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In this extraordinary compendium of information on herbal medicine, Medicinal Plants of the World, Ivan A. Ross comprehensively documents the medicinal value of twenty-six major plant species widely used around the world in medicinal formulations. The book's exhaustive summary of available scientific data for each plant provides detailed information on how the plant is used in different countries, describing its traditional therapeutic applications and what is known from its use in clinical trials. Additional material presented includes a botanical description of each plant with a color photo of most plants for identification, the common names used for the plant throughout the world, and a listing of the plant's known chemical constituents. A comprehensive bibliography of over 1500 references illuminates the literature available from a wide range of disciplines. Medicinal Plants of the World offers an unprecedented collection of vital scientific information for pharmacologists, herbal medicine practitioners, drug developers, phytochemists, medicinal chemists, phytologists, toxicologists, and researchers who want to explore the use of plant materials for medicinal and related purposes. Its wealth of significant facts will reveal little-known information about these plants and open application horizons for the drugs found in these plants. As the first volume of the series, Medicinal Plants of the World constitutes a new standard reference in the field, one that will serve as en essential tool for integrating traditional herbal use and modern medical practice.

Drug plants --- Chemical composition --- medicinal properties --- Pharmacology --- Geographical distribution --- Identification --- identification --- Clinical trials --- Phytochemistry. Phytobiochemistry --- Medicinal plants --- Plante médicinale --- Composition chimique --- Propriété pharmacologique --- Distribution géographique --- Essai clinique --- Geneeskrachtige kruiden --- Geneeskrachtige planten --- Abrus precatorius --- Allium sativum --- Aloe vera --- Annona muricata --- Carica papaya --- Cassia alata --- Catharanthus roseus --- Curcuma longa --- Cymbopogon citratus --- Cyperus rotundus --- Hibiscus rosa-sinensis --- Hibiscus sabdariffa --- Jatropha curcas --- Lantana camara --- Macuna pruriens --- Mangifera indica --- Manihot esculenta --- Momordica charantia --- Moringa pterygosperma --- Persea americana --- Phyllanthus niruri --- Portulaca oleraceae --- Psidium guajava --- Punica granatum --- Syzygium cumini --- Tamarindus indica --- economic botany --- nomenclature --- traditional knowledge of plants --- Pharmacognosy --- Encyclopedieën. --- Encyclopedias. --- identification. --- Plant science. --- Botany. --- Pharmacology. --- Complementary medicine. --- Organic chemistry. --- Plant Sciences. --- Pharmacology/Toxicology. --- Complementary & Alternative Medicine. --- Organic Chemistry. --- Organic chemistry --- Chemistry --- Complementary medicine --- Healing systems --- Systems, Healing --- Systems, Therapeutic --- Therapeutic systems --- Medicine --- Integrative medicine --- Drug effects --- Medical pharmacology --- Medical sciences --- Chemicals --- Chemotherapy --- Drugs --- Pharmacy --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Plants --- Physiological effect --- Floristic botany --- Medicinal plants. --- Pharmacy. --- Plants, Useful. --- Plantes médicinales.