Chichester, John Wiley & Sons, 2014. — 556 p. — ISBN: 978-1-118-46061-0. Novel Plant Bioresources: Applications in Food, Medicine and Cosmetics serves as the definitive source of information on under-utilized plant species, and fills a key niche in our understanding of the relationship of human beings with under-utilized plants. By covering applications in food, medicine and...
New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011. — 293 p. — ISBN: 978-1-61122-280-7. Today, the world witnesses a global resurgence of interests in plant-based drugs and cosmetics. The revival of traditional health care systems, which is mainly plant-based, has several ramifications including the challenging tasks of meeting the health care needs of the ever increasing human...
Delhi: Daya Publishing House, 2007. — 323 p. — ISBN: 81-7035-441-2. This is an endeavour of the author to present a vast quantity of fact-based reliable analytical data on the Status (density and frequency etc) of medicinal plants of India in his book. His inferences have the basis of field-based study on Status of plants the findings of which nullifies much bloated assertions...
CRC Press, 2002. — 334 p. "Let food be your medicine, medicine your food." - Hippocrates, 240 B.C. When the "Father of Medicine" uttered those famous words, spices were as important for medicine, embalming, preserving food, and masking bad odors as they were for more mundane culinary matters. Author James A. Duke predicts that spices such as capsicum, cinnamon, garlic, ginger,...
Boca Raton: CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, 2009. — 961 p. —- ISBN: 978-1-4200-4316-7. Finalist for 2009 The Council on Botanical & Horticultural Libraries Literature Award! A Comprehensive Guide Addressing Safety, Efficacy, and Suitability About a quarter of all the medicines we use come from rainforest plants and more than 1,400 varieties of tropical plants are being...
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2007. — 552 p. — ISBN: 0849382025. Known for their ease of use, artful presentation of scientific information, and evidence-based approach, James Duke’s comprehensive handbooks are the cornerstone in the library of almost every alternative and complementary medicine practitioner and ethnobotanist. Using the successful format of these bestselling...
New York: Springer, 2012. — 351 p. — ISBN: 1461439116. This unique book is a collaborative effort between researchers at Rutgers University and colleagues from numerous institutions in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. It will be the first book to document more than 200 of the most important medicinal plants of Central Asia, many whose medicinal uses and activities are being described...
NY: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. — 452 p. — ISBN: 0-395-83807X. The most complete work on the medicinal plants of western North America, this guide offers the best information in the world on the nearly 500 species covered, much of it available for the first time. More than 530 color photographs illustrate the plants. An index to medical topics helps locate information on specific...
Boston: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2012. — 169 p. — ISBN: 0-87773-639-1. For more than twenty years this pioneering work had served as a bible for herbalists throughout the world. It is an illustrated encyclopedic guide to more than two hundred medicinal plants found in North America, with descriptions of each plant's appearance and uses, and directions for methods of use...
Second Edition. — Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2014. — 506 p. — ISBN10: 1466571977. With over 50,000 distinct species in sub-Saharan Africa alone, the African continent is endowed with an enormous wealth of plant resources. While more than 25 percent of known species have been used for several centuries in traditional African medicine for the prevention and treatment of diseases,...
Washington: National Geographic Society, 2012. — 114 p. — ASIN B0061C1KPK, eISBN: 9781426209802. National Geographic's guide to 36 "super" herbs such as aloe, echinacea, ginkgo, and peppermint includes a wealth of essential information on the history, culture, folklore, and science of traditional and contemporary herbal medicine in all major culture areas of the world....
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2015. — 360 p. — ISBN10: 1634504569. Discover how to grow medicinal plants and create natural remedies right in your own home. Although more and more people use medicinal plants, many are still unaware of those that are usually present in their own homes. For example, did you know that cranberries are effective in treating bladder problems, that...
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2015. — 360 p. — ISBN10: 1634504569. Discover how to grow medicinal plants and create natural remedies right in your own home. Although more and more people use medicinal plants, many are still unaware of those that are usually present in their own homes. For example, did you know that cranberries are effective in treating bladder problems, that...
