Covering fundamentals and new developments in phytotherapy, this book combines pharmaceutical sciences and chemistry with clinical issues. •    Helps readers better understand phytotherapy and learn the fundamentals of and how to analyze phytotherapeutic agents •    Discusses phytotherapy in modern medicine, chemoprevention of disease, and  alternatives to western medicines for specific diseases •    Chapters summarizes the uses and applications of phytomedicines, by type like Chinese, Greco-Arab, Indian, European, and Ayurvedic •    Includes international regulatory perspectives and discusses emerging regulations for various established and emerging markets