Plants and the Human Brain
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 27 February 2014
- ISBN 9780199914012
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages396 pages
- Size 236x155x25 mm
- Weight 680 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 15 b/w 0
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Short description:
Discusses how plant-based chemicals affect and interact with the human brain and its evolution.
MoreLong description:
We're all familiar with the idea that plant-derived chemicals can have an impact on the functioning of the human brain. Most of us reach for a cup of coffee or tea in the morning, many of us occasionally eat some chocolate, some smoke a cigarette or take an herbal supplement, and some people use illicit drugs. We know a great deal about the mechanisms by which the psychoactive components of these various products have their effects on human brain function, but the question of why they have these effects has been almost totally ignored. This book sets out to describe not only how, in terms of pharmacology or psychopharmacology, but more importantly why plant- and fungus-derived chemicals have their effects on the human brain. The answer to this last question resides, in part, with the terrestrial world's two dominant life forms, the plants and the insects, and the many ecological roles the 'secondary metabolite' plant chemicals are trying to play; for instance, defending the plant against insect herbivores whilst attracting insect pollinators. The answer also resides in the intersecting genetic heritage of mammals, plants, and insects and the surprising biological similarities between the three taxa. In particular it revolves around the close correspondence between the brains of insects and humans, and the intercellular signaling pathways shared by plants and humans. Plants and the Human Brain describes and discusses both how and why phytochemicals affect brain function with respect to the three main groups of secondary metabolites: the alkaloids, which provide us with caffeine, a host of poisons, a handful of hallucinogens, and most drugs of abuse (e.g. morphine, cocaine, DMT, LSD, and nicotine); the phenolics, including polyphenols, which constitute a significant and beneficial part of our natural diet; and the terpenes, a group of multifunctional compounds which provide us with the active components of cannabis and a multitude of herbal extracts such as ginseng, ginkgo and valerian.
This is an impressive book. ... I recommend reading it -- the writing is clear, lucid, and engaging. If you don't believe me, just read the first two paragraphs -- you will be hooked!
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: From shamans to starbucks
Chapter 2: Secondary metabolites and the life of plants
Chapter 3: More alike than we are unalike - Why do plant chemicals affect the human brain?
Chapter 4: Alkaloids and the lives of plants and humans
Chapter 5: The Rewarding Or Addictive Drugs
Chapter 6: The Hallucinogens
Chapter 7: The Deliriants - The nightshade (Solanaceae) family
Chapter 8: Phenolics and the Lives of Plants and Animals
Chapter 9: Phenolics and the human brain
Chapter 10: Terpenes and the Lives of Plants and Animals
Chapter 11: The Lamiaceae sub-tribe Salviinae - the Salvia, Rosmarinus and Melissa genera
Chapter 12: Cannabis and the cannabinoids
Chapter 13: Some Miscellaneous Terpenes
Chapter 14: In conclusion, comparing and contrasting the alkaloids, phenolics and terpenes
