Understanding medicinal plants : their chemistry and therapeutic action /
Bryan Hanson.
- New York : Haworth Herbal Press, c2005.
- xiii, 307 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-289) and index.
Interpreting the symbolism of chemical structures, or, finding your way around a molecule -- The origins of bonding and molecular properties -- A structural lexicon of medicinally important chemical families found in plants -- Chemical behavior and its application to medicinal molecules -- Drug delivery and action -- Case studies of selected plant drugs.
078901551X 0789015528
Materia medica Vegetable--Popular works Medicinal plants--Popular works Botanical chemistry--Popular works