Book ID: 107724
Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino, Umesh Patil and Akos Mathe (eds.)
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of South America: Brazil. 2018. (Med. and Aromatic Plants of the World, 5). 125 (66 col.) figs. VIII, 463 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This book presents an overview of plants in South America with a focus on Brazil. This volume deals with the major MAPs of South America, providing information on major aspects of this specific group of plants on that continent (botany, traditional usage, chemistry, production / collection practices, trade and utilization). Brazil, in particular, offers an immense amount of biodiversity, including plants with great pharmacological interest and ethno-medicinal importance.