Author

Barnes, Joanne

Anderson, Linda A

Phillipson, J. David

Edition

3rd ed.

Place of Publication

Chicago, IL

Publisher

Pharmaceutical Press

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

x, 710 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Subjects

Plants, Medicinal

Phytotherapy

Herbs - therapeutic use

Pharmacognosy

ISBN

9780853696230

0853696233

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QV767 H534b 2007

Copies

Alternate Title

Physicians' desk reference for herbal remedies

Corporate Author

Thomson PDR

Edition

3rd ed.

Place of Publication

Montvale, NJ

Publisher

Thomson PDR

Publication Date

2004

Subjects

Medicine, Herbal

Plants, Medicinal

Herbs - therapeutic use

ISBN

1563635127

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QV767 P348 2004

Copies

Editor

Dasgupta, Amitava

Hammett-Stabler, Catherine A

Place of Publication

Hoboken, N.J.

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

2011

Physical Description

xiv, 470 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects

Plants, Medicinal - toxicity

Plants, Medicinal - chemistry

Dietary Supplements - toxicity

Herb-Drug Interactions

Phytotherapy - adverse effects

Pathology, Clinical - methods

ISBN

9780470433508

0470433507

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QV766 D229 2011

Copies

Editor

Blumenthal, Mark

Place of Publication

Austin, Tx.

Publisher

American Botanical Council

Publication Date

1998

Subjects

Medicine, Herbal

Plants, Medicinal

ISBN

096555550X

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

QV767 C737 1998

Website Notes

Open access

Copies

Editor

McGuffin, Michael

Place of Publication

Boca Raton, Fla.

Publisher

CRC Press, Inc.

Publication Date

1997

Subjects

Herbs - adverse effects

Plants, Medicinal - adverse effects

ISBN

0849316758

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QV766 A512 1997

Copies

Alternate Title

Complete medicinal herbal : a practical guide to the healing properties of herbs, with more than 250 remedies for common ailments

Author

Ody, Penelope

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Key Porter Books

Publication Date

1993

Subjects

Plants, Medicinal - therapeutic use

Herbs - therapeutic use

Medicine, Herbal

ISBN

1550134809

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Library

Call Number

QV767 O27 1993

Copies

Editor

Bisset, Norman Grainger

Wichtl, Max

Place of Publication

Boca Raton, Fla.

Publisher

CRC Press, Inc.

Publication Date

1995

Subjects

Herbs

Plants, Medicinal

ISBN

0849371929

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QV767 H534 1994

Copies

Corporate Author

Institute of Medicine

National Research Council

Committee on the Framework for Evaluating the Safety of Dietary Supplements

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

National Academies Press

Publication Date

2005

Subjects

Dietary Supplements - standards - United States

Safety - United States

Product Surveillance, Postmarketing - methods - United States

United States Food and Drug Administration

ISBN

0309091101

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QU145 D565 2005

Copies

Author

Foster, Steven

Tyler, Varro E

Edition

4th ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Haworth Herbal Press

Publication Date

1999

Subjects

Herbs

Plants, Medicinal

ISBN

9780789007056

0789007053

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Library

Call Number

QV767 F757 1999

Copies

Editor

Tracy, Timothy S

Kingston, Richard L

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Totowa, NJ

Publisher

Humana Press

Publication Date

2007

Series

Forensic science and medicine

Subjects

Plants, Medicinal - adverse effects

Phytotherapy - adverse effects

Plant Extracts - pharmacology

Abstract

Ma huang and the ephedra alkaloids / Steven B. Karch.

Kava / Douglas D. Glover.

Ginkgo biloba / Timothy S. Tracy.

Valerian / Brian J. Isetts.

St. John’s wort / Dean Filandrinos, Thomas R. Yentsch, and Katie L. Myers.

Echinacea / Daniel Berkner and Leo Sioris.

Feverfew / Richard L. Kingston.

Garlic / Leslie Helou and Ila M. Harris.

Ginger/ Douglas D. Glover.

Saw palmetto / Timothy S. Tracy.

Panax ginseng / Timothy S. Tracy.

Cranberry / Timothy S. Tracy.

Hawthorn / Timothy S. Tracy.

Evening primrose / Margaret B. Artz.

Citrus aurantium / Anders Westanmo.

Vitex agnus-castus / Margaret B. Artz.

Bilberry / Timothy S. Tracy.

ISBN

9781588293138

1588293130

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QV766 H534 2007

Copies

Author

Tandon, Pankaj

Prakash, Dibya

Kheruka, Subhash Chand

Bhat, Nagesh N.

Place of Publication

Singapore

Publisher

Springer

Publication Date

2022

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Radiation

Radiation Effects

Radiation Protection - standards

Nuclear Medicine

Nuclear Medicine - standards

Abstract

Content:

Basics of Radiation Physics -- Radiation Quantities and Units -- Interaction of Ionizing Radiation with Matter -- Radiation Protection Standards in Relation to ICRP Recommendations -- Radiation Hazard Evaluation and Control in Nuclear Medicine -- Occupational and Public Exposure to Nuclear Medicine -- Biological Bases of Radiation Protection -- Planning and Design of Nuclear Medicine Imaging Facilities -- Planning and Design of High-Dose Therapy Facility -- Planning and Design of Medical Cyclotron Facility -- Personnel Monitoring and Radiation Protection Survey in Nuclear Medicine -- Radiation Safety Considerations in Nuclear Medicine -- Radiation Safety Consideration in Medical Cyclotron -- Radiation Safety Considerations During Radiopharmaceutical Preparation -- Working Mechanism of Radiation Detectors Used in Nuclear Medicine -- Quality Control of Planar Gamma Camera and Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography -- Quality Assurance in Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography (PET-CT) -- Radiation Emergencies in Nuclear Medicine and Preparedness -- Nuclear Medicine Internal Dose Assessment --Computed Tomography Dose Assessment --Transport of Radioactive Material -- Legislation and Role of National Regulatory Authority in Nuclear Medicine -- Radioactive Waste Disposal and Safe Management of Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources -- Model Questions for Radiological Safety Certification Examination in Nuclear Medicine

ISBN

9789811945182

9789811945175

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Author

Freeman, Lyn W

Lawlis, G. Frank

Place of Publication

[St. Louis, MO]

Publisher

Mosby-Year Book, Inc.

