1. The pharmacokinetic basis of therapeutics -- 2. Pharmacodynamics -- 3. Adverse reactions and drug-drug interactions -- 4. Herb-drug interactions -- 5. Natural products as a resource for established and new drugs -- 6. Alternative therapies -- 7. Herbal therapeutics then and now -- 8. Dietary antioxidants -- 9. Herbal drugs and their high demand in treating diseases -- 10. Algae -- 11. Alkaloids -- 12. Aloe and colon function -- 13. Banisterine, selegiline, and Parkinson's disease -- 14. Belladonna alkaloids : autonomic drugs -- 15. Blueberry (vaccinium) -- 16. Botulinum toxin -- 17. Brussels sprouts -- 18. Cannabis -- 19. Capsicum, rosemary, and turmeric -- 20. Carotenoids -- 21. Chocolate -- 22. Cinchona tree -- 23. Coca -- 24. Colchicine and gout -- 25. Compositae -- 26. Curare and neuromuscular blockade -- 27. Daffodil and Alzheimer's disease -- 28. Eggplant -- 29. Ephedrine (Ma huang) : a decongestant and vasopressor -- 30. Ergot, its alkaloids, and headache -- 31. Flavonoids -- 32. Flaxseed -- 33. Folate in fruit -- 34. Food-drug interactions --

35. Foxglove, cardiac glycosides, and congestive heart failure -- 36. Ginkgo biloba -- 37. Ginseng and cholinergic transmission -- 38. Green, white, and black teas -- 39. Herbal plants and tuberculosis -- 40. Herbal products for the chemotherapy of human immunodeficiency virus infection -- 41. Honey : the nectar of life -- 42. Horseradish and antiplatelet actions -- 43. Hypericum (St. John's Wort) and depression -- 44. Ipecac -- 45. Manuka and fungal disease -- 46. Marine therapeutics -- 47. Morphine : Papaver somniferum -- 48. Oats (Avena sativa L.) and their antioxidant activity -- 49. Olives and olive oil -- 50. Onion and garlic -- 51. Immunoenhancing actions of plantain -- 52. Plants and diabetes -- 53. Pomegranate -- 54. Pycnogenol -- 55. Pygeum africanum and permixon for the treatment of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia -- 56. Reserpine -- 57. Rhubarb -- 58. Saffron -- 59. Salicylate -- 60. Sex herbs -- 61. Sponges and steroids -- 62. Taxol (paclitaxel) and cancer chemotherapy -- 63. Tomatoes and medicine -- 64. Ulcer therapy with herbal medicine -- 65. Valerian -- 66. Vitamins and diet -- 67. Wheat germ -- 68. Wine -- 69. Yogurt and the immune system.