Natural Products of Silk Road Plants

ISBN-13: 9780367184339 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 292 str.

Raymond Cooper; Jeffrey John Deakin

Opis

This latest volume in the series, ‘Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants’ offers a new window to an emerging region not well described for its botanical medicines and herbs, and will provide fresh insight into the chemistry, pharmacognosy and knowledge of medicinal plants.

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1. Medicinal Plants of Mongolia  2. Medicinal Plants of Tibet and the Surrounding Region  3. Medicinal Plants of the Trans-Himalayas  4. Medicinal Plants of Central Asia  5. Melons of Central Asia  6. Resources along the Silk Road in Central Asia: Lagochilus inebrians Bunge (Turkestan mint) and Medicago sativa L. (alfalfa)  7. An overview of important Endemic Plants and their Products in Iran  8. Crocus Sativus and the Prized Commodity, Saffron  9. Natural Plant Dyes of Oriental Carpets  10. Wheat and Rice – Ancient and Modern Cereals  11. Ethnobotany of the Silk Road – Georgia, the Cradle of Wine  12. Plants Endemic to Turkey including the Arnebia genus  13. Maritime Routes through Sri Lanka: Medicinal Plants and Spices