"Medicinal Plants of the World" is a comprehensive and scientifically accurate guide to the best-known and most important medicinal plants. The book includes descriptions of more than 300 medicinal plants and their close relatives. Each entry gives a short summary with a description of the plant, the geographical origin, therapeutic category, historical and modern uses, active ingredients, and pharmacological effects. More than 500 full-color photographs assist in the identification of the plants. It is an essential reference guide for health care professionals - doctors, nurses, and especially pharmacists - or anyone with an interest in medicinal plants and their uses.
- ISBN10 0881926027
- ISBN13 9780881926026
- Publish Date 15 February 2004 (first published 31 January 2004)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 April 2017
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Timber Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 480
- Language English