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Author Hefferon, Kathleen L.

Title Let thy food be thy medicine : plants and modern medicine / Kathleen Hefferon
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2012

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 W'PONDS  615.321 Hef/Ltf  AVAILABLE
Description 194 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references pages [181]-190) and index
Subject Materia medica, Vegetable.
Herbs -- Therapeutic use.
Ethnobotany.
LC no. 2011050053
ISBN 9780199873975 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0199873976 (hardcover : alk. paper)