African Natural Plant Products - New Discoveries and Challenges In Chemistry and Quality (Hardcover, New)

Africa has been and continues to be a significant source of medicinal and aromatic plants and botanicals to the world's food, drug, herb and dietary supplement market, and in the past decade numerous African plant materials have established a strong international market presence. This book provides an excellent opportunity to delve into the current and future contributions that African plants can and will continue to make both internal to Africa and on the global stage. This book expertly covers various medicinal plants of African origin and the some of the latest basic and clinical research supporting their ongoing and potential uses in self-care and healthcare. This work also examines various issues and trends in medicinal plants from their uses in Traditional Medicine and ethnobotany, to our modern understanding of the plants chemistry and pharmacognosy, natural products chemistry and applications of medicinal plants, quality control, and models of benefit sharing.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	An American Chemical Society Publication
Release date:	February 2010
First published:	February 2010
Editors:	H. Rodolfo Juliani • James Simon
Authors:	Chi-Tang Ho
Dimensions:	237 x 157 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	616
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8412-6987-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > General Books > Professional & Technical > Industrial chemistry & manufacturing technologies > Industrial chemistry > Food & beverage technology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8412-6987-4
Barcode:	9780841269873

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