Medicinal plants in Australia. Volume 2, Gums, resins, tannin and essential oils /

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Author / Creator:Williams, Cheryll J., author.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:New South Wales : Rosenberg, 2011.
Description:1 online resource (344 pages) : color illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11305424
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ISBN:9781925078060
192507806X
9781877058943
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 21, 2014).
Summary:This is a book designed to enhance our appreciation of the medicinal history of Australia's flora, its unique contributions to everyday life, and its extraordinary future potential. The renewed importance of the medical importance of Australian Plants is discussed particularly in relation to the advent of drug-resistant strains of bacteria, fungi, and viruses. New Eucalypts that can yield higher grade oils, essential oils from the Melaleuca and Leptospermum show excellent therapeutic potential, and the success of Tea Tree oil in the international market is also discussed. Commercial value of r.
Other form:Print version: Williams, Cheryll. Medicinal Plants in Australia Volume 2 : Gums, Resins, Tannin and Essential Oils. Sydney : Rosenberg Publishing, ©2011 9781877058943
Standard no.:YBP11138678