Medicine quest : in search of nature's healing secrets /
Plotkin, Mark J.
Medicine quest : in search of nature's healing secrets / Mark J. Plotkin ; [illustrations by Laurence Richardson]. - New York : Viking, 2000. - xvi, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-214) and index.
Some poison for your pain? -- The eternal quest -- The fungus among us -- Drugs from bugs -- Hideous healers -- The snakes in the caduceus -- Under the sea -- Plants of the apes -- Shamans -- The sugar sickness.
0670869376 (acidfree paper)
99042822
100956859 DNLM
Pharmacognosy--Popular works.
Pharmacognosy--Popular Works.
Biological Factors--Popular Works.
Ethnobotany--Popular Works.
Plants, Medicinal--Popular Works.
RS160 / .P57 2000
615/.321
2000 H-248 QV 752 / P729m 2000
Medicine quest : in search of nature's healing secrets / Mark J. Plotkin ; [illustrations by Laurence Richardson]. - New York : Viking, 2000. - xvi, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-214) and index.
Some poison for your pain? -- The eternal quest -- The fungus among us -- Drugs from bugs -- Hideous healers -- The snakes in the caduceus -- Under the sea -- Plants of the apes -- Shamans -- The sugar sickness.
0670869376 (acidfree paper)
99042822
100956859 DNLM
Pharmacognosy--Popular works.
Pharmacognosy--Popular Works.
Biological Factors--Popular Works.
Ethnobotany--Popular Works.
Plants, Medicinal--Popular Works.
RS160 / .P57 2000
615/.321
2000 H-248 QV 752 / P729m 2000