| Medicinal Plants: Culture, Utilization and Phytopharmacology Contributor(s): Li, Thomas S. C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566769035 ISBN-13: 9781566769037 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $332.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2000 Annotation: Providing a user-friendly broad base of information, Medicinal Plants: Culture, Utilization and Phytopharmacology gathers valuable data from a wide variety of sources, and supplies it to the user in convenient table format, arranged alphabetically by scientific name, followed by the common name. Covering more than 400 plant species, topics include: major constituents (active ingredients) and medicinal values of plants; toxicity or hazardous components; essential oils; value-added products and possible uses; cultivation and harvesting; diseases and insects found in medicinal plants. Three appendices provide handy cross-references to the tables. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Pharmacology - Medical | Alternative & Complementary Medicine - Technology & Engineering | Food Science - General |
| Dewey: 615.32 |
| LCCN: 00104016 |
| Physical Information: 1.26" H x 6.14" W x 9.24" (1.91 lbs) 530 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Medicinal Plants: Culture, Utilization and Phytopharmacology covers over 400 species. Each chapter gathers valuable information from a wide variety of sources, and supplies it to the user in convenient table format, arranged alphabetically by scientific name, followed by the common name. Data topics include: major constituents (active ingredients) and medicinal values of plants; toxicity or hazardous components; essential oils; value-added products and possible uses; cultivation and harvesting; diseases and insects found in medicinal plants. Three appendices (alphabetical listing of plants by common name, followed by the scientific name; essential oils and their derivation; active ingredients and their sources) provide handy cross-references to the Tables. |
