Camellia sinensis.- Cannabis sativa.- Cocos nucifera.- Coffea arabica.- Daucus carota.- Ferula assafoetida.- Hordeum vulgare.- Larrea tridentata.- Nicotiana tabacum.- Olea europaea.- Oryza sativa.- Plantago ovata.- Saccharum officinarum.- Serenoa repens.- Sesamum indicum.- Zingiber officinale.
Comprehensive Yet Compact Presentation of Scientific Plant-Use Data From Many Sources
From Reviews of Earlier Volumes...
"...an invaluable resource that will become a critical reference to
a great diversity of specialists in the fields of public health,
chemistry, phytomedicine, ethnobotany, toxicology, and botany."
-Journal of Natural Products
"No library can be without [it] and no specialist can do without
consulting [it]."
-American Scientist
"...will certainly be consulted by physicians, pharmacists, and
herbal healers..."
-New Phytologist
"...this volume belongs on the shelves of medical and botanical
libraries. Large public libraries and academic libraries...may also
want to consider it."
-Booklist - Reference Books Bulletin
"...authoritative and comprehensive..." -Journal of Medicinal
Chemistry
"...priceless...a great reference and information source..."
-Plant Science Bulletin From the reviews: "The third volume
continues the now-familiar series characteristics of exhaustive
research and comprehensive documentation. … Overall, this is more
consistent with the character and organization of the work … . This
addition to the series is highly recommended for academic health
sciences libraries, botanical libraries, and larger hospital and
public libraries. Collections in support of public health,
nutrition, pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, and ethnomedicine
would also benefit from the inclusion of this title." (Sarah
McCord, Medical Reference Services Quarterly, July, 2006) "Ivan A.
Ross has authored volume 3, covering many details of 16 important
plant species used around the world in medicinal preparations
and/or dietary supplements. This is timely because the use of
herbal medicines and nutritional supplements is on the rise. … a
valuable resource and is a critical reference for researchers in
phytomedicine, medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, herbal medicine,
toxicology, and botany. The volume belongs on the shelves of
libraries of institutes ofpharmacy, medicinal chemistry, and
botany." (Govind J. Kapadia, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Vol.
49 (13), June, 2006)
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