Plants that cure : plants as a source of medicines - from pharmaceuticals to herbal remedies
Dauncey, Elizabeth A.2020
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Of the nearly 400,000 plants that have evolved on Earth, at least one tenth of them have been used in traditional herbal medicine or as local remedies. More recently, the application of science has proven the effectiveness of many of these plants, and enabled us to develop important medicines, often in the form of single isolated plant compounds. This book explores these compounds and the plants that produce them, and how they have transformed the lives of countless people.
Main title:
Plants that cure : plants as a source of medicines - from pharmaceuticals to herbal remedies / Elizabeth A. Dauncey, Melanie-Jayne R. Howes.
Author:
Dauncey, Elizabeth A., authorHowes, Melanie-Jayne, author
Imprint:
Kew : Kew Publishing, 2020.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 29 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781842467008 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2276977
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