Medicinal and aromatic plants of North America /

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Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, [2020]
©2020
Description:1 online resource (viii, 342 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps.
Language:English
Series:Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World, 2352-684X ; volume 6
Medicinal and aromatic plants of the world (Series) ; v. 6.
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Format: E-Resource Map Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12608075
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Other authors / contributors:Máthé, Á., editor.
ISBN:9783030449308
3030449300
9783030449285
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ákos Máthé is Professor Emeritus at the FAFS, Széchenyi István University, Mosonmagyaróvár.
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Summary:This volume is aimed at offering an insight into the present knowledge of the vast domain of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants with a focus on North America. In this era of global climate change the volume is meant to provide an important contribution to a better understanding of the diverse world of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant research, production and utilization.--
Other form:Print version: Medicinal and aromatic plants of North America. Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, [2020] 9783030449285
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-030-44930-8
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to medicinal and aromatic plants in North America
  • 2. Diversity, conservation, and sustainability of North American medicinal plants
  • 3. Pharmacopoeial wild medicinal plants of North America
  • 4. American cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) and the maintenance of urinary tract health
  • 5. Medicinal attributes of American elderberry
  • 6. History, conservation, and cultivation of American ginseng, North America's most famous medicinal plant
  • 7. Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata L.)
  • 8. Mentha L. and Pycnanthemum L. germplasm at the US National Clonal Germplasm Repository in Corvallis, Oregon
  • 9. Taxus brevifolia a high-value medicinal plant, as a source of Taxol
  • 10. Dr. Duke's phytochemical and ethnobotanical databases, a cornerstone in the validation of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants, as demonstrated by data on pets in British Columbia
  • 11. Catnip (Nepeta cataria L.) : recent advances in botany, horticulture and production
  • 12. 25 years of DSHEA : impact on supply, conservation and sustainability, GACPs and regulatory compliance of botanical ingredients
  • 13. Authentication of medicinal plant components in North America's NHP industry using molecular diagnostic tools.