Handbook of African Medicinal Plants, 2nd Edition – FULL INSTANT DOWNLOAD | PDF DOCX EPUB

Name: Handbook of African Medicinal Plants
Edition: 2nd Edition
ISBN-13: 9781466571976
ISBN-10: 1466571977
Addition ISBN: 9780367268831, 9781466571983, 9780429101397, 1040057780, 9781040057780, 9781466571976, 1466571977
Author(s): Maurice M. Iwu, Publisher: CRC Press, Copyright: 2014
A comprehensive review of over 2,000 species of plants employed in indigenous African medicine, this book provides a concise description of the materia medica of an enormous and extensively varied continent. It includes a detailed pharmacognostical profile of 170 of the major herbs, including the common name, synonyms, African names, habitat and distribution, medicinal uses, chemical constituents, and published pharmacologic activity. The profiles are presented in both alphabetic order and according to family. The book also provides an introduction to African traditional medicine.