DOI: 10.1055/s-00000058

Planta Medica

Issue 06 · Volume 74 · May 2008 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-12744

Editorial

593
Hamburger, M.: Editorial

Plenary Lecture

Review

594
Gibbons, Simon: Phytochemicals for Bacterial Resistance - Strengths, Weaknesses and Opportunities
603
Sucher, Nikolaus J.; Carles, Maria C.: Genome-Based Approaches to the Authentication of Medicinal Plants

Keynote Lecture

Perspective

624
Crawford, Alexander D.; Esguerra, Camila V.; de Witte, Peter A. M.: Fishing for Drugs from Nature: Zebrafish as a Technology Platform for Natural Product Discovery

Workshop - Echinacea: update on current research

Mini Review

633
Woelkart, Karin; Linde, Klaus; Bauer, Rudolf: Echinacea for Preventing and Treating the Common Cold
657
Heinrich, Michael; Modarai, Maryam; Kortenkamp, Andreas: Herbal Extracts used for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: Are there Clinically Relevant Interactions with the Cytochrome P450 Enzyme System?

Perspective

638
Gertsch, Jürg: Immunomodulatory Lipids in Plants: Plant Fatty Acid Amides and the Human Endocannabinoid System

Original Paper

651
Woelkart, Karin; Dittrich, Peter; Beubler, Eckhard; Pinl, Fritz; Schoop, Roland; Suter, Andy; Bauer, Rudolf: Pharmacokinetics of the Main Alkamides after Administration of three Different Echinacea purpurea Preparations in Humans

Workshop - State of the art in clinical and preclinical studies EPs® 7630 (Umckaloabo®)

Mini Review

661
Kolodziej, Herbert: Aqueous Ethanolic Extract of the Roots of Pelargonium sidoides - New Scientific Evidence for an Old Anti-Infective Phytopharmaceutical
682
Conrad, Andreas; Frank, Uwe: Extract of Pelargonium sidoides (EPs® 7630) Displays Anti-Infective Properties by Enhanced Phagocytosis and Differential Modulation of Host-Bacteria Interactions

Original Paper

667
Schoetz, Karl; Erdelmeier, Clemens; Germer, Stefan; Hauer, Hermann: A Detailed View on the Constituents of EPs® 7630
675
Thäle, Carsten; Kiderlen, Albrecht; Kolodziej, Herbert: Anti-Infective Mode of Action of EPs® 7630 at the Molecular Level
Supporting Information
686
Matthys, Heinrich; Funk, Petra: EPs 7630 Improves Acute Bronchitic Symptoms and Shortens Time to Remission. Results of a Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicentre Trial

Workshop - Nasal innate and adaptive immune responses and their influence by herbal preparations

Review

693
Pahl, Andreas: Preclinical Modelling Using Nasal Epithelial Cells for the Evaluation of Herbal Extracts for the Treatment of Upper Airway Diseases