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Plants for Food and Medicine
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Plants for Food and Medicine
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Hew D. V. Prendergast
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Edited by N. L. Etkin
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Edited by D.R. Harris
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:448 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 170 |
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| Category/Genre | Botany and plant sciences |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781900347556
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| Classifications | Dewey:581.63 |
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| Audience | | Undergraduate | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Royal Botanic Gardens
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| Imprint |
Kew Publishing
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| Publication Date |
1 January 1998 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Plants for Food and Medicine, the proceedings of the 1996 Economic Botany and the International Society of Ethnopharmacology Conference. Explores the commercial and scientific potential of plants for the food, health and drug industries. It focuses on the current state of `pharmafoods' - how medicinal plants are shaping modern medicine; ethnopharmacology; new drug development; biodiversity and conservation; and the valuation of wild plant resources.
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