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1 online resource |
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Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants Ser |
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Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants Ser
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<P>PREFACE</p><p>ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS</p><p>About the Editors</p><p>List of Contributors</p><p>AIMS AND PURPOSE</p><p><strong>SECTION I INTRODUCTION</strong></p><p> The History and Geography of the Silk Road</p><p><strong>SECTION II EASTERN ASIA</strong><em></em></p><p><strong><em>Mongolia</em></strong></p><p> Ch 1. Medicinal Plants of Mongolia</p><p> <em>Narantuya Samdan and Batsukh Odonchimeg </em> <strong></strong></p><p><strong><em> Western China </em></strong></p><p> Ch 2. Medicinal Plants of Tibet and the Surrounding Region</p><p><strong> </strong><em>Jiangqun Q Jin, Edward J Kennelly and Chunlin L Long</em><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>SECTION III CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ASIA</strong><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>India</em></strong><strong></strong></p><p><strong> </strong>Ch 3<strong>. </strong>Medicinal Plants of the Trans-Himalayas </p><p><strong> </strong><em>Ajay Sharma, Pushpender Bhardwaj, Garima Bhardwaj</em></p><p><em> and Damanjit Singh Cannoo</em></p><p><strong><em>Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan </em></strong></p><p> Ch 4. Medicinal Plants of Central Asia <em></em></p><p><em> William Setzer and Farukh Sharopov </em> <strong></strong></p><p> Ch 5. Melons of Central Asia</p><p><em> Ravza Mavlyanova, Sasha Eisenman and David Zaurov</em></p><p> Ch 6. Resources along the Silk Road in Central Asia: <em>Lagochilus inebrians</em> Bunge (Turkestan mint) and <em>Medicago sativa</em> L. (alfalfa)</p><p><strong> </strong><em> Oimahmad Rahmonov, David E. Zaurov, Buston S. Islamov, and Sasha W. Eisenman</em></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>SECTION IV </strong><strong>WESTERN ASIA</strong><strong> AND THE </strong><strong>MIDDLE EAST</strong><strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>Iran</em></strong></p><p> Ch 7. An overview of important Endemic Plants and their Products in Iran <strong><em> </em></strong></p><p> <em>Reza Owfi</em></p><p> Ch 8. Crocus Sativus and the Prized Commodity, Saffron</p><p><strong> </strong><em>Raymond Cooper and Jeffrey Deakin</em></p><p><strong> </strong><strong>Ch 9.</strong><strong> </strong>Natural Plant Dyes of Oriental Carpets <strong></strong></p><p><strong> </strong><em>Jeffrey Deakin</em><strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>Iraq and Syria</em></strong></p><p> Ch 10. Wheat and Rice - Ancient and Modern Cereals</p><p> <em>Raymond Cooper and Jeffrey Deakin</em></p><p><strong><em>Georgia</em></strong><strong><em></em></strong></p><p> Ch 11. Ethnobotany of the Silk Road |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Botanical chemistry -- History
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Phytochemicals -- History
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Ethnobotany -- Silk Road -- History
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Medicinal plants -- Silk Road -- History
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Natural products -- Silk Road -- History
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Plants -- Social aspects -- History -- To 1500
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Botanical chemistry
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Ethnobotany
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Medicinal plants
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Natural products
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Phytochemicals
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Plants -- Social aspects
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Silk Road -- History
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Asia -- Silk Road
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429591877 |
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042959187X |
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042958993X |
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9780429587993 |
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0429587996 |
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9780429061547 |
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0429061544 |
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9780429589935 |
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