Potent natural medicines : Mother Nature's pharmacy

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kidd, J. S. [ (Jerry S.)] (Author), Kidd, Renee A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Chelsea House , c2006
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Progress in health care
  • 2. The early plant hunters
  • 3. The framework of folk medicine
  • 4. How medicines work
  • 5. Vitamins
  • 6. The regulation of medicines
  • 7. South american expeditions
  • 8. The story of quinine
  • 9. The story of curare
  • 10. Hormones
  • 11. Synthesis
  • 12. Ethnobotany comes of age
  • 13. Testing for "Leads" and beyond
  • 14. The national institutes of health
  • 15. Searching for natural materials in the 21st century