chapter 1 ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES -- chapter 2 HERBAL THERAPEUTICS THEN AND NOW -- chapter 3 VITAMINS AND DIET* -- chapter 4 DIETARY ANTIOXIDANTS -- chapter 5 FOOD–DRUG INTERACTIONS -- chapter 6 HERB–DRUG INTERACTIONS -- chapter 7 NATURAL PRODUCTS AS A RESOURCE FOR ESTABLISHED AND NEW DRUGS -- chapter 8 HERBAL PRODUCTS FOR THE CHEMOTHERAPY OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INFECTION -- chapter 9 ALOE AND COLON FUNCTION -- chapter 10 ALKALOIDS -- chapter 11 MANUKA AND FUNGAL DISEASES -- chapter 12 BANISTERINE, SELEGILINE, AND PARKINSON’S DISEASE -- chapter 13 BELLADONNA -- chapter 14 BOTULINUM TOXIN -- chapter 15 BRUSSELS SPROUTS -- chapter 16 CANNABIS, OR MARIJUANA -- chapter 17 CINCHONA TREE -- chapter 18 CAPSICUM, ROSEMARY, AND TURMERIC -- chapter 19 CAROTENOIDS -- chapter 20 COCA -- chapter 21 CHOCOLATE -- chapter 22 COLCHICINE AND GOUT -- chapter 23 COMPOSITAE -- chapter 24 CURARE AND NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE -- chapter 25 DAFFODIL AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE -- chapter 26 EPHEDRINE, OR MA HUANG, AS A DECONGESTANT AND VASOPRESSOR -- chapter 27 ERGOT, ITS ALKALOIDS, AND HEADACHE -- chapter 28 FOLATEIN FRUIT -- chapter 29 FLAVONOIDS -- chapter 30 FOXGLOVE, CARDIACGLYCOSIDES, AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE -- chapter 31 GINKGO BILOBA -- chapter 32 GINSENG AND CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION -- chapter 33 GREEN AND BLACK TEAS -- chapter 34 HORSERADISH AND ANTIPLATELET ACTIONS -- chapter 35 PLANTS AND DIABETES -- chapter 36 Hypericum (St. John’s Wort) and Depression -- chapter 37 IPECAC -- chapter 38 ALGAE -- chapter 39 TOMATOES -- chapter 40 MARINE THERAPEUTICS -- chapter 41 MORPHINE -- chapter 42 OATS (AVENA SATIVA L.) AND THEIR ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY -- chapter 43 OLIVES AND OLIVE OIL -- chapter 44 ONION AND GARLIC -- chapter 45 PILOCARPINE AND GLAUCOMA -- chapter 46 PLANTAIN HAS IMMUNOENHANCING ACTIONS -- chapter 47 PYCNOGENOL -- chapter 48 PYGEUM AFRICANUM AND PREMIXON FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA -- chapter 49 RESERPINE -- chapter 50 RHUBARB -- chapter 51 SAFFRON -- chapter 52 SALICYLATE -- chapter 53 SHENG JING AND MALE INFERTILITY -- chapter 54 SPONGES AND STEROIDS -- chapter 55 Taxol® (Paclitaxel) and Cancer Chemotherapy -- chapter 56 HERBAL PLANTS AND TUBERCULOSIS -- chapter 57 ULCER THERAPY WITH HERBAL MEDICINE -- chapter 58 VALERIAN FOR SLEEP DISORDERS -- chapter 59 WINE -- chapter 60 YOGURT AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.