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Medical Botany
Walter H. Lewis
€ 170.17
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Description for Medical Botany
Hardcover. Organized by body system and ailment makes it easy to locate appropriate therapies. Includes background on the physiology of major systems and ailments so readers can understand how and why a pharmaceutical, botanical, or dietary supplement works. Broad coverage includes green plants, fungi, and microorganisms. Num Pages: 832 pages, index, glossary. BIC Classification: MMG; MX; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 202 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1688.
- Organized by body system and ailment makes it easy to locate appropriate therapies.
- Includes background on the physiology of major systems and ailments so readers can understand how and why a pharmaceutical, botanical, or dietary supplement works.
- Broad coverage includes green plants, fungi, and microorganisms.
- Includes extensive references and citations from both conventional and complimentary-alternative medical systems when natural products or their derivatives are involved.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
832
Condition
New
Number of Pages
832
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471628828
SKU
V9780471628828
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Walter H. Lewis
WALTER H. LEWIS, PhD, DSc, is Professor Emeritus of Biology and University Research Ethnobotanist at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also Senior Botanist at the Missouri Botanical Garden. MEMORY P. F. ELVIN-LEWIS, PhD, DSc, is Professor of Biomedicine in Microbiology and Ethnobotany, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Reviews for Medical Botany
"...an extremely good read...a productive mine of information...laced liberally with humour, human observation and practical examples..." (Plant Talk, May 2004)