2nd Edition. — Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. — 224 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4930-1961-8. This exquisitely detailed full-color field guide, by biologist and herbal and medical plant expert Jim Meuninck, provides identification, practical information, and skills for the location of and use of medicinal plants. The pages of this book re-connect us to our roots and the knowledge that...
NY: Georg Thieme Verlag, 2005. — 176 p. — ISBN: 3131383410. According to estimates of the World Health Organization, 80% of the world population is primarily reliant on such traditional methods of healing as medicinal plants. This timely text assesses 25 common plants from several countries, providing practical and evidence-based recommendations for their application. This book...
NY, The Haworth Press, Inc., 2006 - 388 p. - ISBN10: 0-7890-1767-9, ISBN13: 978-0-7890-1767-3 A single-source reference on the most important and best-investigated Ayurvedic herbs. This book examines the clinical information available on more than 60 Ayurvedic herbs to determine how their use in traditional Indian medicine is supported by modern scientific study. Plants are...
CRC Press, 2012. — 710 p. — ISBN: 9781578087938. This volume provides a contemporary overview of new strategies for traditional medicine development. It emphasizes the importance of cataloging ethnomedical information, determining the active principles, and examining the genetic diversity and range of actions of traditional medicines. It discusses the challenges of using...
Fair Wind Press, 2015. — 240 p. — ISBN: 1592336507. Ever wondered about the benefits of dandelion, chickweed, and elder? Healing Herbs is an essential reference for the beginning herbalist, featuring 20 common herbs, many of which are considered weeds, that can often be found in hedgerows, meadows, and wild places. Along with medicinal information, this book includes...
India, Jaipur: Aavishkar Publishers, 2008. — 194 p. — ISBN10: 8179100642, ISBN13: 9788179100646. The over-exploitation of wild plants from natural resources (forests) has led to an alarming situation in which many medicinal plants are on the verge of extinction. Therefore, there is growing demand for scientific knowledge to bring more and more wild medicinal plants under the...
U.K., Knighton: Microscopix Publications, 2001 — 61 p. — ISBN: 0-9538461-0-5. Micrographs: Andrew D. Syred. Dr. K. P. Svoboda lectures on plant anatomy, plant breeding and biotechnology at the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC), Auchincruive. She is also responsible for research on aromatic and medicinal plants, including botany, physiology, chemotaxonomy and the production of...
India, Jaipur: Published by Prem C. Bakliwal, 2009. — 542 p. — ISBN: 978-81-7910-228-2. The Indian subcontinent is one of the mega-centres of crop-plant diversity. A wide spectrum of agro-climatic and regional topography ranging from humid tropical to semi-arid, temperate to alpine. makes it to grow all types of crop plants.
New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2009. — 384 p. — ISBN: 978-1-61761-662-4. Plants have been the main source of medicines since ancient times. Practically all human societies have utilized plants not only as sources of nutrition but also as therapy against diseases and ailments. Considering the fact that the synthesis of a pharmaceutical requires an enormous investment...
Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd, 2012. — 473 p. — ISBN: 9781921719165. Many plants have natural ways of defending themselves against predators, including man. Some plants use obvious defenses, such as stinging nettle-like strategies and burning or blistering latex resins. Other plants use different methods to incapacitate a predator, which include gastrointestinal distress...
Dural: Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd., 2013. — 552 p. — ISBN: 192201350. The age-old knowledge enshrined in folk medicine across the world has been a remarkable resource which continues to have immense value. This is equally true in Australia, where a fusion has developed, based on old European wisdom, of innovative discoveries regarding the native flora and local Aboriginal...
Geneva, World Health Organization, 1998. — 127 p. Plant materials are used throughout developed and developing countries as home remedies, over-the-counter drug products and raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry, and represent a substantial proportion of the global drug market. It is therefore essential to establish internationally recognized guidelines for assessing...
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