Ethnobotany

Application of Medicinal Plants

• Author(s): José L. Martinez, Amner Muñoz-Acevedo, Mahendra Rai,
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Pages: 294
• ISBN_10: 0429841795
  ISBN_13: 9780429841798
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Health & Fitness / Herbal Medications , Medical / Alternative & Complementary Medicine , Science / Life Sciences / Botany , Science / Life Sciences / General , Business & Economics / Industries / Agribusiness , Technology & Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical , Medical / General ,

Description:...

Ethnobotany includes the traditional use of plants in different fields like medicine and agriculture. This book incorporates important studies based on ethnobotany of different geographic zones. The book covers medicinaland aromatic plants, ethnopharmacology, bioactive molecules, plants used in cancer, hypertension, disorders of the central nervous system, and also as antipsoriatic, antibacterial, antioxidant, antiurolithiatic. The book will be useful for a diverse group of readers including plant scientists, pharmacologists, clinicians, herbalists, natural therapy experts, chemists, microbiologists, NGOs and those who are interested in traditional therapies.