Bitter roots : the search for healing plants in Africa
Title:
Bitter roots : the search for healing plants in Africa
Author:
Osseo-Asare, Abena Dove Agyepoma.
ISBN:
9780226086163
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (309 pages) : illustrations
Contents:
Introduction: From plants to pharmaceuticals -- Take Madagascar periwinkle for leukemia and pennywort for leprosy -- Take grains of paradise for love -- Take arrow poisons for the heart -- Take bitter roots for malaria -- Take Kalahari hoodia for hunger -- Conclusion: Toward bioprosperity.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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