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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961168303321

Autore

Khan I. A (Ikhlas Ahmad)

Titolo

Leung's encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics / / Ikhlas A. Khan, Ehab A. Abourashed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2009

ISBN

9786612348341

9781118213063

1118213068

9781282348349

1282348345

9781780341736

1780341733

9780470538937

0470538937

9780470538920

0470538929

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (844 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AbourashedEhab A. <1964->

Disciplina

660.6/3

Soggetti

Natural products

Raw materials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

LEUNG'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMMON NATURAL INGREDIENTS USED IN FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS Third Edition; Contents; FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION, BY ARA G. PAUL, PH.D.; FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION, BY DONALD A. DAVIS; PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; NATURAL INGREDIENTS; INDIAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; CHINESE COSMETIC INGREDIENTS; APPENDIX A-GENERAL REFERENCES; APPENDIX B-GLOSSARY/ABBREVIATIONS; APPENDIX C-BOTANICAL TERMS; APPENDIX D-MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF PLANT ORGANS; GENERAL INDEX; CHEMICAL INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The third edition of the unparalleled reference on natural ingredients



and their commercial use This new Third Edition of Leung's Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients: Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics arrives in the wake of the huge wave of interest in dietary supplements and herbal medicine resulting from both trends in health and the Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA). This fully updated and revised text includes the most recent research findings on a wide variety of ingredients, giving readers a single source for understanding and working wit