Volume 10
Examples of the Development of Pharmaceutical Products
from Medicinal Plants

Published in partnership with:
Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO)
web: http://www.twnso.org

Cover
Forword
Acknowledgements
Contents
Introduction

From flora to pharmaceutical

• Roadmap to commercialization: Costa Rica
• Drug discovery and development: India
• Promoting herbal drugs: Thailand

Scientific validation

• Neem seed oil: Bangladesh
• Neutralizing snake venoms: Costa Rica
• As pure as possible: India 
• The case for cat’s claw: Peru
• Of maca and men: Peru
• Antioxidants from olives: Tunisia

Traditional knowledge

• The multi-purpose Moringa tree: Ethiopia
• Establishing a herbal clinic: Kenya 
• Validating traditional knowledge: Rwanda
• Battling bilharzia: Swaziland
• Fighting addiction: Viet Nam

Wild and cultivated sources

• Sustaining herbal supplies: China 
• The role of biotechnology: Jamaica
• Focus on local alternatives: Jordan