Phytochemistry of Medicinal Plants

Book Overview

Phytochemicals from medicinal plants are receiving ever greater attention in the scientific literature, in medicine, and in the world economy in general. For example, the global value of plant-derived pharmaceuticals will reach $500 billion in the year 2000 in the OECD countries. In the developing countries, over-the-counter remedies and "ethical phytomedicines," which are standardized toxicologically and clinically defined crude drugs, are seen as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306451816
• ISBN13: 9780306451812
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"