Noted author/photographer/lecturer/herbalist Steven Foster details the history of American medicinal plants, focusing on products such as taxol, a Pacific yew tree derivative used to treat cancer. He identifies medicinal plants and their uses by Native Americans, physicians, and modern pharmaceutical companies, and addresses issues of overharvesting wild plants, cultivating sustainable supplies, and developing regulatory guidelines.
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Noted author/photographer/lecturer/herbalist Steven Foster details the history of American medicinal plants, focusing on products such as taxol, a Pacific yew tree derivative used to treat cancer. He identifies medicinal plants and their uses by Native Americans, physicians, and modern pharmaceutical companies, and addresses issues of overharvesting wild plants, cultivating sustainable supplies, and developing regulatory guidelines.
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Good. Signed by previous owner. Minor cover edge wear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Forest History Society Issues Series. Audience: General/trade.
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Illus. VG PB signed by author. Native Americans used plants to treat all kinds of ailments but are these folk remedies still valid? A quarter of all. Prescription drugs are based on plants, including anti-cancer drugs. History of the usage of medicinal plants in America. Fading along back spine edge. Signed by author.
