but are now resistant to multiple drugs. "The last hope for the human race's survival, I believe, is in the rainforests of tropical Asia," said ethnopharmacologist Dr. Christophe Wiart. "The pharmaceutical wealth of this land is immense."