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|a Hefferon, Kathleen L. ,
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|a Let thy food be thy medicine :
|b plants and modern medicine
|c Kathleen Hefferon
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|a New York :
|b Oxford University Press
|c 2012
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|a 194 pages :
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|c 24 cm.
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|a Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-190) and index
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|a 1. Plants and human health -- 2. Bioprospecting for medicines from plants -- 3. The lure of herbal medicine -- 4. Farming medicine from plants -- 5. Superfood: functional and biofortified foods -- 6. Food security, climate change, and the future farming -- 7. The future
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|a Let Thy Food Be Thy Medicine is a response to the current flood of conflicting information regarding the use of plants for both consumption and medicinal purposes. Kathleen Hefferon addresses the myths and popular beliefs surrounding the application of plants in human health, revealing both their truths and inaccuracies, and provides an overview of the technologies scientists are using to further their research
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|a Ethnobotany
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|a Herbs
|x Therapeutic use
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|a Materia medica, Vegetable
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|c Open Shelf (1 Day)
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