Medicinal plants - Past, nowadays, future

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 749, Issue , 2007, Pages 19-27

  Masarovičová, Elena ^a   Katarína, Král'Ová ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Biofortification; Food safety; History; Metal hyperaccumulators; Phytoremediation; Phytotechnologies; Phytotherapy; Toxic metals; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

CYPERUS PAPYRUS; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; MATRICARIA; MATRICARIA RECUTITA;

EID: 70449441243     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.749.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (42)

1. Altmann, R., Falk, H. and Gruber, H.J. 1998. Synthesis and properties of ionophore conjugated hypericin derivatives. Monatsh. Chem. 129:235-244.
2. Anonymous. 1996. Natural Medicine Marketing. Market Report - Traditional Chinese Medicine - the Chinese Market and International Opportunities. London, UK; Natural Medicine Marketing.
3. Arber, A. 1912. Herbals: Their Origin and Evolution. A Chapter in the History of Botany. University Press, Cambridge.
4. Aro, A., Alfthan, G., Ekholm, P. and Varo, P. 1998. Effects of selenium supplementation of fertilizers on human nutrition and selenium status. Teoksessa: W.T. Frankenberg, R.A. Enberg (toim.), Environmental Chemistry of Selenium, Marcel Dekker, Inc. p.81-98.
5. Baker, A.J.M. and Brooks, R.R. 1989. Terrestrial higher plants which hyperaccumulate metal elements. A review of their distribution, ecology, and phytochemistry. Biorecovery 1:81-126.
6. Briskin, D.P. 2000. Medicinal plants and phytomedicines. Linking plant biochemistry and physiology to human health. Plant Physiol. 124:507-514.
7. Bryan, C.P. 1936. The Papyrus Ebers. D. Appleton and Co., New York.
8. Duffus, J.H. 2002. "Heavy metals" - meaningless term? Pure Appl. Chem. 74:793-807.
9. Duke, J.A. 1983. Medicinal Plants of the Bible. Conch Magazine Ltd., Publishers, New York.
10. Duke, J.A., Telatnik, M.A. and Duke, P.K. Herbs of the Bible: 2000 Years of Plant Medicine. Interweave Press.
11. Ellis, D.R. and Salt, D.E. 2003. Plants, selenium and human health. Curr. Opinion Plant Biol. 6:273-279.
12. Falk, H. and Schmitzberger, W. 1992. On the nature of soluble hypericin in Hypericum species. Monatsh. Chem. 123:731-739.
13. Falk, H. and Mayr, E. 1997. Concerning bay salt and peri chelate formation of hydroxyphenanthroperylene quinones (fringelites). Monatsh. Chem. 128:353-360.
14. Farnsworth, N.R., Soejarto, D.D. and Bingel, A.S. 1986. Medicinal plants in therapy. Bull. World Health Organization 63:965-981.
15. Foy, C.D., Chaney, R.L. and White, M.C. 1978. Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. 29:511.
16. Gerard, J. 1633. The Herbal or General History of Plants. (Dover Publication, 1975). The 2nd edition of the famous 1597 work; revised and enlarged by Thomas Johnson.
17. Grejtovský, A. and Pirč, R. 2000. The effect of high cadmium concentrations in soil on growth, uptake of nutrients and some heavy metals on Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert. J. Appl. Bot. Angew. Bot. 74:169-174.
18. Gunther, R.T. 1934. The Greek Herbal of Dioscorides. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.
19. Hewitt, E.J. and Smith, T.A. 1974. Plant Mineral Nutrition. English Universities Press, London.
20. ITC-UNCTAD GATT. 1982. Markets for Selected Medicinal Plants and Their Derivatives. Geneva, Switzerland; International Trade Center.
21. Janick, J. 2002. Herbals: The Connection between Horticulture and Medicine. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/history/lecture23/lec23.html
