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Plant resources of south-east asia 12 : (2) medicinal and poisonous plants 2

Prosea, short for Plant Resources of South-East Asia', is an international programme focused on South-East Asia. Its purpose is to make available the wealth of dispersed knowledge on plant resources for education, extension, research and industry through a computerized data bank and an illustrated multivolume handbook. A thorough knowledge of plant resources is essential for human life and plays a key role in ecologically balanced land-use systems. Extensive information on the plants growing in the region is needed to enable the plant resources of each country to be used optimally. A large international team of experts is preparing the texts on particular species or genera, which are being published in commodity groups. All taxa are treated in a similar manner with details on uses, botany, ecology, agronomy or silviculture, genetic resources, breeding, prospects and literature. This second of the three planned volumes on the medicinal and poisonous plants of South-East Asia presents a mixture of species that have been well investigated phytochemically or pharmacologically, but are poorly known in the South-East Asian region. Up-to-date information is provided concerning local knowledge as well as modern research findings, where possible. This is important in view of the resurgence of interest in medicinal plants in South-East Asia. rnIn general, less information on the phytochemistry and pharmacology is available for the medicinal and poisonous plants covered in the present volume compared to those highlighted in the first one (1999).rnThe alphabetical treatment of genera and species comprises 171 papers. Genera such as alstonia, Alyxia, Capparis, Croton, Polygala and Quassia are well-known in traditional medicine in South-East Asia. Other genera have been quite well investigated in the field of phytochemistry and may have prospects for the production of bio-active intermediates. Examples include Strophanthus and Cerbera for their cardiac glycosides, Tabernaemontana, Ipomoea and Phaeanthus for their alkaloids and Dioscorea for its steroidal glycosides.rnThe introduction deals with some aspects of quality control of herbal drugs. A glossary and several indices are included.

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No. Panggil

582.12 VAL p

Penerbit

Bogor : Prosea Foundation., 2001

Deskripsi Fisik

782 hlm. : ilus. : ind. : bib. ; 27 cm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

90-5782-099-4

Klasifikasi

582.12

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

unmediated

Tipe Pembawa

unspecified

Edisi

Jil. 12 (2).

Subjek

Botani
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Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

editor, J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg and N. Bunyapraphatsara

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