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South American Medicinal Plants

Botany, Remedial Properties and General Use

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Authors:
  1. Ingrid Roth

    1. Münstertal, Germany

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  2. Helga Lindorf

    1. Biología Tropical, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

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  • Easy to use: A-Z order of plant families and their species

  • Complete: extensive coverage of the vast South American flora, particular emphasis on Venezuelan vegetation

  • Outstanding: more than 250 figures for easy identification and screening

  • Including: plant utilization in traditional South American medicine

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Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction to South American Medicinal Plants

    • Ingrid Roth, Helga Lindorf
    Pages 1-69

  3. Plant Families

    • Ingrid Roth, Helga Lindorf
    Pages 71-467

  4. Epilog

    • Ingrid Roth, Helga Lindorf
    Pages 467-467

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 469-492
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About this book

Books dealing with medicinal herbs have been forests by man. Furthermore, the knowledge of use­ ful and medicinal plants is lost as soon as tradition much in demand in the last decade, since interest in the use of 'healing plants' instead of chemistry vanishes through the import of new products from wrapped up in the form of pills has gradually in­ industrialized countries. Already in 1926, PITTIER creased. Interest in natural methods of healing by regreted that the use as well as the production of medicinal plants advanced with the ecological con­ indigenous medicinal-herbal products, foodstuffs science of man. European officinal plants are well and other local industrial vegetable products, such known and have already been applied for hundreds as special oils, waxes, fibers, tannic substances, cork of years or even more. However, as the tropical etc. , diminished alarmingly, as importation of arti­ forests attracted more attention, the great wealth of ficial or foreign products from the USA and Europe increased. This decrease in natural indigenous pro­ useful plants stored in tropical regions became ob­ vious. India is probably a leading country in the duction continues up to the present day such that knowledge of indigenous tropical medicinal plants, also the knowledge of these useful plants is being some of which are also known or are even common gradually forgotten. As local industries disap­ in Europe. Further useful and medicinal plants peared, unemployment consequently increased.

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"This book … consists of a general introduction to various aspects relevant for the study of South American medicinal plants and specific information on selected plant taxa. … The value of the book consists for the most part in the excellent quality of the figures and the detailed anatomical and morphological descriptions of the plants. … Overall, the book is very helpful for the identification of herbal drugs used in Venezuela and other South and Central American countries." (Johanna Kufer & Michael Heinrich, Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol. 160 (11), 2003)

"The title of this volume refers to different aspects of South American medicinal plants. … this book will no doubt be of interest to a wide range of readers, who will find valuable information on the use, remedial properties, and botanical features of medicinal plants of this tropical region of the world." (Gabriel Bernardello, Plant Systematics and Evolution, Vol. 235 (1-4), 2002)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Münstertal, Germany

    Ingrid Roth

  • Biología Tropical, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

    Helga Lindorf

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: South American Medicinal Plants

  • Book Subtitle: Botany, Remedial Properties and General Use

  • Authors: Ingrid Roth, Helga Lindorf

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04698-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-41929-7Published: 24 July 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07544-5Published: 30 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-04698-2Published: 17 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 492

  • Number of Illustrations: 1079 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Pharmacy, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Plant Sciences, Acupuncture

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