Ebook: Ethnobotany: Application of Medicinal Plants

Ethnobotany includes the traditional use of plants in different fields like medicine and agriculture. This book incorporates important studies based on ethnobotany of different geographic zones. The book covers medicinaland aromatic plants, ethnopharmacology, bioactive molecules, plants used in cancer, hypertension, disorders of the central nervous system, and also as antipsoriatic, antibacterial, antioxidant, antiurolithiatic. The book will be useful for a diverse group of readers including plant scientists, pharmacologists, clinicians, herbalists, natural therapy experts, chemists, microbiologists, NGOs and those who are interested in traditional therapies.;Cover; Title; Copyrights; Preface; Contents; Section I Applications of Ethnomedicinal Plants; Chapter 1 Some Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Used for the Treatment of Cancers/Tumors, with Special Reference toIts Scientific Validations Amner Muñoz-Acevedo, María C. González, Sandra M. Rodríguez, Martha Cervantes-Díaz and Carlos E. Díaz; Chapter 2 Use of Ethnomedicinal Herbs to Treat and Manage Schistosomiasis in Zimbabwe: Past Trends andFuture Directions Alfred Maroyi