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1. Medicinal Plants

   Biodiversity and Drugs

   Edited by M. K. Rai, Geoffrey A. Cordell, Jose L. Martinez, Mariela Marinoff, Luca Rastrelli

   This volume provides a contemporary overview of new strategies for traditional medicine development, of the importance of cataloging ethnomedical information, of determining the active principles, and of examining the genetic diversity and range of actions of traditional medicines. It discusses the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Science Publishers
2. Ethnomedicinal Plants

   Revitalizing of Traditional Knowledge of Herbs

   Edited by M. K. Rai, D. Acharya, Jose Luis Rios

   Presenting recent discoveries on ethnomedicinal plants around the world, this book focuses on evaluating the progress to date as well as the future potential of drug development in ethnomedicine. Eight reviews examine therapeutic applications including the spasmolitic effects of various plants, the...

   Published January 31st 2011 by Science Publishers
3. Geomicrobiology

   Edited by S. K. Jain, A. A. Khan, M. K. Rai

   Geomicrobiology is a combination of geology and microbiology, and includes the study of interaction of microorganisms with their environment, such as in sedimentary rocks. This is a new and rapidly-developing field that has led in the past decade to a radically-revised view of the diversity and...

   Published April 13th 2010 by Science Publishers