22. Korver, O. 1998. Functional foods: the food industry and functional foods: some European perspectives. p.22-25. In: T. Shibamoto, J. Terao and T. Osawa (eds.), Functional Foods for Disease Prevention: II. Medicinal Plants and Other Foods, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC.
23. Král'ová, K., Masarovičová, E. and Bumbálová, A. 2000. Toxic effect of cadmium on Hypericum perforatum plants and green alga Chlorella vulgaris. Chem. Inz. Ekol. 7:1199-1205.
24. Lange, D. 1996. Untersuchungen zum Heilpflanzenhandel in Deutschland. Bonn, Germany; Bundesamt für Naturschutz.
25. Lasat, M.M. 2000. Phytoextraction of metals from contaminated soil: a review of plant-soil-metal interaction and assessment of pertinent agronomic issues. J. Hazard. Subst. Res. 2:1-25.
26. Lewis, G.N. 1923. Valence and the Structure of Molecules. The Chemical Catalogue Company, New York.
27. Lyons, G., Stangoulis, J. and Graham, R. 2003. High-selenium wheat: biofortification for better health. Nutr. Res. Rev. 16:45-60.
28. Lyons, G.H., Judson, G.J., Ortiz-Monasterio, I., Geric, Y., Stangoulis, J.C.R. and Graham, R.D. 2005. Selenium in Australia: Selenium status and biofortification of wheat for better health. J. Trace Elements Med. Biol. 19:75-82.
29. Marquard, R. and Schneider, M. 1998. Zur Kadmiumproblematik im Arzneipflanzenbau. p.9-15. In: R. Marquard and E. Schubert (eds.), Fachtagung "Arznei-und Gewürzpflanzen", 1-2 Oktober 1998, Giessen.
30. Masarovičová, E., Král'ová, K., Seršeň, F., Bumbálová, A. and Lux, A. 1999. Effect of toxic metals on medicinal plants. Mengen- und Spurelemente. 19. Arbeitstagung 3-4. Dezember 1999, Jena, M. Anke et al. (eds.), Verlag Harald Schubert, Leipzig. p.189-196.
31. Masarovičová, E., Králová, K. and Streško, V. 2003. Effect of metal ions on some medicinal plants. Chem. Inz. Ekol. 10:275-279.
32. Palivan, C.G., Gescheidt, G. and Weiner, L. 2001. The formation of copper complexes with hypericin, in solutions: An EPR Study. J. Inorg. Biochem. 86:369-369
33. Phipps, D.A. 1976. Metals and Metabolism. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
34. Poletti, S. and Sautter, C. 2005. Biofortification of the crops with micronutrients using plant breeding and/or transgenic strategies. Minerva Biotecnol. 17:1-11.
35. Prasad, M.N.V. and Freitas, H.M.D. 2003. Metal hyperaccumulation in plants - Biodiversity prospecting for phytoremediation technology. Electronic J. Biotech. 6:285-321.
36. Prasad, M.N.V. 2004. Phytoremediation of metals and radionuclides in the environment: the case for natural hyperaccumulators, metal transporters, soil-amending chelators and transgenic plants. p.345-391. In: M.N.V. Prasad (ed.), Heavy Metal Stress in Plants. From Biomolecules to Ecosystems, Springer, Berlin.
37. Reeves, R.D. and Baker, A.J.M. 1999. Metal-accumulating plants. In: I. Raskin and B.D. Ensley (eds.), Phytoremediation of toxic metals: using plant to clean up the environment.
38. Rohde, E.S. 1922. The Old English Herbals. (Reprint). Dover Publ., New York. Wiley, New York. p.193-229.
39. Siekel, P. 2003. Systematical Approach to Food Safety in Slovak Republic. FAO workshop: "Internet-portal on food safety communication systems to ensure food safety and build consumer confidence", Nitra, Slovakia, 23-27 March 2003.
40. Singh, A.P. 2005. Emerging Trends in the Herbal Pharmaceutical Industry and Practice. The Science Advisory Board. http://www.scienceboard.net/community/ perspectives.28.html
41. Tomko, J., Kresánek, J., Hubík, J., Suchý, V., Felklová, M., Sikyta, B. and Libický, A. 1999. Pharmacognosy (In Slovak). Osveta Martin.
42. White, P.J. and Broadley, M.R. 2005. Biofortifying crops with essential mineral elements. Trends Plant Sci. 10:586-593.