Drugs And Foods From Little Known Plants
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Drugs And Foods From Little Known Plants
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Author : Siri von Reis Altschul
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Drugs And Foods From Little Known Plants written by Siri von Reis Altschul and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with categories.
Drugs And Foods From Little Known Plants
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Author : Siri von Reis Altschul
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-10
Drugs And Foods From Little Known Plants written by Siri von Reis Altschul and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10 with categories.
The medicinal properties of plants have been of interest to society for centuries and continue to be a subject of modern research. Yet too often research has been predicated upon poorly identified plant material and secondary sources of information. Much of what we know about the use of plants as drugs, poisons, foods, and as instruments of magical or religious practice derives from lore inherited from the clay tablets and papyri of the ancients and from compilations of early Greek, Arabic, and Indian physicians. Meanwhile, information pertaining to plant parts used even now in the daily life of peoples far removed from the influence of modern medical and health practices has been largely overlooked. With the encroachment of civilized cultures on primitive societies, unique traditions—often unwritten—are being destroyed. In many instances, the very plants involved are disappearing. Not infrequently, the only record, where one exists at all, of these vanishing pools of knowledge is that of the botanical field worker. For no matter what chemical or biological investigations may follow, the botanist can affix to an actual specimen, as he collects it in the field, the local terms applied to the plant and a description of native medicinal or other uses. Dr. Altschul has compiled field notes of health and medical interest on over 5,000 species of plants, culled from some 2,500,000 specimens of higher plants collected by field botanists from all over the world and deposited in the combined collections of the Arnold Arboretum and Gray Herbarium of Harvard University. The resulting catalogue represents a unique approach to supplying new investigational leads to researchers seeking biologically active plant principles. Dr. Altschul's meticulous sheet&ndashby–sheet examination of the Harvard collections provides the pharmacognosist, pharmacologist, and others in the medical and health sciences with an extensive firsthand survey of the domestic medicines of many cultures. These previously unpublished botanists' notes are here made available in a comprehensive publication that should become an important resource for every investigation into the area of medicinal phytochemistry. Indexes to families and genera are provided, as well as a medical index referring to diseases and to therapeutic properties for researchers intent on locating plants with special medicinal capacities. The author is a Research Fellow at the Botanical Museum of Harvard University.
New Plant Sources For Drugs And Foods From The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium
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Author : Siri Von Reis
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1982
New Plant Sources For Drugs And Foods From The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium written by Siri Von Reis and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Botany, Medical categories.
Catalog of unusual drug and food plants. Includes over 4500 species (399 families). Arranged under families. Each entry gives such information as Latin species, place of collection, year collected, and common name. Families, genera, common names, and uses indexes.
Medicinal Plants
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Author : M. K. Rai
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2012-07-03
Medicinal Plants written by M. K. Rai and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-03 with Health & Fitness categories.
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 traditional medicines for
Modern Medicines From Plants
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Author : Henry Oakeley
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2023-08-24
Modern Medicines From Plants written by Henry Oakeley and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-24 with Science categories.
The full colour, beautifully illustrated Modern Medicines from Plants: Botanical histories of some of modern medicine’s most important drugs features information on plants from which we obtain modern prescription medicines. It outlines their historical uses as herbal medicines in the past two millennia, using primary sources, and describes how extracts from them, and their semisynthetic and synthetic derivatives, were developed to be today’s therapeutic drugs and diagnostic chemicals. This book describes medicinal plants and their habitats, the diseases that their medicines treat, and the science of how they work. This amazing and unique book is a wonderful read for those with an interest in both herbal and prescription medicines. Written with authority by physicians and gardeners at the Garden of Medicinal Plants at the Royal College of Physicians, London, chapters detail the history and modern scientific research on plants and their medicines. It is very useful to physicians, pharmacists, herbalists, historians and gardeners, bringing together information from every discipline to make it a work of interest as well as reference. Features · Written for people interested in medicinal plants, where medicines come from, and how they treat our diseases. · Contains information on 50 plants, mostly growing in the medicinal garden of the Royal College of Physicians in London, describing how they became the source of modern pharmaceutical medicines. · Describes medicinal uses of plants in Classical Greece as written by Dioscorides, Pliny and Galen, through the flowering of Arabic medicine by physicians such as Paulus Aegineta, Mesue and Avicenna to the 12th to 14th century compilations of Serapion and Sylvaticus and the European Renaissance of Peter Treveris, William Turner, Leonard Fuchs, Pietro Mattioli, John Gerarde, John Parkinson, Nicholas Culpeper, and many others to the pharmacopoeias of the 16th century to the present day. · Fully referenced including a glossary for explanation of technical terms.
The Woody Plant Seed Manual
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Author : United States. Forest Service
language : en
Publisher: Forest Service
Release Date : 2008
The Woody Plant Seed Manual written by United States. Forest Service and has been published by Forest Service this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Gardening categories.
The Biology Of Vines
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Author : Francis E. Putz
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1991
The Biology Of Vines written by Francis E. Putz and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Gardening categories.
This 1992 book is a treatment of what was known about climbing plants, written by a group of experts.
Edible Medicines
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Author : Nina L. Etkin
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2008-02-01
Edible Medicines written by Nina L. Etkin and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-01 with Social Science categories.
"In this wide-ranging book, Nina Etkin reveals the medicinal properties of foods in the specific cultural contexts in which they are used. Incorporating co-evolution with a biocultural perspective, she addresses some of the physiological effects of foods across cultures and through history while taking into account both the complex dynamics of food choice and the blurred distinctions between food and medicine. Showing that food choice is more closely linked to health than is commonly thought, she helps us to understand the health implications of people's food-centered actions in the context of real-life circumstances."--Jacket.
Library Book Catalog
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Author : United States. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Library Book Catalog written by United States. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Corrections categories.
Aromatic And Medicinal Plants
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Author : Hany El-Shemy
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2017-03-15
Aromatic And Medicinal Plants written by Hany El-Shemy and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-15 with Medical categories.
This book covers interesting research topics and the use of natural resources for medical treatments in some severe diseases. The most important message is to have native foods which contain high amount of active compounds that can be used as a medicinal plant. Most pharmaceutical drugs were discovered from plants, and still ongoing research will have to predict such new active compounds as anti-diseases. I do believe this book will add significant knowledge to medical societies as well as can be used for postgraduate students.