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Humana Press Medicinal Plants Of The World Volume 3 by Ivan A. Ross
An extraordinary compendium of information on herbal medicine, Medicinal Plants of the World, Volume 3 comprehensively documents the medicinal value of 16 major plant species widely used around the world in medical formulations. The book's exhaustive summary of available scientific data for the plants provides detailed information on how each plant is used in different countries, describing both traditional therapeutic applications and what is known from its use in clinical trials. A comprehensive bibliography of over 3000 references cites the literature available from a wide range of disciplines. This book offers an unprecedented collection of vital scientific information for pharmacologists, herbal medicine practitioners, drug developers, medicinal chemists, phytochemists, toxicologists, and researchers who want to explore the use of plant materials for medicinal and related purposes.show more Camellia sinensisCommon NamesBotanical DescriptionOrigin and DistributionTraditional Medicinal UsesChemical ConstituentsPharmacological Activities and Clinical TrialsReferencesCannabis sativaCommon NamesBotanical DescriptionOrigin and DistributionTraditional Medicinal UsesChemical ConstituentsPharmacological Activities and Clinical TrialsReferencesCocos nuciferaCommon NamesBotanical DescriptionOrigin and DistributionTraditional Medicinal UsesChemical ConstituentsPharmacological Activities and Clinical TrialsReferencesCoffea arabicaCommon NamesBotanical DescriptionOrigin and DistributionTraditional Medicinal UsesChemical ConstituentsPharmacological Activities and Clinical TrialsReferencesDaucus carotaCommon NamesBotanical DescriptionOrigin and DistributionTraditional Medicinal UsesChemical ConstituentsPharmacological Activities and Clinical TrialsReferencesFerula assafoetidaCommon NamesBotanical DescriptionOrigin and DistributionTraditional Medicinal UsesChemical ConstituentsPharmacological Activities and Clinical TrialsReferencesHordeum vulgareCommon NamesBotanical DescriptionOrigin and DistributionTraditional Medicinal UsesChemical ConstituentsPharmacological Activities and Clinical TrialsReferencesLarrea tridentataCommon NamesBotanical DescriptionOrigin and DistributionTraditional Medicinal UsesChemical ConstituentsPharmacological Activities and Clinical TrialsReferencesNicotiana tabacumCommon NamesBotanical DescriptionOrigin and DistributionTraditional Medicinal UsesChemical ConstituentsPharmacological Activities and Clinical TrialsReferencesOlea europaeaCommon NamesBotanical DescriptionOrigin and DistributionTraditional Medicinal UsesChemical ConstituentsPharmacological Activities and Clinical TrialsReferencesOryza sativaCommon NamesBotanical DescriptionOrigin and DistributionTraditional Medicinal UsesChemical ConstituentsPharmacological Activities and Clinical TrialsReferencesPlantago ovataCommon NamesBotanical DescriptionOrigin and DistributionTraditional Medicinal UsesChemical ConstituentsPharmacological Activities and Clinical TrialsReferencesSaccharum officinarumCommon NamesBotanical DescriptionOrigin and DistributionTraditional Medicinal UsesChemical ConstituentsPharmacological Activities and Clinical TrialsReferencesSerenoa repensCommon NamesBotanical DescriptionOrigin and DistributionTraditional Medicinal UsesChemical ConstituentsPharmacological Activities and Clinical TrialsReferencesSesamum indicumCommon NamesBotanical DescriptionOrigin and DistributionTraditional Medicinal UsesChemical ConstituentsPharmacological Activities and Clinical TrialsReferencesZingiber officinaleCommon NamesBotanical DescriptionOrigin and DistributionTraditional Medicinal UsesChemical ConstituentsPharmacological Activities and Clinical TrialsReferencesGlossaryCross ReferenceIndex