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100	1		_aJain, Vartika. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPharmacology of Bombax ceiba Linn. _h[electronic resource] / _cby Vartika Jain, Surendra K. Verma.
264		1	_aBerlin, Heidelberg : _bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg, _c2012.
300			_aXII, 94p. 19 illus., 13 illus. in color. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aSpringerBriefs in Pharmacology and Toxicology, _x2193-4762
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Ethno-biology -- Phytochemical studies -- Pharmacological investigations and toxicity studies -- Commercial importance -- Ecological importance and need of conservation -- Future research --  Index.
520			_aThis work is the first monograph devoted solely to Bombax ceiba, popularly known as the Red Silk Cotton Tree. Consisting of seven chapters, it covers all relevant aspects of this plant, from its historical and spiritual importance, to its botanical characterization, pharmacognostical details and ethnobiological uses, to its scientific validation in various animal and human studies. Each part of the tree is of medicinal value and possesses many novel chemical constituents such as shamimicin, bombasin, bombamalone, bombamaloside etc. along with other bioactive secondary metabolites. The book presents the chemical structures of the most important constituents and highlights various pharmacological activities, predominantly antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-mutagenic, hypoglycemic, hypotensive, hepatoprotective and fibrinolytic, which may prove to be a source for the development of a novel phyto-pharmaceutical agent to treat diabetes, heart disease and cancer. In addition, separate chapters deal with the commercial and ecological significance of B. ceiba, as well as a case study on its conservation. Numerous color illustrations are included to identify the plant and to justify its nickname, the “Little Bird’s Cafeteria”.
650		0	_aMedicine.
650		0	_aToxicology.
650		0	_aPharmacy.
650		0	_aAlternative medicine.
650		0	_aPlant Ecology.
650		0	_aConservation biology.
650		0	_aBotany.
650	1	4	_aBiomedicine.
650	2	4	_aPharmacology/Toxicology.
650	2	4	_aComplementary & Alternative Medicine.
650	2	4	_aPlant Sciences.
650	2	4	_aPlant Ecology.
650	2	4	_aPharmacy.
650	2	4	_aConservation Biology/Ecology.
700	1		_aVerma, Surendra K. _eauthor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783642279034
830		0	_aSpringerBriefs in Pharmacology and Toxicology, _x2193-4762
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27904-1
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