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The Natural History of Medicinal Plants
The Natural History of Medicinal Plants
Author: Judith Sumner
Wild and cultivated plants have provided humans with cures for thousands of years. Aspirin, for example, the most widely used drug in the Western pharmacopoeia, was first isolated from willows to treat fever, pain, and inflammation. Today it is synthesized in the laboratory, and its use as an anticoagulant eventually could overshadow its use as ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780881924831
ISBN-10: 0881924830
Publication Date: 9/1/2000
Pages: 235
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Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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