Selected traditional chinese herbal drugs - part 2: Fruits and seeds (fructus et semina)

Tradicionalna kineska medicina jedan je od najstarijih sustava liječenja s dugom povijesti primjene u Kini, a u novije vrijeme sve je zastupljenija i u europskim zemljama. U radu je istraženo i sustavno obrađeno osam biljnih droga tradicionalne kineske medicine koje se dobivaju od plodova i sjemenki kineskih ljekovitih biljaka. Proučeni su njihovi biljni izvori, primjena u tradicionalnoj kineskoj medicini i najnovije znanstvene spoznaje o fitokemijskom sastavu te farmakološkom i kliničkom djelovanju. Odabrane su droge za koje postoje norme kakvoće u trenutno važećem osmom izdanju Europske farmakopeje, pa su sastavni dio rada i hrvatski prijevodi njihovih monografija koje su potrebne za obavljanje farmaceuske djelatnosti.Traditional Chinese medicine is one of the oldest systems of disease treatment with a long history of use in China, and recently all the more prevalent in European countries. This thesis explored and systematically processed eight herbal drugs of traditional Chinese medicine that are obtained from the fruits and seeds of Chinese medicinal plants. Their plant origins, phytochemical composition, use in traditional Chinese medicine and scientific evidence of pharmacological and clinical activities were studied in details. There are quality standards for the selected herbal drugs in currently valid eighth edition of the European Pharmacopoeia, so the integral part of this thesis are also the Croatian translations of their monographs that are of practical importance for pharmacists