Christophe Wiart

Medicinal Plants in the Asia Pacific for Zoonotic Pandemics, Volume 4 (eBook, ePUB)

Family Alangiaceae to Araliaceae

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Viruses and plagues have constantly threatened the survival of humanity since the evolution of modern man. Medical advances thanks to the application of remedial plants have helped to fight back against some of the most nefarious bacterial and viral infections, giving humanity a fighting chance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000583274
• Artikelnr.: 63648699

Autorenporträt

Christophe Wiart 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 from 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. It 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".

Inhaltsangabe

9. Medicinal Plants in Asia-Pacific for Microbial Infections: The Clade Asterids 10. Medicinal Plants in Asia-Pacific for Microbial Infections: The Clade Lamiids 11. Medicinal Plants in Asia-Pacific for Microbial Infections: The Clade Campanulids