Author : Ben-Erik Van Wyk
Publisher : Spotlight Poets
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 14,55 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Poisonous plants of South Africa is a guide to the most commonly occurring poisonous plants in South Africa.
Author : Victor Kuete
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 15,32 MB
Release : 2014-05-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0128004754
Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants provides a detailed overview of toxicological studies relating to traditionally used medicinal plants in Africa, with special emphasis on the methodologies and tools used for data collection and interpretation. The book considers the physical parameters of these plants and their effect upon various areas of the body and human health, including chapters dedicated to genotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, cardiotoxicity, neurotoxicity, and specific organs and systems.Following this discussion of the effects of medicinal plants is a critical review of the guidelines and methods in use for toxicological research as well as the state of toxicology studies in Africa. With up-to-date research provided by a team of experts, Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants is an invaluable resource for researchers and students involved in pharmacology, toxicology, phytochemistry, medicine, pharmacognosy, and pharmaceutical biology. - Offers a critical review of the methods used in toxicological survey of medicinal plants - Provides up-to-date toxicological data on African medicinal plants and families - Serves as a resource tool for students and scientists in the various areas of toxicology
Author : Ben-Erik Van Wyk
Publisher : Virago Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 41,10 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Herbs
ISBN : 9781875093441
This publication provides a comprehensive and scientifically accurate guide to the best-known and most important medicinal plants, including those of special commercial or historical interest. It includes descriptions of more than 300 medicinal plants and their close relatives, with each entry summarising botanical background, geographical origin, therapeutic category, historical and modern uses, active ingredients, and pharmacological effects. Over 500 full-color photographs are included to assist in the identification of the plants.
Author : John Mitchell Watt
Publisher :
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,57 MB
Release : 1932
Category : Botany
ISBN :
Author : Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 4038 pages
File Size : 20,75 MB
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1482250640
Written as a reference to be used within University, Departmental, Public, Institutional, Herbaria, and Arboreta libraries, this book provides the first starting point for better access to data on medicinal and poisonous plants. Following on the success of the author's CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names and the CRC World Dictionary of Grasses, the author provides the names of thousands of genera and species of economically important plants. It serves as an indispensable time-saving guide for all those involved with plants in medicine, food, and cultural practices as it draws on a tremendous range of primary and secondary sources. This authoritative lexicon is much more than a dictionary. It includes historical and linguistic information on botany and medicine throughout each volume.
Author : Michael Wink
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 17,13 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN :
Designed primarily for professional people treating cases of misuse. More than 200 of the major plants are treated in depth. Accompanied by 550 excellent photos for ID.
Author : Ben-Erik Van Wyk
Publisher :
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 34,82 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN :
A guide of the most commonly used and best known SA medicinal plants including their botany, traditional uses and active ingredients
Author : Ben-Erik Van Wyk
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,62 MB
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Plants, Useful
ISBN : 9781920217716
4e de couv.: People's Plants is a scientific review of all of the most important useful plants of southern Africa. It remains the first and only fully illustrated ethnobotanical reference source for southern Africa. In this expanded and updated second edition, traditional and contemporary uses of more than 700 plants are described and illustrated in 20 chapters, each dealing with a specific category of plant use. This fascinating book is a must for anyone interested in useful plants, new crop plants, medicinal plants, new product development, ecotourism, rural development, traditional crafts, African culture, ethnobotany and botany in general--Publisher's website.
Author : Ngambouk Vitalis Pemunta
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,20 MB
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004436421
In Biomedical Hegemony and Democracy in South Africa Ngambouk Vitalis Pemunta and Tabi Chama-James Tabenyang unpack the contentious South African government’s post-apartheid policy framework of the ‘‘return to tradition policy’’. The conjuncture between deep sociopolitical crises, witchcraft, the ravaging HIV/AIDS pandemic and the government’s initial reluctance to adopt antiretroviral therapy turned away desperate HIV/AIDS patients to traditional healers. Drawing on historical sources, policy documents and ethnographic interviews, Pemunta and Tabenyang convincingly demonstrate that despite biomedical hegemony, patients and members of their therapy-seeking group often shuttle between modern and traditional medicine, thereby making both systems of healthcare complementary rather than alternatives. They draw the attention of policy-makers to the need to be aware of ‘‘subaltern health narratives’’ in designing health policy.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 23,68 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Animal feeding
ISBN :
