Overview
- Few books have been published on traditional healing in Laos
- This book will contain photos of medicinal plants of Laos that haven’t been previously published
- Medically-interesting compounds isolated for the first time from the genus Marsypopetalum (Annonaceae), along with isolation methods, will be detailed
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Plant Science (BRIEFSPLANT)
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book highlights the common ground between biomedicine and traditional healing. Because of the destruction of forests, the degradation of old palm leaf manuscripts, and decreasing interest in traditional medicine by younger generations, it is becoming more and more important to record medicinal plant knowledge before it is lost. This research provides written and photographic documentation of some of the medicinal plant knowledge held by the people of Laos. Translating and validating some of the power of traditional medicine used in Laos into biomedical terms through laboratory analyses may serve to demonstrate its importance in a global language. In this text, the translational research was performed through in vitro laboratory analyses of select plant species with a history to treat symptoms of TB. The processes of plant collection, extraction, biological assays, and isolation/elucidation are also described and detailed in the Biochemical Validation section.
The biomedical discoveries explored in, Ethnobotany of Tuberculosis in Laos, stresses the importance of conserving and sustaining our natural ecosystems for medicinal preservation and  utilization.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
BETHANY GWEN ELKINGTON
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Field Museum of Natural History, Science & Education - Botany, Chicago, USA
DJAJA DJENDOEL SOEJARTO
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Field Museum of Natural History, Science & Education - Botany, Chicago, USA
AND KONGMANY SYDARA
Institute of Traditional Medicine, Ministry of Health Vientiane Capital, Lao, PDR
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ethnobotany of Tuberculosis in Laos
Authors: Bethany Gwen Elkington, Djaja Djendoel Soejarto, Kongmany Sydara
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Plant Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10656-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-10655-7Published: 26 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-10656-4Published: 11 November 2014
Series ISSN: 2192-1229
Series E-ISSN: 2192-1210
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 109
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 89 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ecosystems, Plant Biochemistry, Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Biodiversity, Plant Ecology, Plant Genetics and Genomics