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- Contributions from leading scientists worldwide
- Explores the history and relationship of medicinal plants usages of fertilizer in improving crop yield, disease resistance, and nitrogen absorption
- An all-in-one reference of research studies on plant-based therapeutics
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About this book
Research scientists should therefore arm themselves with the right tools and knowledge in order to harness the vast potentials of plant-based therapeutics. The main objective of Plant and Human Health is to serve as a comprehensive guide for this endeavor. Volume 1 highlights how humans from specific areas or cultures use indigenous plants. Despite technological developments, herbal drugs still occupy a preferential place in a majority of the population in the third world and have slowly taken roots as alternative medicine in the West. The integration of modern science with traditional uses of herbal drugs is important for our understanding of this ethnobotanical relationship. Volume 2 deals with the phytochemical and molecular characterization of herbal medicine. Specifically, It will focus on the secondary metabolic compounds which afford protection against diseases. Lastly, Volume 3 focuses on the physiological mechanisms by which the active ingredients of medicinal plants serve to improve human health. Together this three-volume collection intends to bridge the gap for herbalists, traditional and modern medical practitioners, and students and researchers in botany and horticulture.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plant and Human Health, Volume 2
Book Subtitle: Phytochemistry and Molecular Aspects
Editors: Munir Ozturk, Khalid Rehman Hakeem
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03344-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-03343-9Published: 31 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-03344-6Published: 22 January 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 697
Number of Illustrations: 94 b/w illustrations, 61 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Biochemistry, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology, Complementary & Alternative Medicine