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Bryan HansonPublication Details
BookHaworth Herbal Press2005Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) RS164 .H276 2005 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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Description
Learn how medicinal plants work from the chemical level upward Understanding Medicinal Plants: Their Chemistry and Therapeutic Action is designed to teach the chemical concepts necessary to understand the actions of medicinal plants to people who are intimidated by chemistry. In Understanding Medicinal Plants, you will find a lexicon of medicinally important chemical families found in plants to help you identify and understand the role of constituents such as: alkaloids flavonoids coumarins glycosides amino acids lignans tannins and many more Understanding Medicinal Plants enriches your knowledge of the science behind herbalism and increases your savvy as a consumer of herbal products. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
Contents
- Interpreting the symbolism of chemical structures, or, finding your way around a molecule
- The origins of bonding and molecular properties
- A structural lexicon of medicinally important chemical families found in plants
- Chemical behavior and its application to medicinal molecules
- Drug delivery and action
- Case studies of selected plant drugs
ISBN
- 0789015528
- 078901551x
- 9780789015525
- 078901551x
- 9780789015518
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