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Echinacea Herbal Medicine with a Wild History /

This work provides detailed overviews and offer new insights into the biology, life histories, cultivation, markets, legal protection, chemistry and medical use of Echinacea species. The extensively detailed maps in this text are the most accurate of any produced, based on verified herbarium records...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Kindscher, Kelly (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Uses of Echinacea angustifolia and other Echinacea species by Native Americans of the Great Plains
  • Cultivation of Echinacea angustifolia and Echinacea purpurea
  • Naming and Classification of Echinacea Species
  • Biology and Ecology of Echinacea
  • A species-by-species overview
  • One Hundred Years of Echinacea Angustifolia in the Smoky Hills of Kansas
  • Threats to Wild Echinacea Populations
  • Research on Echinacea Species Use in Western Medicine
  • The Echinacea Market
  • Legal Protection of Echinacea and Other Medicinal Plant Species
  • Recommendations Regarding the Conservation Status of Echinacea
  • Appendix A: A Science in Action: A Model for Monitering Echinacea Populations
  • Vignettes
  • Index.