Medical Botany: Plants Affecting Human Health

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    Medical Botany: Plants Affecting Human Health Authors: , Format: Hardback First Published: Published By: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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    Pages: 832 Illustrations and other contents: Photos: 131 B&W, 0 Color; Drawings: 35 B&W, 0 Color; Maps: 5 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 73 B&W, 0 Color Language: English ISBN: 9780471628828 Categories: , , , , ,

    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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    "...an extremely good read...a productive mine of information...laced liberally with humour, human observation and practical examples..." (Plant Talk, May 2004)

    Author Biography

    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.