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