| Description |
xxi, 500 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Trends and challenges in phytomedicine / Hildebert Wagner -- History of application of medicinal plants in China / Chang-Xiao Liu -- Ethnopharmacology of traditional chinese drugs from medicinal plants / Chang-Xiao Liu -- Research and development of new drugs originating from chinese medicinal plants / Chang-Xiao Liu, Zohara Yaniv -- African medicinal plants / Ruth Kutalek, Armin Prinz -- Dilemmas and solutions : Native American plant knowledge / Daniel E. Moerman -- Ethnobotany and ethnomedicine of the amazonian indians / Sir Ghillean T. Prance -- Healers and physicians in ancient and medieval mediterranean cultures -- Alain Touwaide -- Remedies from the bush : traditional medicine among the Australian aborigines / Emanuela Appetiti -- Production and breeding of medicinal plants / Éva Németh -- Biological screening of medicinal plants / Ming-Wei Wang -- Biotechnology in medicinal crops improvement / Efraim Lewinsohn, Ya'akov Tadmor -- |
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In vitro cultivation of medicinal plants / Christoph Wawrosch -- Medicinal plants in the prevention and therapy of cancer / David Mantle -- Phytochemicals and prevention of coronary heart disease / D. Francesco Visioli, Simona Grande, Claudio Galli -- A modern look at folkloric use of anti-infective agents / Lester A. Mitscher -- Use of medicinal plants in cns disorders / Peter John Houghton -- Herbal medicine in endocrinology and metabolic disease / Graham Pinn -- Bioactive saponins from plants : recent developments / Lacaille-Dubois, Marie-Aleth -- Introduction -- Natural products and herbal medicines in the gastrointestinal tract -- Zohar kerem -- Challenges and threats to interdisciplinary medicinal plant research / Michael Heinrich. |
| Subject |
Materia medica, Vegetable -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Medicinal plants -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Traditional medicine -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Ethnopharmacology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Plants, Medicinal.
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Medicine, Traditional.
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Phytotherapy -- methods.
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| Added Author |
Yaniv, Zohara.
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Bachrach, Uriel.
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| ISBN |
1560229942 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1560229950 soft alkaline paper |
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