Publisher's Synopsis
A comprehensive but compact, fully illustrated, multilingual scientific guide to medicinal and poisonous plants. Very wide coverage, with more than 280 well?known herbal medicines and poisonous plants, including those used for their mind?altering effects. Introductory chapters, briefly explaining all the important concepts and terms related to medicinal and poisonous plants, as well as the most important analytical techniques. A brief review of the different classes of chemical constituents with examples of well?known compounds and highlighting their occurrence in various herbal products and medicinal plants. A compact guide that is also scientifically accurate, with each species treatment supplied with critical data and chemical structures of the main active compound(s) or marker compound(s). This handy desk?top reference book is likely to become popular amongst health care practitioners, pharmacists, doctors and students because it provides quick answers to all the basic questions about medicinal and poisonous plants.
