Medicinal and aromatic plants of North America

Medicinal and aromatic plants of North America / Ákos Máthé, editor.

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 Me...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Máthé, Á (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, [2020]
Series:Medicinal and aromatic plants of the world (Series) ; v. 6.
Subjects:
Medicinal plants > North America.
Aromatic plants > North America.
Aromatic plants
Medicinal plants
North America
Online Access:Click for online access
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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