2008 NOMINEE The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Annual Award for a
Significant Work in Botanical or Horticultural Literature From medicinal, industrial, and …

Plants produce an enormous variety of natural products with highly diverse structures. These
products are commonly termed “secondary metabolites” in contrast to the “primary …

Many higher plants produce economically important organic compounds such as oils,
resins, tannins, natural rubber, gums, waxes, dyes, flavors and fragrances, pharmaceuticals …

Stay up-to-date with this important contribution to rationalized botanical medicine The
Handbook of Medicinal Plants explores state-of-the-art developments in the field of botanical …

As in previous volumes, readers will find a multidisciplinary forum for communicating
knowledge related to the botany, horticulture, and pharmacology of herbs, spices, and …

Plants produce a huge array of natural products (secondary metabolites). These compounds
have important ecological functions, providing protection against attack by herbivores and …

" The way we currently produce our food is damaging both to ourselves and our planet.
There is therefore a need to create gardens, woodlands and farms which are in harmony …

Im Gegensatz zu existierenden Fachbüchern, die sich entweder ausschließlich auf die
pharmakologischen Eigenschaften von pflanzlichen Naturstoffen konzentrieren oder den …

Abstract “If only they had chosen to develop natural product drugs in a sustainable manner
at the turn of the century”. In 2050, when the Earth has a population of at least 9 billion, will …

The past decade has witnessed a tremendous resurgence in the interest and use of
medicinal plant products, especially in North America. Surveys of plant medicinal usage by …