Canadian medicinal crops / / Ernest Small and Paul M. Catling
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| Autore: |
Small Ernest <1940->
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| Titolo: |
Canadian medicinal crops / / Ernest Small and Paul M. Catling
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| Pubblicazione: | Ottawa, : NRC Research Press, 1999 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 581.6/34/0971 |
| Soggetto topico: | Medicinal plants - Canada |
| Materia medica, Vegetable - Canada | |
| Botanical drug industry - Canada | |
| Altri autori: |
CatlingPaul M
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| Note generali: | "NRC no. 42252"--T.p. verso. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | CAUTIONARY NOTE AND DISCLAIMER; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; PREFACE; ORGANIZATION AND RATIONALE; INTRODUCTION; Achillea millefolium L.; Acorus calamus L.; Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.; Arnica species; Caulophyllum species; Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.; Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt. var. angustifolia (DC.) Cronq.; Epilobium angustifolium L.; Hamamelis virginiana L.; Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv.; Humulus lupulus L.; Hydrastis canadensis L.; Laminariales; Oenothera biennis L.; Oplopanax horridus (J.E. Smith) Miq.; Panax quinquefolius L.; Podophyllum peltatum L. |
| Polygala senega L.Rhamnus purshianus DC.; Rhodiola rosea (L.) Scop.; Sanguinaria canadensis L.; Taraxacum spp.; Taxus brevifolia Nutt.; Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.; Vaccinium myrtillus L.; MEDICINAL CAUTIONS; The business of medicinal plants; Information sources; Appendix 1: A Regional Review of Medicinal Plant Research in Canada 1; General references; World Wide Web sites of general interest on medicinal herbs; Glossary of pharmacological and medical terms relevant to medicinal plants | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This publication is a comprehensive reference guide to important medicinal plants that are native to Canada. Chapters feature species such as ginseng, echinacea, Pacific yew, goldenseal, cascara, witch hazel, and kelp. The reader can quickly find details on a particular topic by examining the categories of information, which include: scientific, English and French names, description and classification, medicinal uses, non-medicinal uses, toxicity, chemistry, importance, ecology, agricultural and commercial aspects, human interest information, selected key literature, and world wide web links |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Canadian medicinal crops |
| ISBN: | 1-280-45190-4 |
| 9786610451906 | |
| 1-4593-0140-4 | |
| 0-660-18296-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823928403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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