Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador
Title | Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador PDF eBook |
Author | William T. Vickers |
Publisher | |
Pages | 63 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Uses and Abuses of Plant-Derived Smoke
Title | Uses and Abuses of Plant-Derived Smoke PDF eBook |
Author | Marcello Pennacchio |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2010-07-23 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0199708479 |
Plants provide the food, shelter, medicines, and biomass that underlie sustainable life. One of the earliest and often overlooked uses of plants is the production of smoke, dating to the time of early hominid species. Plant-derived smoke has had an enormous socio-economic impact throughout human history, being burned for medicinal and recreational purposes, magico-religious ceremonies, pest control, food preservation, and flavoring, perfumes, and incense. This illustrated global compendium documents and describes approximately 2,000 global uses for over 1,400 plant species. The Uses and Abuses of Plant-Derived Smoke is accessibly written and provides a wealth of information on human uses for smoke. Divided into nine main categories of use, the compendium lists plant-derived smoke's medicinal, historical, ceremonial, ritual and recreational uses. Plant use in the production of incense and to preserve and flavor foods and beverages is also included. Each entry includes full binomial names and family, an identification of the person who named the plant, as well as numerous references to other scholarly texts. Of particular interest will be plants such as Tobacco (Nicotiana tabaccum), Boswellia spp (frankincense), and Datura stramonium (smoked as a treatment for asthma all over the world), all of which are described in great detail.
Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
Title | Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops PDF eBook |
Author | R. Büttner |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 3698 |
Release | 2001-04-10 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9783540410171 |
With contributions by numerous experts
Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest
Title | Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest PDF eBook |
Author | Michael J. Balick |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Biotic communities |
ISBN | 9780231101707 |
This book opens readers' eyes to the enormous resources of the Earth's rain forests and the potential impact of their destruction in terms of human health.
World Spice Plants
Title | World Spice Plants PDF eBook |
Author | Johannes Seidemann |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 589 |
Release | 2005-12-27 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 3540279083 |
Despite their long tradition spices are subject to international modern scientific research. This has made it necessary to disseminate knowledge to a large audience of interest. The book addresses this need by informing the reader about the complex worldwide use of spice plants. The many spice and aromatic plants are arranged in alphabetical order of their botanical relevance. It includes all species which have been cultivated for the above purposes. It also covers species whose usage has long ceased or which are used only rarely or have become wild. In this respect the author has aimed at comprehensiveness. In total over 1400 plants have been collated. The very extensive register of literature has been designed to facilitate intensive study of a specific plant or spice. Works both on botany and agriculture, and on chemistry, pharmacodynamics and usage have been considered. The book is aimed principally at spice and aroma experts, pharmacists, botanists and interested lay persons. But the author also had in mind food chemists, dieticians and agricultural scientists, for whom botany, chemistry and pharmacological aspects may be of interest. It is hoped that those occupied in the spice and aroma industry involved in creating spice blends and the like will also take inspiration from the book.
Flowering Plants of Amazonian Ecuador
Title | Flowering Plants of Amazonian Ecuador PDF eBook |
Author | Susanne S. Renner |
Publisher | Aarhus Universitetsforlag |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
Flowering Plants of Amazonian Ecuador - A Checklist
Phytochemicals
Title | Phytochemicals PDF eBook |
Author | Venketeshwer Rao |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 351 |
Release | 2015-09-30 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9535121707 |
Global dietary recommendations emphasize the consumption of plant-based foods for the prevention and management of chronic diseases. Plants contain many biologically active compounds referred to as phytochemicals or functional ingredients. These compounds play an important role in human health. Prior to establishing the safety and health benefits of these compounds, they must first be isolated, purified, and their physico-chemical properties established. Once identified, their mechanisms of actions are studied. The chapters are arranged in the order from isolation, purification and identification to in vivo and clinical studies, there by covering not only the analytical procedures used but also their nutraceutical and therapeutic properties.