Record Details     « New Search       Brief Record Full Record MARC Record     Bibliographic Data Control Number UPD-00052895123 Date and Time of Latest Transaction 20090717043727.0 General Information 050110s2006 nyua j b 001 0 eng International Standard Book Number 0816056072 (alk. paper) Cataloging Source DSCI Main Entry - Personal Name Kidd, J. S., (Jerry S.) Title Statement Potent natural medicines : Mother Nature's pharmacy / J.S. Kidd and Renee A. Kidd Physical Description xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Series Statement Science & society General Note Rev. ed. of Mother Nature's pharmacy Summary, Etc. Since prehistoric times, humans have used the plant life around them to help cure ailments. In more recent times, researchers and scientists have started to reexamine these early folk remedies in hopes of creating more available forms of treatment. Today, more and more people are attracted to pure forms of these folk medicines, while others hope to gain knowledge from them so that new drugs may be synthesized. Potent Natural Medicines presents the modern history of folk remediesboth its successes and its failures. Central topics include the adventures of the plant hunters and medical consequences, but attention is also given to practices of the U.S. government that are intended to regulate the sale and use of natural products. Product monitoring, the government's efforts to protect consumers, and the scientific underpinnings of drug discovery are also covered in this comprehensive volume Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Pharmacognosy -- Juvenile literature   Pharmacognosy Added Entry - Personal Name Kidd, Renee A.   Kidd, J. S., (Jerry S.), Mother Nature's pharmacy. Local Call Number RS164 .K53 2006 Location UP DSCI RS164 .K53 2006 UDSCB0049393 Reference [Room Use Only] CS/R-2008-15 Textual Physical Form Designator Book           Physical Location University of the Philippines Diliman: College of Science RS164 / .K53 2006           Digital Copy Not Available          Add to Book Cart  |   Download MARC