Books Details
Author : Maurice M. Iwu Pages : 476 pages Publisher : CRC Press Language :
ISBN-10 : 1466571977 ISBN-13 : 9781466571976
Books Descriptions
With over 50,000 distinct species in sub-Saharan Africa alone, the African
continent is endowed with an enormous wealth of plant resources. While more
than 25 percent of known species have been used for several centuries in
traditional African medicine for the prevention and treatment of diseases, Africa
remains a minor player in the global natural products market largely due to lack
of practical information. This updated and expanded second edition of the
Handbook of African Medicinal Plants provides a comprehensive review of more
than 2,000 species of plants employed in indigenous African medicine, with full-
color photographs and references from over 1,100 publications.The first part of
the book contains a catalog of the plants used as ingredients for the preparation
of traditional remedies, including their medicinal uses and the parts of the plant
used. This is followed by a pharmacognostical profile of 170 of the major herbs,
with a brief description of the diagnostic features of
