Le présent ouvrage est d'abord scientifque. De façon rigoureuse, il retrace l'histoire récente de l'étude des plantes médicinales au fil des décenneies qui ont précédé puis suivi la colonisation. A travers une revue documentaire extrêmement fouillée, le Dr Gueye dresse un catalogue précis,...
2005-01-01 L'auteur a fait un travail remarqueable de compilation, de synthèse et d'élaboration de connaissances nouvelles à pàrtir de son expérience de pharmacienne conseil, et de scientifique de haut niveau. Ce travail est également le fruit d'une quête patiente, conduite dans les plus grands centres de...
2009-01-01 The Fourth WHO Consultation on selected medicinal plants recommended WHO to update existing monographs in view of the availability of new data and of the format change that has been employed for volumes 3 and 4, and that this process should be given priority over the development of new...
2007-01-01 This is the newest volume. This 3rd volume contains an additional collection of 32 monographs describing the quality control and use of selected medicinal plants. WHO monographs are comprehensive scientific references for drug regulatory authorities, physicians, traditional health practitioners,...
2002-01-01 Volume 2 of theWHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plantsprovides an additional collection of 30 monographs covering the quality control and traditional and clinical uses of selected medicinal plants approved by 120 experts in more than 50 countries. The monographs are intended to promote...
1999-01-01 These WHO monographs are not pharmacopoeial monographs. Their purpose is to provide scientific information on the safety, efficacy and quality control/quality assurance of widely used medicinal plants, in order to facilitate their appropriate use in WHO’s Member States; to provide models to...
The main purpose of this book is to provide a practical reference for the identification and use of medicinal plants. It is a collection of illustrations of some important medicinal plants, accompanied by a brief description, the family each plant belongs to, scientific names, common names, both...
2017-12-04 ECHO in Latin America and the Caribbean Experimenting with Medicinal Plants in Matagalpa, Nicaragua Staff Highlight Tech Note Spotlight: "Introducing new seeds overseas" Tech Note Spotlight: "Introduction to Tropical Root Crops" Echoes from our Network Resources: Wuqu' Kawoq (The Maya Health...
2011-10-20 Cleome gynandra, commonly known as “Spider Flower,” “Spiderwisp” or “Cat’s Whiskers,” is an erect annual indigenous to Africa. Though it occurs as a weed or “volunteer crop” in many parts of the tropics, in countries such as Tanzania, spider flower is cultivated in household gardens as a valuable...
1993-01-01 This publication reported on the guidelines developed to ensure that medicinal plants are conserved effectively for the future and that where they are taken from the wild, they are taken on a basis that is sutainable. 52 pages