Ethnobotany and the Search for New Drugs

Partial table of contents: Ethnobotany, Drug Development and Biodiversity Conservation--Exploring the Linkages (M. Balick). The Ethnobotanical Approach to Drug Discovery: Strengths and Limitations (P. Cox). Basic, Quantitative and Experimental Research Phases of Future Ethnobotany with Reference to the Medicinal Plants of South America (W. Lewis & M. Elvin-Lewis). Ethnopharmacological Search for Antiviral Compounds: Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders by Kayap? Medical Specialists (E. Elisabetsky & D. Posey). Natural Product Chemistry in North-Eastern Brazil (A. Craveiro, et al.). African Medicinal Plants in the Search for New Drugs Based on Ethnobotanical Leads (M. Iwu). Two Decades of Mexican Ethnobotany and Research on Plant-Derived Drugs (X. Lozoya). Ethnobotany and Intellectual Property Rights (J. Barton). Indexes.