Main description:

Herbal Medicine in Andrology: An Evidence-Based Update provides a comprehensive overview of ethnomedical approaches in andrology, including ethnopharmacology of plant extracts and relevant bioactive compounds. It highlights information on the availability of medicinal plants and the legal and procedural processes involved in developing a marketable product. This reference helps clinicians and scientists develop an understanding on how herbal medicine can be used to treat andrological patients in practice. Only a limited number of journal articles are available on this topic, making this reference a valuable source of information for a large audience, including urologists, andrologists, gynecologists, reproductive endocrinologists and basic scientists.

Contents:

1. Herbal medicine: an introduction to its history

Rima Dada, pooja sabharwal and Akanksha Sharma

2. Use of herbal medicines as primary or supplementary treatment

Rima Dada, pooja sabharwal, Ralf Henkel and Akanksha Sharma

3. Herbal pharmacognosy: an introduction

Kristian Leisegang

5. Overview on the clinical presentation and indications

5.1 Overview on the clinical presentation and indications; Part A

Ismail Tambi

5.2 Overview on the clinical presentation and indications; Part B

Lourens Johannes Erasmus

6. Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems

6.1 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Americas

Gustavo F. Gonzales Sr.

6.2 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Middle East

Roja Rahimi

6.3 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Africa

Chinyerum Opuwari and Paul Fewou Moundipa

6.4 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Asia and Indian Sub-continent

6.4.1 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Asia and Indian Sub-continent: Withania somnifera, Panax ginseng, Centella asiatica

Damayanthi Durairajanayagam and Pallav Sengupta

6.4.2 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Asia and Indian Sub-continent: Tongkat Ali, Tribulus terrestris

Ismail Tambi

6.4.3 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Asia and Indian Sub-continent: Eleutherococcus senticosus, Astralagus membranaceus

Chinyerum Opuwari

6.4.4 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Asia and Indian Sub-continent: Zingiber officinale, Epimedium grandiflorum

Lourens Johannes Erasmus

6.4.5 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Asia and Indian Sub-continent: Gingko biloba, Curcuma longa, Camellia sinensis

Shubhadeep Roychoudhury

6.5 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Traditional Chinese Medicine

Xuesheng Ma

6.6 Herbal medicine use to treat andrological problems: Europe

Kristian Leisegang

7. Quality control, extraction methods and standardisation: Interface between traditional use and scientific investigation

Isadore Kanfer and Srinivas Patnala

8. Legal Regulations for the Use of Herbal Remedies

Srinivas Patnala and Isadore Kanfer

9. Herbal medicine and drug interaction

Paul Fewou Moundipa

10. Acceptance of herbal medicines in Andrology

Annie George and Eckehard Liske

11. Current status of integration of herbal medicines in clinical practice and possible development of the market

Samuel Ayodele Egieyeh and Elizabeth Oyebola Egieyeh