Handbook of African Medicinal Plants, Second Edition

Handbook of African Medicinal Plants, Second Edition

Buch | Hardcover
464 Seiten
1993
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8493-4266-0 (ISBN)
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Offers a comprehensive review of over 1,000 species of plants employed in indigenous African medicine. This book gives a description of the materia medica of a varied continent, with well over 2,000 distinct tribes and several distinct floras. It presents a pharmacognostical profile of the major herbs.
Handbook of African Medicinal Plants provides a comprehensive review of over 1,000 species of plants employed in indigenous African medicine. It gives a concise description of the materia medica of an enormous and extensively varied continent, with well over 2,000 distinct tribes and several distinct floras. A detailed pharmacognostical profile of the major herbs is presented, including the common name, synonyms, African names, habitat and distribution, medicinal uses, chemical constituents, and published pharmacologic activity. This extensive catalog of plants is presented both in alphabetic order and according to family. References are cited from over 600 publications, and photographs and sketches illustrate many of the plants.
The book also provides an introduction to African cosmology and beliefs as they relate to healing and the use of herbs. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants is an invaluable, practical desk reference that should be on the bookshelf of every pharmacognosist, ethnobiologist, botanist, ecologist, phytochemist, pharmacologist, and scientist interested in tropical plant utilization as a tool for the conservation of biodiversity and as a source of new drug leads.

Introduction
Catalog of African Medicinal Plants
Profile of Major Medicinal Plants
Healing and the African Culture
Traditional Medicine in Africa
Medicinal Plants and Traditional Healing Methods
Bibliography
Index of Species, Genera, and Families
General Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 18.2.1993
Zusatzinfo 74 Halftones, black and white; 1 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort Bosa Roca
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 771 g
Einbandart gebunden
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Botanik
ISBN-10 0-8493-4266-X / 084934266X
ISBN-13 978-0-8493-4266-0 / 9780849342660
Zustand Neuware
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