Publication Date

2001

Subjects

Alternative Medicine

Mind Body Relations (Metaphysics)

Plants, Medicinal

Mental Healing

ISBN

0323006973

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WB100 F855m 2001

Copies

Author

MacKinnon, Andrew

Place of Publication

Edmonton, AB

Publisher

Partners Publishing

Lone Pine Publishing, Inc.

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

448 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects

Plants, Edible

Plants, Medicinal

Medicine, Traditional

Canada

Handbook

ISBN

9781772130027

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Victoria Library

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QV766 M158 2014

Copies

Editor

Gupta, V.K.

Place of Publication

Delhi

Publisher

Daya Pub. House

Publication Date

2013

Series

EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection

Subjects

Plant Preparations - pharmacology

Phytotherapy

Plants, Medicinal - chemistry

ISBN

9788170356271

9789383048366

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Alternate Title

Selected medicinal plants

Corporate Author

World Health Organization

Place of Publication

Geneva

Publisher

World Health Organization

Publication Date

2002

Physical Description

2 volumes

Subjects

Plants, Medicinal

Medicine, Herbal

Medicine, Traditional

ISBN

9241545178 (v.1)

9241545372 (v.2)

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QV766 W628 2002

Copies

Corporate Author

American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Place of Publication

Woodbury, NY

Publisher

American Institute of Physics, Inc.

Publication Date

1996

Series

AAPM report 56

Subjects

Radiation Protection - standards

Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital - standards

ISBN

1888340010

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Kelowna Library

Call Number

QZ269 M489 1996

Copies

Editor

Malviya, Sapna

Malviya, Neelesh

Edition

1st ed.

Place of Publication

Boca Raton, Florida

Publisher

CRC Press

Publication Date

c2024

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Plants, Medicinal

Neoplasms - therapy

Antineoplastic Agents

Chemoprevention

Abstract

"Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally. Medicinal Plants and Cancer Chemoprevention provides information on the use of various herbal plants used as anticancer agents. It discusses the traditional system of medicine and focuses on plant-derived compounds for cancer therapy with integrated approaches. Chapters present information on various medicinal plants that covers background and history, ethnomedical considerations, morphology, phytochemistry, and pharmacological properties. The book presents a scientific investigation on medicinal plants in managing cancer, reported mechanisms of action as anticancer activity, as well as covering the toxicological aspects of certain plants.

KEY FEATURES:

Details information on plant-derived compounds for cancer therapy

Features information on methods of extraction and isolation of various phytoconstituents responsible for anticancer activity

Discusses herbal formulations and alternative approaches used for the management and treatment of cancer

Demonstrates the importance of alternative approaches including yoga, acupuncture, and dietary supplements to be effective in the management of cancer

This book is helpful to botanists, researchers and practitioners in alternative and complementary medicine, and the herbal medicine research community." --publisher

ISBN

9781032170763

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Author

Small, Ernest

Catling, Paul M

Corporate Author

National Research Council of Canada

Place of Publication

[Ottawa, ON]

Publisher

NRC Research Press

Publication Date

1999

Physical Description

x, 240 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects

Plants, Medicinal

Medicine, Herbal

Crops, Agricultural

Drug Industry

Canada

ISBN

9780660175348

0660175347

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QV770 DC2 S635 1999

Copies

Corporate Author

International Agency for Research on Cancer

IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans

Place of Publication

Lyon, France

Publisher

International Agency for Research on Cancer

Publication Date

2015

Physical Description

xii, 422 p. : ill.

Series

IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans 108

Subjects

Carcinogens - pharmacology

Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions

Plant Preparations - adverse effects

Pharmaceutical Preparations - adverse effects

Plants, Medicinal - adverse effects

Cell Transformation, Neoplastic - drug effects

Abstract

This publication represents the views and expert

opinions of an IARC Working Group on the

Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans,

which met in Lyon, June 2013.

Notes

Monographs:

Aloe vera

Goldenseal

Ginkgo biloba

Kava

Pulegone

Methylene blue

Primidone

Sulfasaazine

Pentosan polysulfate sodium

Triamterene

Hydrochlorothiazide

Pioglitazone and rosiglitazone

Digoxin

ISBN

9789283201748

ISSN

1017-1606

Language

English

French

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

PDF format and supplementary material

Editor

Campos, Maira Rubi Segura

Ortega, Armando Manuel Martin

Place of Publication

San Diego, CA

Publisher

Academic Press

Publication Date

2021

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - diet therapy

Neoplasms - prevention & control

Phytotherapy

Plants, Medicinal

Abstract

Contents:

1. Cancer epidemiology -- 2. Molecular and therapeutic bases of cancer -- 3. Macro and micronutrients in cancer prevention and treatment -- 4. Phytochemicals in cancer treatment -- 5. Medicinal plants as potential functional foods or resources for obtaining metabolites with anticancer activity

ISBN

9780128198285

9780128198292

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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