Publisher's Synopsis
Researchers in the field of natural product chemistry and pharmacology focus on discovering
new drugs from medicinal plants. The medicinal plants of Sabah (North Borneo), many of which
are found in all of Asia and the Pacific, represent a vast array of resources that could be used
for the discovery of drugs and the development of cosmetics as well as functional food. No other
book focuses on the medicinal plants from this part of the globe in such depth. The author is well
known in natural products and this text will appeal to a global audience in presenting the botanical
description, chemical constituents, pharmacology, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and functional food
potentials of these plants.
Features:
1. Describes in a phylogenetic order the habitats, distributions, botanical descriptions, local
names, uses, chemical constituents, pharmacological activities, and toxic effects of more
than 250 species of medicinal plants of Sabah.
2. Provides a selection of botanical plates of medicinal plants endemic to Sabah, hand-drawn
by the author.
3. Provides comment sections to invite further research on the topic of the development of
drugs, dietary products, and cosmetics from Sabah medicinal plants.
