Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 6, Fruits

Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 6, Fruits This book continues as volume 6 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers edible fruits/seeds used fresh, cooked or processed into other by-products, or as vegetables, cereals, spices, stimulant, edible oils and beverages. It covers selected species from the following families: Sapindaceae, Sapotaceae, Schisandraceae, Solanaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Urticaceae, Vitaceae and Winteraceae. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, researchers, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, agriculturists, botanists, conservationists, lecturers, students and the general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts and uses; botany; nutritive and pharmacological properties, medicinal uses and research findings; nonedible uses; and selected references. Autor: T. K. Lim Wydawnictwo: Springer Rok wydania: 2013 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 606 Wymiary: 17.8 x 25.4 x 3.6 cm Ilustracje: XI, 606 p. Język: angielski ISBN: 9789400756274