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Book Synopsis Handbook of Medicinal Herbs by : James A. Duke
Download or read book Handbook of Medicinal Herbs written by James A. Duke and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalog of herbs; Medicinal herbs: toxicity ranking and pricelist; Toxins: their toxicity and distribution in plant genera; Higher plant genera and their toxins; Pharmacologically active phytochemicals; Poximate analyses of conventional plant foods.
Book Synopsis A Handbook of Medicinal Plants by : Narayan Das Prajapati
Download or read book A Handbook of Medicinal Plants written by Narayan Das Prajapati and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Describes More Than 1346 Medicinal Plants Found In The World. It Includes Vernacular Names,Description, Distribution, Part Use, Utilization, Active Principles, Agronomic Practices And Colour Plates.
Book Synopsis Handbook On Medicinal Herbs With Uses by : H. Panda
Download or read book Handbook On Medicinal Herbs With Uses written by H. Panda and published by ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS PRESS Inc.. This book was released on 2004-01-03 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicinal herbs are the local heritage with global importance. World is endowed with a rich wealth of medicinal herbs. The Variety and sheet number of plants with therapeutic properties is quite astonishing. Medicinal herbs have curative properties due to presence of various complex chemical substance of different composition, which are found as secondary plant metabolites in one or more parts of these plants. These plant metabolites, according to their composition, are grouped as alkaloids, glycosides, corticosteroids, essential oils etc. During the past decade, a dramatic increase in exports of medicinal herbs attests to worldwide interest in these products as well as in traditional health systems. The pharmaceutical industries have made massive investment on pharmacological, clinical and chemical researches all over the world in past five decades. Efforts have been made to discover still more potent plant drugs. The benefits of these efforts would reach to the masses in future in farmers initiate commercial cultivation of medicinal herbs. In fact, agricultural studies on medicinal herbs, by its very nature, demand an equally large investment and higher priority. India, in particular, has a big scope for the development of pharmaceutical and physiochemical industry. The medical plants for health are used as herbal treatments and therapies that can be new habits for culture. Medicinal plants constitute a large segment of the flora, which provide raw materials for use by various industries. They have been used in the country for a long time for their medicinal properties. These plants are staging a comeback and herbal renaissance is happening all over the globe. The herbal medicines today symbolise safety in contrast to the synthetics that are regarded as unsafe to human and environment. This book illustrates the cultivation, utilization of Abelmoschus Moschatus, Abroma Augusta, Abrus Precatorius, Abutilon Indicum, Acacia Arabica, Acacia Catechu,AcaciaFernesiana, Acanthus Ilicifolius, Achillea Millefolium, Achyranthes Aspera, Aconitum Napellus, Aconitum Heterophyllum,Acorus Calamus, Adansonia Degitata, Adina Cordifolia Adhatoda Vasika, Adonis Vernalis, Aegle Marmels, Aerua Lanata, Aesculus Hippocastanum, Aethusa Cynapium etc. The book contains systematic account of the most important plants used in medicines. Each chapter covers botanical description, parts used, Ayurvedic properties, clinical uses, constituents with the figure of the plant. This book will be very useful for those working on medicinal plants, natural products, entrepreneurs, libraries, consultant, research scholars etc.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Medicinal Herbs by : James A. Duke
Download or read book Handbook of Medicinal Herbs written by James A. Duke and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Practical, Authoritative Compendium This handbook catalogs 365 species of herbs having medicinal or folk medicinal uses, presenting whatever useful information has been documented on their toxicity and utility in humans and animals. Plants from all over the world - from common cultivars to rare species - are included in these 700 pages. The toxicity of these species varies, but the safety of each has been formally or informally questioned by the Food and Drug Administration, National Cancer Institute, Department of Agriculture, Drug Enforcement Administra-tion, or Herb Trade Association. Easy-to-Locate Facts and Figures Designed to enable fast access to important information, this hand-book presents information in both catalog and tabular forms. In the catalog section, plants are presented alphabetically by scientific name. (The index permits you to locate an herb by its common name.) A detailed sketch of the chief identifying features accompa-nies most catalog entries. For each species the following information, as available, is presented and referenced: Family and colloquial names Chemical content Uses and applications - present and historical Processing, distribution, and economic potential Toxicological agents and degree of toxicity Poison symptoms in humans and animals Treatment and antidotes References to original literature Five Tables of Accessible Data Given a plant species, you can easily determine its toxins; or, given a toxin, you can discover which plants contain it. These and other data are presented in convenient tabular formats as appendixes to the handbook. Other information contained in these tables include toxicity ranking and other toxicity data (as applicable), such as mode of contact, organs affected, and lethal dose; and proximate analyses of selected foods. These tables are titled: Medicinal Herbs: Toxicity Rank
Book Synopsis Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, Second Edition by : James A. Duke
