Medicinal Plants: Culture, Utilization and Phytopharmacology

ISBN-13: 9781566769037 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 530 str.

Thomas S. C. Li

Opis

Nearly 50 percent of medicines on the market are made of natural basic materials, according to the author. Plants long used in folk medicine for their purported healing properties are being seriously investigated by scientists like Li (Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland, BC). In six cha

Spis treści

Foreword o Preface o Acknowldgements Major Constituents and Medicinal Values o Toxicity of Medicinal Plants o Essential Oil and Fractions Medicinal Plants o Value-Added Products and Possible Usage Derived from Medicinal Plants o Cultivation and Harvesting o Major Diseases and Insects Found in Medicinal Plants. Appendices. Index.

O autorze

Li, Thomas S. C.