Ethnobotany of Tuberculosis in Laos

• Main Authors: Elkington, Bethany Gwen (Author), Soejarto, Djaja Djendoel (Author), Sydara, Kongmany (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Plant Science,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant biochemistry.; Biodiversity.; Ecosystems.; Plant ecology.; Plant genetics.; Life Sciences.; Plant Biochemistry.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Plant Ecology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.

This book highlights the common ground between biomedicine and traditional healing. Because of the destruction of forests, the degradation of old palm leaf manuscripts, and decreasing interest in traditional medicine by younger generations, it is becoming more and more important to record medicinal...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and Background
• Ethnobotany
• Biochemical Validation.- Summary and Conclusions
• Appendix I: Additional Tables
• Appendix II: Glossary
• Appendix II: Select Plant Images.