Download or read book Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, Second Edition written by James A. Duke and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-06-27 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Still considered the definitive work on medicinal herbs and their uses after two decades, the Handbook of Medicinal Herbs has undergone a long-anticipated revision. In the second edition, world-renowned ethnobotanist James A. Duke provides up-to-date data on over 800 of the world’s most important medicinal plant species. The book contains more species, phytochemicals, proven indications, folk indications, and dosage data than the first edition in a new easier to use format. The in-depth content, the addition of color plates and over 200 black and white illustrations makes this book the most comprehensive resource on medicinal herbs available. NEW IN THE SECOND EDITION: · Over 100 color plates, 4 color maps · Over 200 black and white illustrations · Over 800 medicinal plants — more than twice as many as the previous edition organized alphabetically by common name · More herbs from the African, Ayurvedic, Chinese, and Jamu traditions EASY ACCESS TO INFORMATION YOU NEED Designed to give you fast access to the information you need on a regular basis, this new edition is organized more systematically than any other medicinal herb publication. The entries are now arranged alphabetically by common name with the scientific name in parenthesis. Major synonyms are also provided. · It has become increasingly clear that there are hundreds of biologically active compounds, often additive or synergistic, in all our plants, foods, spices, herbs, medicinal, and poisonous plants. The debate continues on how these plants work and how they should be used. Blending scientific fact with folk uses and the author’s personal experience, Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, Second Edition provides the most well rounded discussions of safety, efficacy, toxicity, and rational use found in any herbal reference.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Medicinal Plants by : Zohara Yaniv
Download or read book Handbook of Medicinal Plants written by Zohara Yaniv and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-07-25 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stay up-to-date with this important contribution to rationalized botanical medicine The Handbook of Medicinal Plants explores state-of-the-art developments in the field of botanical medicine. Nineteen experts from around the world provide vital information on natural products and herbal medicines—from their earliest relevance in various cultures to today’s cutting-edge biotechnologies. Educated readers, practitioners, and academics of natural sciences will benefit from the text’s rich list of references as well as numerous tables, figures, and color photographs and illustrations. The Handbook of Medicinal Plants is divided into three main sections. The first section covers the use of herbal medicines throughout history in China, Australia, the Americas, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean, emphasizing the need for future medicinal plant research. The second section discusses the latest technologies in production and breeding, crop improvement, farming, and plant research. The third section focuses on groundbreaking advances in the medicinal application of therapeutic herbs. In the Handbook of Medicinal Plants, you will gain new knowledge about: recent research and development in Chinese herbal medicine modern methods of evaluating the efficacy of medicinal plants by “screening” the newest developments of in vitro cultivation prevention and therapy of cancer and other diseases using medicinal plants the challenges and threats to medicinal plant research today trends in phytomedicine in the new millennium The Handbook of Medicinal Plants demonstrates the global relevance of sharing local knowledge about phytomedicines, and highlights the need to make information on plants available on a worldwide basis. With this book, you can help meet the challenge to find scientifically rationalized medicines that are safer, more effective, and readily available to patients from all walks of life.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Medicinal Herbs by : Chemical Rubber Company
Download or read book Handbook of Medicinal Herbs written by Chemical Rubber Company and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Handbook of Medicinal Mints ( Aromathematics) by : James A. Duke
Download or read book Handbook of Medicinal Mints ( Aromathematics) written by James A. Duke and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-11-10 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides the most complete collection of chemical data available on aromatic mints (Lamiaceae). The authors thoroughly introduce the field of aromathematics. Handbook of Medicinal Mints (Aromatics): Phytochemicals and Biological Activities contains a wealth of quantitative data, including more than 500 references on 10,839 chemicals from 251 assays of 205 unique taxa, combined with 3,324 biological activities and 256 recommended daily allowances and lethal doses. An exhaustive guide, the handbook is the ultimate resource for assessing the potential medicinal value of a particular species.
Book Synopsis Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Latin America by : James A. Duke
Download or read book Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Latin America written by James A. Duke and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-10-24 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for 2009 The Council on Botanical & Horticultural Libraries Literature Award! A Comprehensive Guide Addressing Safety, Efficacy, and Suitability About a quarter of all the medicines we use come from rainforest plants and more than 1,400 varieties of tropical plants are being investigated as potential cures for cancer. Curare comes from a tropical vine and quinine from the cinchona tree. A comprehensive guide to safety, efficacy, and suitability, Duke’s Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Latin America responds to continuing interest in medicinal plants and the potential remedies they contain. Determine Which Species Can Be Used for Specific Targets The author of Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook and CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, James A. Duke covers roughly 500 of the more important Native Latin American medicinal plants in a highly organized format. After a brief introduction, each entry contains scientific and colloquial names, synonyms, reference to illustrations, notes, biological activities, medicinal indications, dosages, potential hazards, extracts, and references. This format supplies a starting point for determining which species can be used for specific targets. Better Data Helps You Focus Your Search Year-round moderate temperatures, abundant rainfall, and rich soils make tropical Latin America home to nearly 100,000 of the world’s 300,000 known species of plants, and therefore home to untold numbers of potential cures. Focusing on 500 of the most well-known and well-studied plants, this book helps you focus your search for ammunition against constantly evolving pathogens and newly emerging diseases.
