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Duke covers roughly 500 of the more important native latin american medicinal plants in a highly organized format. Handbook of african medicinal plants nhbs academic. Cocacola was originally based on an herbal remedy used for headaches. Table 1 phytochemical composition of five nigerian medicinal plants expressed as mg100 g dry weight. The documentation of medicinal uses of african plants is becoming increasingly urgent because of the rapid loss of the natural habitats of these plants due to human activities. Handbook of african medicinal plants by maurice iwu.
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Following those developments additional discoveries of useful medicinal plants resulted from experimentations in several early historic cultures to 2000 years ago in china, india, and tibet. The 40 monographs on medicinal trees and shrubs presented in this book were prepared in collaboration with 9 institutes in africa and latin america. Handbook of african medicinal plants the afrikan library. Pdf version handbook of african medicinal plants ebook. In the second edition worldrenowned ethnobotanist james a. The practical handbook of plant alchemy full book pdf.
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