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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349445303321

Autore

Alvarez María Alejandra

Titolo

Pharmacological Properties of Native Plants from Argentina / / by María Alejandra Alvarez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-20198-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIII, 255 p. 76 illus., 71 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

578.012

578.09

615.3210982

Soggetti

Plant systematics

Plant taxonomy

Pharmacology

Plant ecology

Biodiversity

Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography

Pharmacology/Toxicology

Plant Ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Medicinal Plants in Argentina -- Ethnobotany in Argentina -- Cuyo -- The Pampa: an infinite plain -- Mesopotamia-Paranaense Forest -- Puna- a surrealistic landscape in the Argentinean Highlands -- Yungas -- Chaco and Espinal -- Patagonia -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The aim of this book is to offer information about the Pharmacological Properties of Native Plants from Argentina to students, researchers and graduates interested in the fields of Ethnobotany, Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Pharmacy, and Medicine. The book includes summary information about the native plants from Argentina with medical activity comprising their botanical characteristics, distribution, characteristics of the regions where they grow, ethnobotanical information, chemical data, biological activity, establishment of in vitro



cultures, toxicity, and legal status. .