Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest

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Foreword

ix

Norman R. Farnsworth

Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xv

PART ONE Biodiversity Prospecting, Drug Development, and Conservation

1

(230)

Natural Products and Medicine: An Overview

3

(8)

Varro E. Tyler

Biological Diversity, Chemical Diversity, and the Search for New Pharmaceuticals

11

(8)

James D. McChesney

Development of Pharmaceutical Companies Based on Plant Products: Suggested Approaches

19

(22)

Douglas Davidson

Peter J. Hylands

William Rod Sharp

Roy W. Stahlhut

Chemical Approaches to the Study of Ethnomedicines

41

(7)

Domingos Savio Nunes

The Contribution of the Physician to Medicinal Plant Research

48

(15)

Douglas C. Daly

Charles F. Limbach

Conservation and Tropical Medicinal Plant Research

63

(12)

Steven R. King

Higher Plants Versus Microorganisms: Their Future in Pharmaceutical Research

75

(3)

Georg Albers-Schonberg

Topotecan Development: An Example of the Evolution of Natural Product Drug Discovery Research

78

(16)

Brad K. Carte

Randall K. Johnson

Shaman Pharmaceuticals' Approach to Drug Development

94

(7)

Lisa A. Conte

Drug Discovery and Development at the National Cancer Institute: The Role of Natural Products of Plant Origin

101

(36)

Gordon M. Cragg

Michael R. Boyd

The Merck/INBio Agreement: A Pharmaceutical Company Perspective

137

(5)

Lynn Helena Caporale

Biodiversity Prospecting

142

(32)

Walter V. Reid

Sarah A. Laird

Carrie A. Meyer

Rodrigo Gamez

Ana Sittenfeld

Daniel Janzen

Michael A. Gollin

Calestous Juma

Property Rights and Genetic Resources: A Framework for Analysis

174

(17)

Jack R. Kloppenburg Jr.

Michael J. Balick

Monetizing the Pharmacological Benefits of Plants

191

(28)

Peter P. Principe

Capturing the Pharmaceutical Value of Species Information: Opportunities for Developing Countries

219

(12)

Bruce A. Aylward

PART TWO Country and Regional Programs in Medicinal Plant Research and Health Care

231

(178)

Resource Utilization and Conservation of Biodiversity in Africa

233

(18)

Maurice M. Iwu

The Economic Value and Potential for Plant-Derived Pharmaceuticals from Ghana

251

(10)

G. T. Odamtten

E. Laing

D. K. Abbiw

The Rwanda Experience in Enhancing and Commercializing the Use of Traditional Medicinal Plants

261

(5)

Luc Van Puyvelde

The Role of Medicinal Plants in Health Care in India

266

(12)

James A. Duke

A Standardized Commiphora wightii Preparation for Management of Hyperlipidemic Disorders

278

(6)

B. N. Dhawan

Plant Explorations in Asia Under the Sponsorship of the National Cancer Institute, 1986-1991: An Overview

284

(27)

Djaja Doel Soejarto

Charlotte Gyllenhaal

Peter S. Ashton

S. H. Sohmer

Medicinal Plants of Mexico: A Program for Their Scientific Validation

311

(6)

Xavier Lozoya, M.D.

TRAMIL: A Research Project on the Medicinal Plant Resources of the Caribbean

317

(9)

Lionel Robineau

Djaja Doel Soejarto

Ethnopharmacological Studies and Biological Conservation in Belize

326

(8)

Michael J. Balick

Rosita Arvigo

Gregory Shrophshire

Robert Mendelsohn

Tropical Medicinal Plant Conservation and Development Projects: The Case of the Costa Rican National Institute of Biodiversity (INBio)

334

(7)

Ana Sittenfeld

FENAMAD's Program in Traditional Medicine: An Integrated Approach to Health Care in the Peruvian Amazon

341

(25)

Miguel N. Alexiades

Didier Lacaze D.

Environment, Society, and Disease: The Response of Phytotherapy to Disease Among the Warao Indians of the Orinoco Delta

366

(20)

Werner Wilbert

Medicinal Plant Research in Brazil: Data from Regional and National Meetings

386

(16)

Alba R. M. Souza Brito

Antonio A. Souza Brito

Community Ethnobotany: Setting Foundations for an Informed Decision on Trading Rain Forest Resources

402

(7)

Elaine Elisabetsky

Appendix: Manual for Plant Collections

409

(12)

Elaine Elisabetsky

Rachel Trajber

Lin Chao Ming

Epilogue

421

(2)

Richard Deertrack

List of Contributors

423

(4)

Index

427

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