| Description |
vii, 445 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
"Proceedings based on an American Chemical Society Symposium on Plant Chemicals Useful to Humans, held September 10-15, 1989, in Miami, Florida"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
An historical perspective of ancient poisons / H. G. Cutler -- Plants and plant products used in mummification / A. R. David -- Plants used medically by indigenous peoples / W. H. Lewis -- Plants as sources of medicinally and pharmaceutically important compounds / A. D. Kinghorn -- Socio-economic poisons : khat, the natural amphetamine / R. Brenneisen and M. A. ElSohly -- Antiparasitic agents from plants / R. P. Borris and J. M. Schaeffer -- Antifungal compounds from plants / D. J. Chitwood -- Nematicidal compounds from plants / D. J. Chitwood -- Herbicidal compounds from higher plants / H. G. Cutler -- Insecticidal compounds from plants / W. S. Bowers -- Natural medicines are natural pesticides? / J. A. Duke -- Natural toxicants in foods / R. C. Beier and H. N. Nigg -- Future for natural products / H. N. Nigg and D. S. Seigler. |
| Subject |
Materia medica, Vegetable -- Congresses.
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Plant products -- Congresses.
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Biological Products -- chemistry -- Congresses.
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Plants, Medicinal -- chemistry -- Congresses.
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| Indexed Term |
Medicinal plants |
| Added Author |
Nigg, Herbert N., 1941-
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Seigler, David S.
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American Chemical Society Symposium on Plant Chemicals Useful to Humans (1989 : Miami, Fla.)
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Phytochemical resources for medicine and agriculture. New York : Plenum Press, c1992 (OCoLC)690462543 |
| ISBN |
0306442450 |
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9780306442452 |
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