Book Synopsis The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook by : James A. Duke
Download or read book The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook written by James A. Duke and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2000 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers advice on herbal healing, includes an encyclopedic review of health conditions that herbal medicine can help, and discusses 180 herbs with information on dosages, food and drug interactions, benefits, and side effects.
Book Synopsis Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the Bible by : James A. Duke
Download or read book Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the Bible written by James A. Duke and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers have come to depend on Jim Duke's comprehensive handbooks for their ease of use and artful presentation of scientific information. Following the successful format of his other CRC handbooks, Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the Bible contains 150 herbs listed alphabetically and by scientific name. Each entry provides illustrations of the plant, synonyms, notes, common names, activities, indications, dosages, downsides and interactions, natural history, and extracts. It includes Biblical quotes as well as comments on points of interest.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Medicinal Plants by : Supriya Kumar Bhattacharjee
Download or read book Handbook of Medicinal Plants written by Supriya Kumar Bhattacharjee and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices by : James A. Duke
Download or read book CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices written by James A. Duke and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-09-27 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Let food be your medicine, medicine your food."-Hippocrates, 2400 B.C.When the "Father of Medicine" uttered those famous words, spices were as important for medicine, embalming, preserving food, and masking bad odors as they were for more mundane culinary matters. Author James A. Duke predicts that spices such as capsicum, cinnamon, garlic, ginger
Book Synopsis Handbook of African Medicinal Plants, Second Edition by : Maurice M. Iwu
Download or read book Handbook of African Medicinal Plants, Second Edition written by Maurice M. Iwu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1993-02-18 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of African Medicinal Plants provides a comprehensive review of over 1,000 species of plants employed in indigenous African medicine. It gives a concise description of the materia medica of an enormous and extensively varied continent, with well over 2,000 distinct tribes and several distinct floras. A detailed pharmacognostical profile of the major herbs is presented, including the common name, synonyms, African names, habitat and distribution, medicinal uses, chemical constituents, and published pharmacologic activity. This extensive catalog of plants is presented both in alphabetic order and according to family. References are cited from over 600 publications, and photographs and sketches illustrate many of the plants. The book also provides an introduction to African cosmology and beliefs as they relate to healing and the use of herbs. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants is an invaluable, practical desk reference that should be on the bookshelf of every pharmacognosist, ethnobiologist, botanist, ecologist, phytochemist, pharmacologist, and scientist interested in tropical plant utilization as a tool for the conservation of biodiversity and as a source of new drug leads.
Book Synopsis Medicinal Herb Handbook by : Feather Jones
Download or read book Medicinal Herb Handbook written by Feather Jones and published by Lotus Press. This book was released on 1999-04 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides an easy reference guide to the use of herbs as traditional medicines. It reviews single herbs, combinations, syrups, salves, cordials and oils and also cross references by organ system and symptom disorders for ease of look up.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Phytochemical Constituent Grass, Herbs and Other Economic Plants by : James A. Duke
Download or read book Handbook of Phytochemical Constituent Grass, Herbs and Other Economic Plants written by James A. Duke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CRC Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents of GRAS Herbs and Other Economic Plants is a unique catalog that includes more than 15,000 phytochemical constituents from over 1,000 higher plant species. This volume covers all of the generally-recognized-as-safe (GRAS) herbs and at least 250 important food and medicinal plants. Each entry features the scientific name, one or more common names, a listing of phytochemical constituents, a single datum or range of quantitative data (wet-weight to dry-weight in parts per million), two-letter abbreviation identifying the plant part, and three-letter abbreviation(s) indicating the source(s) of the data. The extraordinary amount of data compiled into an easy-to-use tabular format makes the CRC Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents of GRAS Herbs and Other Economic Plants a volume useful to all pharmacologists, toxicologists, nutritionists, pharmacognicists, and food scientists.
Book Synopsis Pocket Guide to Herbal Medicine by : Karin Kraft
Download or read book Pocket Guide to Herbal Medicine written by Karin Kraft and published by Thieme. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an herbal remedy for most ailments - and you will find the most important ones in this concise pocket guide. Co-authored by Karin Kraft, one of the members of the German Commission E, and Christopher Hobbs, a renowned North-American herbalist, this handy pocket guide gives you the decisive facts about important medicinal herbs, taking into consideration both major European monographs (Commission E and ESCOP) and up-to-date clinical trials. The book goes on to inform the reader on the usage of herbal remedies for a number of common indications.The book gives first-hand, easy to access information on the administration of herbal remedies for the medical practitioner and herbal therapist alike. Profit from the wealth of German tradition, extended by North American experience in the usage of herbal medicines.
