Focuses on Chinese herbs and related North American species and covers 1800 species of Chinese herbs and 700 related North American species. Clearly formatted tables provide quick and easy access to information gathered from a wide variety of sources, including those not generally available through usual searches. Part one presents the major constituents and therapeutic values of Chinese medicinal herbs. It provides data on toxicity and contamination, major chemical components and their therapeutic values. More than 1800 species are covered, with Latin, Chinese, and English names provided. Part two presents the relationship between Chinese and North American medicinal herbs, the possibility of replacement of Chinese with North American herbs, growing conditions and controlled process procedures. This section presents data on more than 700 North American herbs belonging to same species or genus as Chinese herbs, and provides a comparison of active ingredients and claimed therapeutic values. Also included are more than 400 references and three appendices that provide handy cross-references. This is an invaluable resource for researchers in medicinal herbs, phytochemicals, functional foods, and nutraceuticals, processors of nutraceuticals and supplements, growers of herbal plants, and marketers of herbs and herbal products. Contents: Part 1: >Development of Chinese Medicinal Herbs >Phytopharmacoloy & Therapeutic Values Part 2: >Phyletic Relationships between Chinese & Western Medicinal Herbs >Appendices: Appendix 1: >Chinese & Scientific Names >Chinese Medicinal Herbs >Appendix 2: >Major Chemical Components & Their Sources in Chinese Medicinal Herbs >Appendix 3: Major Chemical Components & Their sources in Related North American Medicinal Herbs >Index

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