Medicinal plants of Asia and the Pacific
By: Christophe Wiart.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis; CRC/Taylor & Francis
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780849372452
Subjects: Medicinal plants -- Asia.; Medicinal plants -- Pacific Area.; Ethnopharmacology -- Asia.; Ethnopharmacology -- Pacific Area.; Traditional medicine -- Asia.; Traditional medicine -- Pacific Area.; Plants, Medicinal -- Asia -- Handbooks.; Plants, Medicinal -- Pacific Islands -- Handbooks.; Ethnopharmacology -- Asia -- Handbooks.; Ethnopharmacology -- Pacific Islands -- Handbooks.; Medicine, Oriental Traditional -- Asia -- Handbooks.; Medicine, Oriental Traditional -- Pacific Islands -- Handbooks.
Genres: Handbooks.
Description: "Drawing on the author's extensive personal experience, Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific provides comprehensive coverage of the medicinal plants of the region. Describing more than 300 compounds, the book discusses every important class of natural products while highlighting cutting edge research and recent developments. With its broad scope and extensive compound listings, the presentation and approach of the book is unique."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Annonaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Myristicaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Lauraceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Piperaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Aristolochiaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Nympheaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Menispermaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Polygonaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Myrsinaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Ebenaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Bombacaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Elaeocarpaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Capparaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Flacourtiaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Passifloraceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Cucurbitaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Connaraceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Anisophylleaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Rosaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Thymeleaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Melastomataceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Rhizophoraceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Olacaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Icacinaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Euphorbiaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Sapindaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Anacardiaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Simaroubaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Meliaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Rutaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Loganiaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Gentianaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Apocynaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Asclepiadaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Solanaceae; title: Medicinal plants classified in the family Verbenaceae.