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Plants That Cure

Plants as a Source for Medicines, from Pharmaceuticals to Herbal Remedies
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A full-color illustrated guide to the natural history of plants with medicinal properties Of the nearly 400,000 plants that have evolved on Earth, around seven percent of them have been used in traditional herbal medicine or as local remedies. More recently, scientific studies have revealed how plants may be sources of important medicines, often

Author Biography:

Elizabeth A. Dauncey is a freelance plant toxicologist. She is the coauthor of Plants That Kill: A Natural History of the World’s Most Poisonous Plants (Princeton) and the author of Poisonous Plants: A Guide for Parents and Childcare Providers. Melanie-Jayne R. Howes is a pharmacist and chartered chemist. She leads research in phytochemistry and pharmacognosy at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and is the coauthor of The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants.
Release date Australia
March 3rd, 2020
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  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
250 color photos. 45 color + 50 b/w illus.
Pages
224
Dimensions
226x288x22
ISBN-13
9780691200187
Product ID
31454245

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