Book ID: 112287
Siwe - Noundou, Xavier (ed.)
Natural Products Chemistry of Botanical Medicines from Cameroonian Plants. 2021. (Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants Series). 62 (10 col.) figs. XIV, 206 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Focuses on the sources and chemistry of natural products from plants in Cameroon, West Africa. The plants selected offer an opportunity to trace a route through history from ancient civilizations to the modern day, showing the important value to man of natural products in medicines and in foods. This book highlights how many of the extracts from Cameroon are today associated with important drugs, nutrition products, beverages, perfumes, cosmetics and pigments, as well as presenting their complex chemistry and structure.