در پی روریک: راهنمای تاریخ وایکینگ‌های شمال غرب روسیه

Helsinki-Copenhagen: The Northern Dimension Partnership of Culture (NCDP), 2012. — 138 pp. The main objectives of the preprint was to map and give an account of the Viking Route heritage sites located in Russia, to reveal the most important of them and to analyse their status today when it comes to maintenance, marketing and open up for tourism. This book is edited within the Framework Contract: Study on the Viking Route Heritage Sites in Russia financed by the European Commission and implemented by HTSPE and EuroTrends. The idea behind this book is to highlight to the public the deep interaction that were at hand between the Scandinavian countries and the states on the eastern side of the Baltic Sea in the Viking Age, and point out our common history. Content: Vikings in Russia The Viking World. The Eastern connection. Runic inscriptions. Trade Routes. Towns in the Viking world. Politics and assimilation. Places to visit In the footstep of Rurik–places to visit. Staraya Ladoga (Aldeigjuborg). Gorodische (Holmgård) and Novgorod. Izborsk and Pskov. Gnezdovo and Smolensk. Sarskoye Gorodische and Rostov. Timerevo and Petrovskoe. Jaroslavl. Beloozero, Kirillov and Sugorie. Kurkijoki and surroundings. Further readings This two-volume book presents an abundance of important information on the bioactive and pharmacological properties of medicinal plants. It provides valuable comprehensive research and studies on bioactive phytocompounds of over 68 important medicinal plants with beneficial properties. For each species included in the volume, a brief introduction is given along with their bioactive compounds and chemical structures, followed by their chief pharmacological activities that include antiviral, antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective, nephroprotective, and cardioprotective activities. A review of the published literature on pharmacological activities of each species is included also, providing a thorough resource on each of the plants covered in the volume. The book's editor, an acknowledged expert in this area, foresees that these volumes will become a reliable standard resource for the development of new drugs. The volumes will be a valuable addition to the libraries of pharmacy institutes and pharmacy professors, research scholars, and postgraduate students of pharmacy and medicine, and enlightened medical professionals and pharmacists, phytochemists, and botanists will find much of value as well.