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~ Michael J. Balick (Editor), Elaine Elisabetsky (Editor), Sarah A. Laird (Editor) "SOMETIME in prehistory, in the part of the world that is now the country of Peru, a raging storm felled a giant tree that came..." (more)
Key Phrases: buccal sores, official medicinal plants, natural products drug discovery research, United States, New York, Costa Rica (more...)
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Provides a comprehensive encyclopedia of essential facts and data with which to enhance research reports and lectures. . . . It provides an excellent introduction for those with an interest in the topic. -- Times Higher Education Supplement


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This book opens readers' eyes to the enormous resources of the Earth's rain forests and the potential impact of their destruction in terms of human health.

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SOMETIME in prehistory, in the part of the world that is now the country of Peru, a raging storm felled a giant tree that came to rest in a pool of stagnant water. Read the first page
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buccal sores, official medicinal plants, natural products drug discovery research, forest herbarium, voucher herbarium specimens, biotic samples, plant collection program, pharmaceutical prospecting, biochemical resources, extractive communities, biodiversity prospecting, conserved wildlands, proprietary screens, plantas medicinais, novel lead compounds, medicinal plant research, rain forest products, medicinal plant use, high taxonomic diversity, botanical institutions, novel chemical compounds, chemical prospecting, ethnobotanical data, ethnobotanical research, natural products research
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United States, New York, Costa Rica, National Cancer Institute, Madre de Dios, Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Economic Botany, Academic Press, Puerto Maldonado, Southeast Asia, University of Illinois, World Bank, New World, South America, World Resources Institute, Ciba Foundation Symposium, Harvard University, Cancer Research, Puerto Rico, Bishop Museum, National Institutes of Health, Arnold Arboretum, Bureau of Census, Conservation International, Missouri Botanical Garden
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