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Shows how wild yams, once considered useless, briefly became indispensable to the global pharmaceutical industry (as a source of synthetic steroid hormones) and to the peasants who gathered them.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Soto Laveaga, Gabriela, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2009.
Colección:e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Temas:
Proquivemex.
Proquivemex
Pharmaceutical industry > Social aspects > Mexico.
Barbasco (Dioscorea mexicana)
Paullinia.
Diosgenin.
Drug Industry > history
Paullinia
Dioscorea
Diosgenin
Socioeconomic Factors
Industrie pharmaceutique > Aspect social > Mexique.
Paullinias.
Diosgénine.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Service.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Pharmaceutical industry > Social aspects
Steroidhormon
Pharmazeutische Technologie
Dioscorea mexicana
Heilpflanzenanbau
Mexico
Mexiko
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Shows how wild yams, once considered useless, briefly became indispensable to the global pharmaceutical industry (as a source of synthetic steroid hormones) and to the peasants who gathered them.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 331 pages) : maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-317) and index.
ISBN:9780822391968
0822391961
0822345870
9780822345879
9786613036346
661303634X

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