Hypericum

"The volume is richly illustrated with pictures, drawings, diagrams, and graphs. Researchers in various fields of both academia and industry, such as botany, agriculture, pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, the food, flavor, cosmetic and fragrance industries, (alternative) medicine, and other pharmaceutical and health fields will find this volume of great benefit for their work. [This book] is therefore recommended for academic libraries supporting programs in any of the above fields, as well as a wide range of corporate libraries." - E-Streams, Vol. 7, No. 4, April 2004 "Many authors contributed their findings to this accountaddresses the important issues of manufacturing, standardization, and characterizationdiscusses culture and biotechnologyThis volume's chapters are well referenced and will do much to inform health care professionals, biochemists, and botanists about the potential of this genus" -- Plant Science Bulletin 50(2), 2004

Edzard Ernst

Hypericum Botany. Colletotrichum Gloeosporiodes as the Cause of St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) Dieback in Switzerland and Breeding for a Tolerant Variety. A Virus Causing Yellow Veins and Necrotic Leaf Spot of St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum L.). Manufacturing Standardisation and Characterisation of St John's Wort Herb Extracts. Culture and Biotechnology of Hypericum. Chemical Constituents of Hypericum ssp. Determination of Hybericins and Hyperforin in Herbal Medicinal Products. Secondary Metabolites Content of Hypericum sp. in Different Stages and Plant Parts. Herbal Medicinal Products of St John's Wort: Manufacturing and Quality Control. The Potential of in vitro Cultures of Hypericum perforatum and of Hypericum androsaemum to Produce Interesting Pharmaceutical Compounds. The Clinical Pharmacology of Hypericum perforatum. Hypericin as a Potential Antitumor Agent. Neuropsychopharmacological Studies on Indian Hypericum perforatum Linn. The Efficacy and Safety of Hypericum in the Treatment of Depression.