Botany category: 1702 books
The Ethnobotany of Eden
Rethinking the Jungle Medicine Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
In the mysterious and pristine forests of the tropics, a wealth of ethnobotanical panaceas and shamanic knowledge promises cures for everything from cancer and AIDS to the common cold. To access such miracles, we need only to discover and protect these medicinal treasures before they succumb to the...
by Sadia Kanwal
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Master's Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Biology - Botany, grade: 1, , language: English, abstract: The increase of metals pollution in soil is a worldwide problem that effects the health of humans and environment. The use of green technology such as phytoremediation is one the environmental...
Ethnobotany of India, Volume 4
Western and Central Himalayas
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Ethnobotany of India: Volume 4: Western and Central Himalayas is the 4th volume of the 5-volume set, an informative book series on the ethnobotanical aspects of India. The books cover different regions, including
Volume 1: Eastern Ghats and Deccan
Volume 2: Western Ghats and West Coast...
Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants
Volume 1, Fruits
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
This multi-compendium is a comprehensive, illustrated and scientifically up-to-date work covering more than a thousand species of edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, researchers, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists,...
Plant Metabolomics
Methods and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
This book introduces plant metabolomics, an experimental approach that is important in both functional genomics and systems biology. It can be argued that metabolite data is most closely linked to phenotypes and that changes in metabolite content or metabolic networks can therefore indicate gene function...
Plants of China
A Companion to the Flora of China
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
The flora of China is astonishing in its diversity. With 32,500 species of vascular plants, over fifty per cent of which are endemic, it has more botanical variety than anywhere else in the world and provides unbroken connections to all its landscapes - from tropical to subtropical, temperate and...
Out of Nature
Why Drugs from Plants Matter to the Future of Humanity
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
About half of all species under threat of extinction in the world today are plants. The loss of plant biodiversity is disturbing for many reasons, but especially because it is a reflection of the growing disconnect between humans and nature. Plants have been used for millennia in traditional systems...
Natural History of the Phlox Family
Systematic Botany
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Rare and Exotic Orchids
Their Nature and Cultural Significance
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2017
Comprising some 28,000 different species, orchids are by far the largest flowering plant family on Earth. Every year, new species are being uncovered in the wild or created by humans, and so this number has only continued to blossom.
This book is intended for those who wish to learn about...
Flowering Plants
Structure and Industrial Products
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Angiosperms, or flowering plants, are one of the most diverse plant groups on the planet, and they offer tremendous resources for a broad range of industries. Flowering Plants examines the anatomy and morphology of angiosperms with a focus on relating their metabolic activities to products for the...
Recent Advances in Lichenology
Modern Methods and Approaches in Lichen Systematics and Culture Techniques, Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2015
This book discusses in detail molecular, mycobiont culture, biomonitoring and bioprospection of lichens, providing insights into advances in different fields of lichenology by applying modern techniques and approaches and examining how their application has enhanced or changed classical approaches....
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Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
This book, the second of two volumes on the Gentianaceae, is devoted to aspects of biotechnology and their applications. It consists of 18 chapters and covers micropropagation by means of organogenesis or somatic embryogenesis, and single cell manipulation of various species belonging to the horticultural...
Plant derived vaccine
Edible vaccine
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
Literature Review from the year 2014 in the subject Biology - Botany, , course: post doctoral, language: English, abstract: Biotechnologists in recent years have come up with a new concept. This new concept is about edible vaccine. Edible vaccines are composed of antigenic proteins and do not contain...
Ethnobotany of India, Volume 5
The Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Ethnobotany of India, Volume 5: The Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India is the fifth of a five-volume set on the ethnobotany of India. Bringing together in one place information on the ethnobotany of the Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India, this volume presents the valuable details of the ethnobotanical...