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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of South America : Brazil by Umesh Patil (2018, Hardcover)

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PublisherSpringer Netherlands
ISBN-109402415505
ISBN-139789402415506
eBay Product ID (ePID)22038592830

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Book TitleMedicinal and Aromatic Plants of South America : Brazil
Number of PagesX, 486 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2018
TopicLife Sciences / Ecology, Life Sciences / Botany, Plants / General, Naturopathy, Agriculture / General
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Technology & Engineering, Health & Fitness, Science
AuthorUmesh Patil
Book SeriesMedicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World Ser.
FormatHardcover

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Item Weight39.7 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.1 in

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Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number5
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal581.6340981
Table Of ContentForeword.- PART I. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of South America.- Chap. 1 South American Biodiversity and Its Potential In Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.- Chap. 2 Chemical diversity and Ethnopharmacology Survey of South American Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Species.- PART II. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Brazil.- Chap. 3 Introduction to Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Brazil.- Chap. 4 Medicinal Plants and State Policy in South America: The case of Colonial Brazil.- PART III. Selected Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Brazil.- Chap. 5 Achyrocline satureioides (Lam.) DC.- Chap. 6 Adiantum raddianum C. Presl.- Chap. 7 Aloysia citriodora Palau.- Chap. 8 Anemopaegma arvense (Vell.) Stellfeld ex De Souza.- Chap. 9 Aniba canellila (Kunth) Mez.- Chap. 10 Baccharis trimera (Less.) DC.- Chap. 11 Bauhinia forficata Link.- Chap. 12 Byrsonima intermedia ; A. Juss.- Chap. 13 Caryocar coriaceum Wittm.- Chap. 14 Clinopodium gilliesii (Benth.) Kuntze.- Chap. 15 Croton zehntneri Pax & K. Hoffm.- Chap. 16 Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf.- Chap. 17 Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants.- Chap. 18 Echinodorus macrophyllus (Kunth) Micheli.- Chap. 19 Equisetum giganteum L.- Chap. 20 Heteropterys tomentosa A. Juss.- Chap. 21 Himatanthus drasticus (Mart.) Plumel.- Chap. 22 Justicia pectoralis Jacq.- Chap. 23 Kalanchoe brasiliensis Camb. and Kalanchoe pinnata (Lamk.) Pers.- Chap. 24 Lantana camara L. and Lantana montevidensis (Spreng.) Briq.- Chap. 25 Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. ex Britton & P.Wilson.- Chap. 26 Lonchocarpus araripensis Benth. (Fabaceae).- Chap. 27 Lychnophora pinaster Mart.- Chap. 28 Marrubium vulgare L.- Chap. 29 Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. ex Reissek.- Chap. 30 Mikania glomerata Spreng. & Mikania laevigata Sch.Bip. ex Baker.- Chap. 31 Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir.- Chap. 32 Oxalis adenophylla Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.- Chap. 33 Phyllanthus niruri L.- Chap. 34 Pluchea carolinensis (Jacq.) G. Don.- Chap. 35 Polygonum punctatum Elliott.- Chap. 36 Ptychopetalum olacoides Benth.- Chap. 37 Punica granatum L.- Chap. 38 Schinopsis brasiliensis Engl.- Chap. 39 Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville.- Chap. 40 Tabebuia avellanedae Lorentz ex Griseb.- Chap. 41 Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. and Uncaria guianensis (Aubl.) J.F. Gmell.- Chap. 42 Valeriana carnosa Sm.- Chap. 43 Ximenia americana L.
SynopsisThis volume in the series deals with the major Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) of South America, providing information on major aspects of this specific group of plants on that continent (botany, traditional usage, chemistry, production/collection practices, trade and utilization). Brazil, in particular, offers an immense amount of biodiversity, including plants with great pharmacological interest and ethno-medicinal importance. Contributions are from internationally recognized professionals, specialists of the Medicinal and Aromatic Plant domain and have been invited mostly from the members of the International Society for Horticultural Science and International Council for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.
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