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Author |
: Maurice M. Iwu |
Publisher |
: CRC Press |
Total Pages |
: 446 |
Release |
: 2014-02-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781466571983 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1466571985 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Handbook of African Medicinal Plants by : Maurice M. Iwu
With over 50,000 distinct species in sub-Saharan Africa alone, the African continent is endowed with an enormous wealth of plant resources. While more than 25 percent of known species have been used for several centuries in traditional African medicine for the prevention and treatment of diseases, Africa remains a minor player in the global natural
Author |
: William Hawthorne |
Publisher |
: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew |
Total Pages |
: 1046 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015069311853 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Woody Plants of Western African Forests by : William Hawthorne
A guide to the identification of all the woody plants (c. 2,250 species in 740 genera) of the forest region of West Africa called 'Upper Guinea', between Togo and Senegal. Upper Guinea is one of the world's most important centres of biodiversity, from the mountain forests of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, to the lowland evergreen, and semideciduous forests widespread also in Ghana and Ivory Coast. This comprehensively illustrated guide will play a vital supportive role in the challenge of sustainable development within the forest region of West Africa, helping to promote best practice in the management of its plants and forests.
Author |
: Victor Kuete |
Publisher |
: Elsevier |
Total Pages |
: 742 |
Release |
: 2014-05-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780128004753 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0128004754 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants by : Victor Kuete
Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants provides a detailed overview of toxicological studies relating to traditionally used medicinal plants in Africa, with special emphasis on the methodologies and tools used for data collection and interpretation. The book considers the physical parameters of these plants and their effect upon various areas of the body and human health, including chapters dedicated to genotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, cardiotoxicity, neurotoxicity, and specific organs and systems.Following this discussion of the effects of medicinal plants is a critical review of the guidelines and methods in use for toxicological research as well as the state of toxicology studies in Africa. With up-to-date research provided by a team of experts, Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants is an invaluable resource for researchers and students involved in pharmacology, toxicology, phytochemistry, medicine, pharmacognosy, and pharmaceutical biology. - Offers a critical review of the methods used in toxicological survey of medicinal plants - Provides up-to-date toxicological data on African medicinal plants and families - Serves as a resource tool for students and scientists in the various areas of toxicology
Author |
: Abena Dove Osseo-Asare |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 309 |
Release |
: 2014-01-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226086163 |
ISBN-13 |
: 022608616X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis Bitter Roots by : Abena Dove Osseo-Asare
For over a century, plant specialists worldwide have sought to transform healing plants in African countries into pharmaceuticals. And for equally as long, conflicts over these medicinal plants have endured, from stolen recipes and toxic tonics to unfulfilled promises of laboratory equipment and usurped personal patents. In Bitter Roots, Abena Dove Osseo-Asare draws on publicly available records and extensive interviews with scientists and healers in Ghana, Madagascar, and South Africa to interpret how African scientists and healers, rural communities, and drug companies—including Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Unilever—have sought since the 1880s to develop drugs from Africa’s medicinal plants. Osseo-Asare recalls the efforts to transform six plants into pharmaceuticals: rosy periwinkle, Asiatic pennywort, grains of paradise, Strophanthus, Cryptolepis, and Hoodia. Through the stories of each plant, she shows that herbal medicine and pharmaceutical chemistry have simultaneous and overlapping histories that cross geographic boundaries. At the same time, Osseo-Asare sheds new light on how various interests have tried to manage the rights to these healing plants and probes the challenges associated with assigning ownership to plants and their biochemical components. A fascinating examination of the history of medicine in colonial and postcolonial Africa, Bitter Roots will be indispensable for scholars of Africa; historians interested in medicine, biochemistry, and society; and policy makers concerned with drug access and patent rights.
Author |
: Anna Maria Mercuri |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 577 |
Release |
: 2018-07-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783319898391 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3319898396 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis Plants and People in the African Past by : Anna Maria Mercuri
There is an essential connection between humans and plants, cultures and environments, and this is especially evident looking at the long history of the African continent. This book, comprising current research in archaeobotany on Africa, elucidates human adaptation and innovation with respect to the exploitation of plant resources. In the long-term perspective climatic changes of the environment as well as human impact have posed constant challenges to the interaction between peoples and the plants growing in different countries and latitudes. This book provides an insight into/overview of the manifold routes people have taken in various parts Africa in order to make a decent living from the provisions of their environment by bringing together the analyses of macroscopic and microscopic plant remains with ethnographic, botanical, geographical and linguistic research. The numerous chapters cover almost all the continent countries, and were prepared by most of the scholars who study African archaeobotany, i.e. the complex and composite history of plant uses and environmental transformations during the Holocene.
Author |
: Victor Kuete |
Publisher |
: Newnes |
Total Pages |
: 917 |
Release |
: 2013-06-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780124059368 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0124059368 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Medicinal Plant Research in Africa by : Victor Kuete
The pharmacopoeias of most African countries are available and contain an impressive number of medicinal plants used for various therapeutic purposes. Many African scholars have distinguished themselves in the fields of organic chemistry, pharmacology, and pharmacognosy and other areas related to the study of plant medicinal plants. However, until now, there is no global standard book on the nature and specificity of chemicals isolated in African medicinal plants, as well as a book bringing together and discussing the main bioactive metabolites of these plants. This book explores the essence of natural substances from African medicinal plants and their pharmacological potential. In light of possible academic use, this book also scans the bulk of African medicinal plants extract having promising pharmacological activities. - The book contains data of biologically active plants of Africa, plant occurring compounds and synthesis pathways of secondary metabolites - This book explores the essence of natural substances from African medicinal plants and their pharmacological potential - The authors are world reknowned African Scientists
Author |
: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Botany |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 204 |
Release |
: 1898 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015067162548 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Catalogue of the African Plants by : British Museum (Natural History). Department of Botany
Author |
: British museum (Nat. hist.). Dept. of botany |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 290 |
Release |
: 1899 |
ISBN-10 |
: WISC:89101349546 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Catalogue of the African Plants: Cryptogamia. 1901 by : British museum (Nat. hist.). Dept. of botany
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 178 |
Release |
: 1922 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015052498741 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Flowering Plants of Africa by :
A magazine of colour plates with descriptions of flowering plants of Africa and neighboring islands.
Author |
: Vincent Carruthers |
Publisher |
: Penguin Random House South Africa |
Total Pages |
: 1866 |
Release |
: 2017-02-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781775844648 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1775844641 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Wildlife of Southern Africa by : Vincent Carruthers
A field guide to the wildlife of southern Africa, describing over 2,000 plants and animals, with accurate illustrations in full colour. This book has been a trusted fi eld companion for many years. Comprehensively updated, it now features range maps for most groups. The chapters are colour-coded for easy reference, and diagnostic features appear in bold type within the descriptions. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in the field. All the main plant and animal groups are covered: Lower invertebrates, Spiders and other arachnids, Insects, Freshwater fishes, Frogs, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals, Grasses, sedges, ferns and fungi, Wild flowers, Trees