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Medical Botany Plants Affecting Human Health

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Medical Botany

Plants Affecting Human Health

Walter H. Lewis | Memory P. F. Elvin-Lewis

Medical / Alternative & Complementary Medicine

  • Organized by body system and ailment makes it easy to locate appropriate therapies.
  • Includes background on the physiology of major systems and ailments so readers can understand how and why a pharmaceutical, botanical, or dietary supplement works.
  • Broad coverage includes green plants, fungi, and microorganisms.
  • Includes extensive references and citations from both conventional and complimentary-alternative medical systems when natural products or their derivatives are involved.
WALTER H. LEWIS, PhD, DSc, is Professor Emeritus of Biology and University Research Ethnobotanist at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also Senior Botanist at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
MEMORY P. F. ELVIN-LEWIS, PhD, DSc, is Professor of Biomedicine in Microbiology and Ethnobotany, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Publication Date: 04 September 2003
Publisher: Wiley
Imprint: Wiley
ISBN-13: 9780471628828
Format: Hardback
Page Count: 832
Weight (oz): 44.0

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