List price   € 56     This title is available in ActaHort CD-rom format only - not available in print format Convener   WOCMAP III - Thailand  Editors   U.R. Palaniswamy, Z.E. Gardner, L.E. Craker  Publication date   31 March 2005  ISBN   978-90-66055-78-0  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   30  Volumes   1  Place   Chiang Mai, Thailand  Online articles: FOREWORD AND PREFACE (C.M. Franz, L.E. Craker, Z.E. Gardner) NUTRACEUTICALS AND FUNCTIONAL FOODS IN HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION (F. Shahidi) PRO-OXIDATIVE ACTIVITY IN SOME THAI SPICES (K. Dumri, S. Letsiri) NOVEL MENTHA SPICATA CLONES WITH ENHANCED ROSMARINIC ACID AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY (R.S. Fletcher, C. McAuley, L.S. Kott) STUDYING MORPHINE BIOSYNTHESIS USING TRANSGENIC OPIUM POPPY (PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM L.) (S. Frick, R. Kramell, T.M. Kutchan, P.J. Larkin) DEVELOPMENT OF AGARICUS BISPORUS AS A NUTRACEUTICAL OF TOMORROW (C. Gopalakrishnan, R.S. Pawar, K.K. Bhutani) RESTRAINT STRESS INDUCED CHANGES AND THEIR MODIFICATION BY SPIRULINA PLATENSIS IN ALBINO RATS: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY (A.R. Juvekar, R.S. Nachankar) COMPARISON OF TRADITIONAL HERBAL MEDICINE AND STANDARD WESTERN MEDICINE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DYSLIPIDEMIA (N. Kamkaen, N. Thongnopnua, J. Wilkinson, M. Simpson) ESSENTIAL LEAF OILS FROM MELALEUCA CAJUPUTI (J.H. Kim, K.H. Liu, Y. Yoon, Y. Sornnuwat, T. Kitirattrakarn, C. Anantachoke) HERBS FROM PEAT SWAMP FORESTS IN NARATHIVAS, THAILAND (T. Kitirattrakarn, C. Anantachoke) MEDICINAL VALUE OF GINGER (ZINGIBER OFFICINALE) IN JAFFNA (N. Krishnapillai) PROTEIN CLEAVAGE DUE TO PRO-OXIDATIVE ACTIVITY IN SOME SPICES (S. Lertsiri, K. Dumri) DETERMINATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN ROOTS OF DIFFERENT AGES PUERARIA MIRIFICA, AIRY SHAW SUVATABHANDHU AND BUTEA SUPERBA, ROXB. FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THAILAND (A. Manosroi, J. Manosroi) FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING AND TYROSINASE INHIBITION ACTIVITY OF AROMATIC VOLATILE OIL FROM THAI MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR COSMETIC USES (A. Manosroi, J. Manosroi) PREVENTION OF COLD STRESS INDUCED ADRENAL HYPERTROPHY BY SPIRULINA PLATENSIS (R.S. Nachankar, A.R. Juvekar, A. Sonawane) EFFECT OF LIGHT INTENSITY ON THE PIGMENT COMPOSITION AND OXALIC ACID CONCENTRATIONS IN KALAMEGH (ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA) LEAF (U.R. Palaniswamy) ANTIULCER PROPERTIES OF ALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF CYNODON DACTYLON IN RATS (M.B. Patil, S.S. Jalalpure, N.S. Prakash, C.K. Kokate) SEMI-PILOT SCALE PRODUCTION OF PECTIN FROM LIME PEEL WASTE FOR CHOLESTEROL LOWERING AGENT (P.A. Pirshahid, K. Thisayakorn, R. Giwanon, C. Phoonsiri, T. Kajsongkram, K. Chawananorasest, T. Suntorntanasart, S. Trangwacharakul) ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANALGESIC ACTIVITIES OF THE EXTRACT FROM GARCINIA MANGOSTANA LINN.. (N. Pongphasuk, W. Khunkitti, M. Chitcharoenthum) NUTRACEUTICALS: AYURVEDA’S PERSPECTIVE (Y. Rani, N.K. Sharma) RESVERATROL AND NATURALLY OCCURRING ANALOGUES IN VACCINIUM SPECIES (A.M. Rimando, D.L. Barney) ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECTS OF CHAMOMILE EXTRACT AND ESSENTIAL OIL ON CLINICALLY ISOLATED PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS FROM PERIODONTITIS (H. Saderi, P. Owlia, A. Hosseini, H. Semiyari) ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF THE ESSENTIAL OILS OF DITTRICHIA VISCOSA SUBSP. VISCOSA ON HELICOBACTER PYLORI (D. Silva, E. Denham, L. Faleiro, G. Miguel, C. Cavaleiro, L. Salgueiro) CONCEPT OF SIDDHA NUTRACEUTICALS (G. Sivaraman, K. Rajalakshmi) INHIBITION OF HEINZ BODY INDUCTION OF SIX COMMON THAI MEDICINAL LEAVES AND CREEPING STEMS IN IN VITRO ANTIOXIDANT STUDY MODEL (S. Soogarun, J. Suwansuksri) IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECTS OF GYNOSTEMMA PENTAPHYLLUM MAKINO ON HUMAN IMMUNE CELLS (B. Sriwanthana, W. Threesangsri, W. Wanavichet, P. Chavalittumrong, J. Bansiddhi, Y. Techadamrongsin) PREVENTIVE EFFECTS OF GARLIC EXTRACT ON LIPID PEROXIDATION AND ANTIOXIDANT DEFENCE SYSTEM IN N-NITROSODIETHYLAMINE INDUCED HEPATOCARCINOGENESIS IN RATS (S. Sundaresan, P. Subramanian) EFFECT OF STREBLUS ASPER LEAF EXTRACT ON SELECTED ANAEROBIC BACTERIA (S. Taweechaisupapong, S. Singhara, T. Choopan) COMPARISON OF SPASMOLYTIC ACTIVITIES OF PIPER LONGUM, P. SARMENTOSUM AND QUERCUS INFECTORIA EXTRACTS WITH LOPERAMIDE AND VERAPAMIL IN RAT AND GUINEA PIG INTESTINAL TISSUES (P. Thaina, P. Poonpanang, K. Sawangjaroen) CASSIA SIAMEA INDUCED HEPATITIS, A CASE REPORT OF PHYTOMEDICINE SIDE EFFECT (V. Wiwanitkit) EFFECT OF PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS SCHUM. & THONN. AND ITS PROTECTIVE MECHANISM ON PARACETAMOL HEPATOTOXICITY IN RATS (M. Wongnawa, P. Thaina, N. Bumrungwong, A. Nitiruangjarat, A. Muso, V. Prasartthong)