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<p><P>Drawing on the author&rsquo;s extensive personal experience, <b>Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific</b> 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 completely original.</p> <h3>Doody Review Services</h3> <p><b>Reviewer&#58;</b> Stata Norton, PhD(University of Kansas Medical Center)<BR><b>Description&#58;</b> This book contains brief descriptions and evaluations of some active ingredients and the medicinal uses of about 100 plants found in Asia, especially in countries on the Pacific Rim. The plants selected are some that have shown evidence, reported in the scientific literature, of containing medically active ingredients and that therefore may be sources of new therapeutic drugs.<BR><b>Purpose&#58;</b> The stated purpose is to show the rich source of potential drugs in the estimated 6,000 plant species in Asia in which the pharmacologic activities of the chemicals in the plants have not

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Author
Christophe Wiart
Publisher
Taylor & Francis; CRC/Taylor & Francis
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9781000654585
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Science, Chemistry, Medical

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