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.
Subject:	Medicinal plants -- North America. Aromatic plants -- North America. Aromatic plants. Medicinal plants. North America.
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. Print version record.
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.

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