Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Medicinal Plants (6) - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0367382407 ISBN 13 : 9780367382407

Editeur : CRC Press, 2019

Synopsis

Medicinal Plants, Volume 6 of the Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement series summarizes landmark research and describes medicinal plants as nature’s pharmacy.

Highlights

• Examines the use of molecular technology for maintaining authenticity and quality of plant-based products
• Details reports on individual medicinal plants including their history, origin, genetic resources, cytogenetics, and varietal improvement through conventional and modern methods, and their use in pharmaceutical, cosmeceutical, nutrition, and food industries
• Explains how to protect plants with medicinal properties from deforestation, urbanization, overgrazing, pollution, overharvesting, and biopiracy
• Brings together information on germplasm resources of medicinal plants, their history, taxonomy and biogeography, ecology and biodiversity, genetics and breeding, exploitation, and utilization in the medicine and food industries

Written by leading international experts and an innovative panel of scientists, Medicinal Plants offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on medicinal plant genetic resources and their increasing importance in pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical industries, medicine, and nutrition around the world.

Includes eight-page color insert more than 25 full color figures

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ram J. Singh

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CRC Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0367382407
• ISBN 13: 9780367382407
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 1098
• Éditeur: Singh Ram J.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne