Medical Botany: Plants Affecting Human Health

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Wiley, 4 de set. 2003 - 832 pàgines
  • Organized by body system and ailment makes it easy to locate appropriate therapies.
  • Includes background on the physiology of major systems and ailments so readers can understand how and why a pharmaceutical, botanical, or dietary supplement works.
  • Broad coverage includes green plants, fungi, and microorganisms.
  • Includes extensive references and citations from both conventional and complimentary-alternative medical systems when natural products or their derivatives are involved.

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Introduction
1
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
11
Injurious Plants
19
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Medical Botany: Plants Affecting Human Health
Walter H. Lewis,Memory P. F. Elvin-Lewis
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Medical Botany: Plants Affecting Human Health
Walter H. Lewis,Memory P. F. Elvin-Lewis
Previsualització limitada - 2003

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Sobre l'autor (2003)

WALTER H. LEWIS, PhD, DSc, is Professor Emeritus of Biology and University Research Ethnobotanist at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also Senior Botanist at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
MEMORY P. F. ELVIN-LEWIS, PhD, DSc, is Professor of Biomedicine in Microbiology and Ethnobotany, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Informació bibliogràfica

TítolMedical Botany: Plants Affecting Human Health
AutorsWalter H. Lewis, Memory P. F. Elvin-Lewis
Edició2, il·lustrada
EditorWiley, 2003
Original deUniversitat de Michigan
Digitalitzat el19 Ag. 2008
ISBN0471628824, 9780471628828
Nre. de pàgines832 pàgines
  
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