Remedy and Contaminant Components in Complementary Medicines

By Chun Guang Li, Yong Sik Ok, Nanthi Bolan

Remedy and Contaminant Components in Complementary Medicines provides a broad overview of contaminants in various types of complementary medicines for researchers from chemistry, pharmacology and environmental health backgrounds. By bringing together experts in multiple sub-disciplines including medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, and environmental contamination, the editors have amalgamated a single central resource for an introduction to the discipline as a whole. The chapters include organic, inorganic and microbial contaminants in herbal, ayurvedic, traditional and many other forms of complementary medicines covering their sources, characterization, toxicity and health risk assessment. The book also includes a chapter on the analytical methods used for characterization of contaminants. Every chapter incorporates comprehensive reviews covering the above topics with recent references, to introduce researchers to this field of interest and provide them with information that can easily be built upon.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0128160381
• ISBN13: 9780128160381
• Release Date: January 2029
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Length: 310 Pages