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Natural Compounds as Drugs
Springer 2008; US$ 279.00The use of substances derived from plants, fungi, bacteria and marine organisms has a long tradition in medicine. Together with their derivatives, and synthetic compounds deduced from natural product precursors, they represent a major part of today's pharmaceutical market. In molecular biological research, natural products also play an important... more...
Medicinal Natural Products
Wiley 2009; US$ 185.00Medicinal Natural Products: A Biosynthetic Approach, Third Edition , provides a comprehensive and balanced introduction to natural products from a biosynthetic perspective, focussing on the metabolic sequences leading to various classes of natural products. The book builds upon fundamental chemical principles and guides the reader through a wealth... more...
Ethnobotany and the Search for New Drugs
Wiley 2008; US$ 175.00A compilation of articles by prominent experts in their respective fields on compensation for and collaboration with indigenous people in regard to their knowledge and provision of rare plants which are used for some of the most potent drugs in Western medicine. more...
Modern Phytomedicine
Wiley 2006; US$ 250.00This timely and original handbook paves the way to success in plant-based drug development, systematically addressing the issues facing a pharmaceutical scientist who wants to turn a plant compound into a safe and effective drug. Plant pharmacologists from around the world demonstrate the potentials and pitfalls involved, with many of the studies and... more...
An Introduction to Botanical Medicines: History, Science, Uses, and Dangers
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 45.00For those who want to make educated decisions about whether, and when, to use natural products, this text explains the most current scientific evidence of the roles that plants can play in our health: how they can prevent, modify, or treat disease. Since antiquity, humans have used botanicals to treat various conditions affecting their organ systems,... more...
Chinese & Related North American Herbs
CRC Press 2009; US$ 209.95A compendium of Chinese herbs that covers more than 1800 species of Chinese herbs and more than 700 species of related North American herbs. It presents major constituents and therapeutic values, with the data arranged alphabetically by Latin name followed by the common Chinese and English names. more...
Mood Enhancing Plants
Ebury Publishing 2011; US$ 26.68Chrissie Wildwood is an international aromatherapy educator and best-selling author of fourteen books on aromatherapy, herbal medicine and other natural therapies. Here she has written a unique book to delight plant enthusiasts everywhere. Focussing on the less explored beneficial effects upon mood of common herbs and healing plants, it provides... more...
RX from the Garden
F+W Media 2011; US$ 14.95Your backyard becomes an all-natural pharmacy! Colds. Headaches. Upset stomach, Allergy symptoms. Depression. Circulation problems. This timely book goes beyond using herbs as medicine; it also focuses on beneficial foods for more than 100 common ailments and shows you how to grow them. In that way, RX from the Garden lets you circumvent expensive... more...
Mushrooms for Health
Down East Books 2009; US$ 9.99There is a burgeoning interest in natural medicines in the United States. Among these natural health powerhouses are mushrooms, and here mycologist Greg Marley introduces ten species found in New England-and elsewhere, too, in many cases. Marley describes where to find and how to prepare these fungi and lists their health-supporting benefits. On a... more...









