Alternative systems of medicine utilizes medicinal plants for formulations. In this book information is given about chemical composition, medicinal use and modern investigative work on medicinal plants.
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"Drugs of Natural Origin gives you a detailed model of the value of wild biological resources for pharmaceutical research and development. Author Anthony Artuso presents several decision models and analytical techniques that you can use to asses the economics of biochemical pros…
Plants as a source of natural antioxidants
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This book contains 14 chapters and provides up-to-date basic information on antioxidant plants from different sources and on the role of different abiotic and biotic stresses, endophytes and mycorrhizal fungi in the development of antioxidant compounds in plants. Some transgenic…
Describing recent developments in the engineering and generation of plants as production platforms for biopharmaceuticals, this book includes both vaccines and monoclonal antibodies. It has a particular emphasis on targeting diseases which predominate in less developed countries…
Essential oil bearing or aromatic grasses, such as lemongrass and citronella, are used widely across the world in perfumes, soaps, candles, and incense, as well as for flavoring in teas, soups, and curries, and on poultry and fish. Providing an in-depth look at the history and p…
This illustrated guide covers all aspects of hemp: the history of its cultivation worldwide, its role as a source of renewable energy and as an alternative for paper manufacturing and fossil fuels, its versatility as a fiber, and its nutritional and medicinal uses. Robinson exam…
This book is designed to bring into perspective the massive knowledge acquired by man to retain his health by using the plants around him. Man's survival has been dependent on his innate curiosity, his desire to examine by trial and error all aspects of his environment, and to c…
This book is designed to bring into perspective the massive knowledge acquired by man to retain his health by using the plants around him. Man's survival has been dependent on his innate curiosity, his desire to examine by trial and error all aspects of his environment, and to c…
About half of all species under threat of extinction in the world today are plants. The loss of plant biodiversity is disturbing for many reasons, but especially because it is a reflection of the growing disconnect between humans and nature. Plants have been used for millennia…
A comprehensive overview of this genus, this book examines all aspects of the herbs uses and applications, its mode of action and clinical importance. A valuable source of reference to anyone interested in medicinal and aromatic plants.
Interest in environmental anthropology has grown steadily in recent years, reflecting national and international concern about the environment and developing research priorities, This major new international series is a vehicle for publishing up-to-date monographs and edited wor…
Bitter, brownish and sticky, opium - the sap of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum - has been cultivated from the earliest of times. Known to the Greeks as opos or opion, as afiun in Persian and Arabic, and Fu-yung in Chinese, it is a substance that is at once both a palliativ…
