Plants That Cure
Plants as a Source for Medicines, from Pharmaceuticals to Herbal Remedies
$101.43
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
3 March 2020
Summary
A full-color illustrated guide to the natural history of plants with medicinal propertiesOf the nearly 400,000 plants that have evolved on Earth, around seven percent of them have been used in traditional herbal medicine or as local remedies. More recently, scientific studies have revealed how plants may be sources of important medicines, often
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691200187 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691200181 |
| Author: | Elizabeth A. Dauncey |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 3 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 1.19kg |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
”[Elizabeth Dauncey and Melanie-Jayne Howes] have done us all a favor by providing a highly informative overview of the array of herbal substances at our disposal.” —Ron Slate, On the Seawall
”[Elizabeth Dauncey and Melanie-Jayne Howes] have done us all a favor by providing a highly informative overview of the array of herbal substances at our disposal.”—Ron Slate, On the Seawall”[A]n impressively illustrated book.”—Emily Coakly, Washington Gardener
About The Author
Elizabeth A. Dauncey
Elizabeth A. Dauncey is a freelance plant toxicologist. She is the coauthor of Plants That Kill: A Natural History of the World’s Most Poisonous Plants (Princeton) and the author of Poisonous Plants: A Guide for Parents and Childcare Providers. Melanie-Jayne R. Howes is a pharmacist and chartered chemist. She leads research in phytochemistry and pharmacognosy at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and is the coauthor of The Gardener’s Companion to Medicinal Plants.
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