El. knyga: Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific

Drawing on the author's extensive personal experience, Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific 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 unique.

In this combination of reference and field guide, Wiart (pharmacology, U. of Malaya) supports the work of active researchers seeking detailed accounts by others in their field as well as the curiosity of those in pharmacology, medicine, biotechnology, veterinary medicine and biochemistry. He describes 173 medicinal plants and includes very fine botanical plates, full descriptions, and the rationality of uses in medicine in terms of chemotaxonomy, pharmacology and medicinal chemistry. Medicinal plants are arranged by all relevant plant families and include their botany and ethnopharmacology. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Drawing on the author’s extensive personal experience, Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific 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.