Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents of GRAS Herbs and Other Economic Plants: Herbal Reference Library

James A Duke Green Farmacy Garden, Maryland, USA

Series: Herbal Reference Library

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Cat. #: 3865 ISBN: 0849338654 Publication Date: 11/10/2000 Number of Pages: 680

CRC Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents of GRAS Herbs and Other Economic Plants is a unique catalog that includes more than 15,000 phytochemical constituents from over 1,000 higher plant species. This volume covers all of the generally-recognized-as-safe (GRAS) herbs and at least 250 important food and medicinal plants. Each entry features the scientific name, one or more common names, a listing of phytochemical constituents, a single datum or range of quantitative data (wet-weight to dry-weight in parts per million), two-letter abbreviation identifying the plant part, and three-letter abbreviation(s) indicating the source(s) of the data.

The extraordinary amount of data compiled into an easy-to-use tabular format makes the CRC Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents of GRAS Herbs and Other Economic Plants a volume useful to all pharmacologists, toxicologists, nutritionists, pharmacognicists, and food scientists.

• Covers more than 1,000 economically important plants
• Lists vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals
• Gives quantities present in parts per million (ppm)
• Features all of the species considered GRAS by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Gives the scientific name, common name(s), phytochemical constituents, a single datum or range of quantitative data, and abbreviations for each entry