Bitter roots : the search for healing plants in Africa /

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Main Author: Osseo-Asare, Abena Dove Agyepoma
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
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Table of 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.