Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Latin America

by James A. Duke

Finalist for 2009 The Council on Botanical & Horticultural Libraries Literature Award

A Comprehensive Guide Addressing Safety, Efficacy, and Suitability

About a quarter of all the medicines we use come from rainforest plants and more than 1,400 varieties of tropical plants are being investigated as potential cures for cancer. Curare comes from a tropical vine and quinine from the cinchona tree...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420043161
• ISBN13: 9781420043167
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 960 Pages
• Weight: 3.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.2" x 10.1"