Let thy food be thy medicine :: plants and modern medicine /
Hefferon addresses the myths and popular beliefs surrounding the application of plants in human health, revealing both their truths and inaccuracies, and provides an overview of the technologies scientists are using to further their research.
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Zusammenfassung: | Hefferon addresses the myths and popular beliefs surrounding the application of plants in human health, revealing both their truths and inaccuracies, and provides an overview of the technologies scientists are using to further their research. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (194 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199873982 0199873984 |
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| spelling | Hefferon, Kathleen L. Let thy food be thy medicine : plants and modern medicine / Kathleen Hefferon. New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (194 pages) : illustrations, maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Plants and human health -- Bioprospecting for medicines from plants -- The lure of herbal medicine -- Farming medicines from plants -- Superfood: functional and biofortified foods -- Food security, climate change, and the future of farming -- The future. Print version record. Hefferon addresses the myths and popular beliefs surrounding the application of plants in human health, revealing both their truths and inaccuracies, and provides an overview of the technologies scientists are using to further their research. Are herbal medicines effective? Are organic foods really better for you? Will the cure to cancer eventually come from a newly discovered plant which dwells in the Amazon basin? Will medicines ever become affordable and available to the neediest? How will we produce enough food to keep up with an ever-increasing world population? Written with these issues in mind, Let Thy Food Be Thy Medicine is a response to the current flood of conflicting information regarding the use ofplants for both consumption and medicinal purposes. Kathleen Hefferon addresses the myths and popular beliefs surrounding the application of plants in human health, revealing both their truths and inaccuracies, and provides an overview of the technologies scientists are using to further their research. The book covers herbal medicines, functional and biofortified foods, plants and antibiotics, edible vaccines, and organic versus genetically modified foods, discussing each from a scientific standpoint. It these topics together for the first time, providing a much-needed overview of plants as medicine. Intended for scientists and professionals in related disciplines as well as the interested reader educated in the sciences, this book will confront claims made in the media with science andscientific analysis, providing readers with enough background to allow them to make their own judgments. English. Materia medica, Vegetable. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082059 Herbs Therapeutic use. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85060354 Ethnobotany. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045192 Diet therapy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037857 Phytotherapy Diet Therapy Ethnobotany Plant Extracts therapeutic use Plants, Medicinal Phytothérapie. Herbes Emploi en thérapeutique. Ethnobotanique. Diétothérapie. Plantes médicinales. MEDICAL Pharmacology. bisacsh Diet therapy fast Ethnobotany fast Herbs Therapeutic use fast Materia medica, Vegetable fast Print version: Hefferon, Kathleen L. Let thy food be thy medicine 9780199873975 (DLC) 2011050053 (OCoLC)768417947 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=672481 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Hefferon, Kathleen L. Let thy food be thy medicine : plants and modern medicine / Plants and human health -- Bioprospecting for medicines from plants -- The lure of herbal medicine -- Farming medicines from plants -- Superfood: functional and biofortified foods -- Food security, climate change, and the future of farming -- The future. Materia medica, Vegetable. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082059 Herbs Therapeutic use. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85060354 Ethnobotany. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045192 Diet therapy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037857 Phytotherapy Diet Therapy Ethnobotany Plant Extracts therapeutic use Plants, Medicinal Phytothérapie. Herbes Emploi en thérapeutique. Ethnobotanique. Diétothérapie. Plantes médicinales. MEDICAL Pharmacology. bisacsh Diet therapy fast Ethnobotany fast Herbs Therapeutic use fast Materia medica, Vegetable fast |
| subject_GND | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082059 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85060354 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045192 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037857 |
| title | Let thy food be thy medicine : plants and modern medicine / |
| title_auth | Let thy food be thy medicine : plants and modern medicine / |
| title_exact_search | Let thy food be thy medicine : plants and modern medicine / |
| title_full | Let thy food be thy medicine : plants and modern medicine / Kathleen Hefferon. |
| title_fullStr | Let thy food be thy medicine : plants and modern medicine / Kathleen Hefferon. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Let thy food be thy medicine : plants and modern medicine / Kathleen Hefferon. |
| title_short | Let thy food be thy medicine : |
| title_sort | let thy food be thy medicine plants and modern medicine |
| title_sub | plants and modern medicine / |
| topic | Materia medica, Vegetable. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082059 Herbs Therapeutic use. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85060354 Ethnobotany. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045192 Diet therapy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037857 Phytotherapy Diet Therapy Ethnobotany Plant Extracts therapeutic use Plants, Medicinal Phytothérapie. Herbes Emploi en thérapeutique. Ethnobotanique. Diétothérapie. Plantes médicinales. MEDICAL Pharmacology. bisacsh Diet therapy fast Ethnobotany fast Herbs Therapeutic use fast Materia medica, Vegetable fast |
| topic_facet | Materia medica, Vegetable. Herbs Therapeutic use. Ethnobotany. Diet therapy. Phytotherapy Diet Therapy Ethnobotany Plant Extracts therapeutic use Plants, Medicinal Phytothérapie. Herbes Emploi en thérapeutique. Ethnobotanique. Diétothérapie. Plantes médicinales. MEDICAL Pharmacology. Diet therapy Herbs Therapeutic use Materia medica, Vegetable |
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