03281nam 2200577 450 991046467090332120200520144314.00-19-987398-4(CKB)3710000000072862(StDuBDS)AH24244634(SSID)ssj0001038523(PQKBManifestationID)12439186(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001038523(PQKBWorkID)11050513(PQKB)10813386(MiAaPQ)EBC968008(Au-PeEL)EBL968008(CaPaEBR)ebr10816644(CaONFJC)MIL550691(OCoLC)865508234(EXLCZ)99371000000007286220131221d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrLet thy food be thy medicine plants and modern medicine /Kathleen HefferonNew York :Oxford University Press,2012.©20121 online resource (194 p. ) ill., mapsFormerly CIP.Uk0-19-987397-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Hefferon addresses the myths and popular beliefs surrounding the application of plants in human health, revealing both their truths and inaccuracies, and provides an overview of the technologies scientists are using to further their research.Are herbal medicines effective? Are organic foods really better for you? Will the cure to cancer eventually come from a newly discovered plant which dwells in the Amazon basin? Will medicines ever become affordable and available to the neediest? How will we produce enough food to keep up with an ever-increasing world population? Written with these issues in mind, Let Thy Food Be Thy Medicine is a response to the current flood of conflicting information regarding the use ofplants for both consumption and medicinal purposes. Kathleen Hefferon addresses the myths and popular beliefs surrounding the application of plants in human health, revealing both their truths and inaccuracies, and provides an overview of the technologies scientists are using to further their research.The book covers herbal medicines, functional and biofortified foods, plants and antibiotics, edible vaccines, and organic versus genetically modified foods, discussing each from a scientific standpoint. It these topics together for the first time, providing a much-needed overview of plants as medicine. Intended for scientists and professionals in related disciplines as well as the interested reader educated in the sciences, this book will confront claims made in the media with science andscientific analysis, providing readers with enough background to allow them to make their own judgments.Materia medica, VegetableHerbsTherapeutic useEthnobotanyElectronic books.Materia medica, Vegetable.HerbsTherapeutic use.Ethnobotany.615.3/21Hefferon Kathleen975648MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464670903321Let thy food be thy medicine2221622UNINA