Natural Aphrodisiacs: Myth or Reality - Hardcover

Puri Ph D, Ravi K

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1462894402 ISBN 13: 9781462894406

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation, 2011

Synopsis

This book is an excellent resource for those seeking to educate themselves about the history, effectiveness, safety and future of natural aphrodisiacs. Nevertheless, the information contained within the text is also important and valuable for both sides of the patient-physician equation in the treatment of sexual dysfunction.

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About the Author

Ravi K. Puri is a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences and specialized in the chemistry of natural products. He is a Post Doctorate (1980-82) from the school of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, where he got the opportunity of carrying out research on the microbial transformation of antimalarial drug primaquine under the guidance of eminent Professor James D. McChesney. Dr. Puri isolated and characterized novel metabolites of primaquine. He has also isolated novel glycoalkaloids from Solanum platanifolium during his Ph.D., and characterized them by X-ray diffraction, 2D, and 13C-NMR techniques and gave one of the novel glycoalkaoids his name as Ravifoline. Dr. Puri has a broad range of experience and excelled in the fields of pharmacy, biochemistry, and environmental sciences. He has also taught and conducted research at various universities in the USA and abroad including University of Mississippi, Oregon State University, University of Florida, and University of Missouri. In 1999, Dr. Puri retired as the Group Leader, at the Environmental Trace Substances Research Center, University of Missouri. Dr. Puri has published nearly a hundred research papers and scientific reviews in journals of international repute, including chapters in reference books published by CRC and Lewis Publishers. He is on the review panel of several prestigious scientific journals in the USA and abroad. His 30 years of experience in the field of natural products will benefit the readers interested in the field of natural aphrodisiacs. Raman Puri is a MD (1996) from the School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia. After his residency in Internal Medicine from his alma mater, he started his own practice. Dr. Puri has been successfully practicing internal medicine and critical care in Columbia, MO, for the past ten years. He is affiliated with the reputed Boone Hospital Center and also serves on its faculty. Dr. Raman is on the advisory panel of some reno

Edition details

• Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1462894402
• ISBN 13: 9781462894406
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344