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Ethnobotany and the search for new drugs.

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A compilation of articles by prominent experts in their respective fields on compensation for and collaboration with indigenous people in regard to their knowledge and provision of rare plants which are used for some of the most potent drugs in Western medicine.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Symposium on Ethnobotany and the Search for New Drugs Fortaleza, Brazil, Ciba Foundation
Other Authors: Chadwick, Derek, Marsh, Joan
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester ; New York : J. Wiley, 1994.
Series:Ciba Foundation symposium ; 185.
Subjects:
Materia medica, Vegetable > Congresses.
Ethnobotany > Congresses.
Medicinal plants > Congresses.
Herbal Medicine
Plant Extracts > therapeutic use
Plants, Medicinal
Congress
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:A compilation of articles by prominent experts in their respective fields on compensation for and collaboration with indigenous people in regard to their knowledge and provision of rare plants which are used for some of the most potent drugs in Western medicine.
Item Description:"Symposium on Ethnobotany and the Search for New Drugs, held at the Hotel Praia Centro, Fortaleza, Brazil, 30 November-2 December 1993"--Page v.
Editors: Derek J. Chadwick (organizer) and Joan Marsh.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 280 pages : : illustrations.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780470514634 (electronic bk.)
0470514639 (electronic bk.)